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"Finding Your Lost Phone"

Posted by Tom Mighell: "I'm sitting in the New Orleans airport waiting for a flight to take me home from the ABA Law Practice Management Spring Meeting. I'm breathing much easier than I was an hour ago -- after I got here, I quickly realized I had left my iPhone in the cab. To make matters worse, I had no receipt from the cab company, and didn't even pay attention to its name. (I know, I'm a moron -- but that's not the point of this story). I was able to use my bank card to make calls on pay phone, and after dialing my cell's number for about an hour (I'm still not sure how much this cost), the cab driver picked up and was nice enough to come back to the airport and give me my phone. Crisis averted, thank goodness. As I'm sitting in the airport waiting for my flight, I see a story about Finding Your Lost Phone with Google Voice. Basically, you can use Google Voice to dial your phone for free. Now, I suspect this feature was intended to ring your phone so you could more easily locate it at your house or other location, but why can't it also be used to keep calling a lost phone, in hopes that the person who has it will answer? I have a wireless connection here at the airport -- I could have logged in to Google Voice and made free calls instead of spending money on credit card calls. This is a great service - wish I could take advantage of it. Unfortunately, Google Voice is closed to new members for the time being. But visit the site and sign up to be notified when service is available for everyone. It's a great phone/voicemail service for a number of reasons, not just because it helps you find your lost phone."

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Source: Inter Alia, 16  May 2009

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on May 18, 2009 (boomark / email).