From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:53:17 -1000 From: Tim Newsham To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: <6e35c0621003171106k361970eewb9c752fe3ca7eeab@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <4B9F5ECE.5030202@maht0x0r.net> <7340b886d9d66cd3360c823078c36233@bellsouth.net> <7d3530221003160944q2d5ae58ci2decd9cceafebe48@mail.gmail.com> <6e35c0621003171106k361970eewb9c752fe3ca7eeab@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [9fans] more little hardware Topicbox-Message-UUID: ec72bd6e-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 >> However, there is one "smart" feature that for me would be useful enough that >> carrying a big chunky thing that lives for a quarter of a day on battery might >> actually be worth it, and the feature is so damn trivial to do with Plan 9 - >> setting/unsetting the ring tone to/from silent in a cron job. > > I would like my ringtone volume to adjust periodically to the ambient > noise, which also seems fairly trivial. This is getting a little off-topic, but: http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-strazz-nightringerfree-qpzD.aspx http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-levelup-foxyringtrial-qxwE.aspx I imagine these are fairly easy to do in other smart phone platforms, too... > -Jack Tim Newsham | www.thenewsh.com/~newsham | thenewsh.blogspot.com