[Darius Wey]

Originally Posted by aroma

What realy disturbs me, is all these people that are apparenly have to sleep with their PDAs right next to them. :lol:

I'm going to echo the "it's my alarm" statement. Yes, the alarms actually work.

Aside from that, I prefer to have my phone (which is my PDA) next to me for those times when I get early morning calls and don't want to get out of bed.

[Darius Wey]

Originally Posted by aroma

What realy disturbs me, is all these people that are apparenly have to sleep with their PDAs right next to them. :lol:

I'm going to echo the "it's my alarm" statement. Yes, the alarms actually work.

Aside from that, I prefer to have my phone (which is my PDA) next to me for those times when I get early morning calls and don't want to get out of bed.

[SHC]

Originally Posted by aroma

What realy disturbs me, is all these people that are apparenly have to sleep with their PDAs right next to them. :lol:

My device ID is "the_brain" for a reason - it goes everywhere. haven't taught it to swim yet though.

[ppcsurfr]

While this is something which a lot of people will definitely appreciate. I have my own opinions about fiddling with indicator lights.

Indicator lights are there for a purpose... other than to inform you of your device's status... it can also be used by authorities to monitor if your device has some radio running (in the case of inflight use)...

but since the latest turn of events where electronic devices are being banned from being carried on board planes... then I guess... fiddling with such indicators becoms less of an issue...

But just in case the ban is lifted on all flights around the world... the indicator lights can be used to help the flight crew monitor whose device has a radio on or not. If we are able to tamper with it... then it becomes less of a basis for such checks. It will then take longer to get the inflight policies of these airlines ironed out.

[hamishmacdonald]

I honestly don't think most airport security staff know what the various functions and parts of a PDA are, let alone if they're really functioning or have been altered in some way.

I must admit, I've long found it strange that I've had to take off my shoes in airports, but have never been questioned about having a highly technical device on my person.

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At night, I listen to streaming music on Resco Radio, and put a glasses-cleaning cloth over my Acer so the blue LED won't light up my room like the emergency light on a snowplow. It's funny to hear other people talk about having this problem.

[amesskyway]

Someone should design a program to have the option of dimming those blinking lights!

[ppcsurfr]

Originally Posted by hamishmacdonald

I honestly don't think most airport security staff know what the various functions and parts of a PDA are, let alone if they're really functioning or have been altered in some way.

True... that's why the blinking LEDs have lost its potential of being an indication of a mobile device's status. Being able to tamper with this lessens its value even more.

If it were a requirement to pass certain regulations, and if tampering with such indicators is considered illegal, then maybe it would make it easier to come up with inflight policies regarding mobile devices. This is where airport and airline personel get trained about these things...

And since the code for the LEDs can be tampered with... then it just sends us back to square 1.

[hamishmacdonald]

Yes, but a pilot friend of mine told me that Bluetooth, mobile phones, and other such wireless devices can't actually harm an airplane's instrumentation (they're not foolish enough to allow it to be that frail!).

With mobiles, apparently it's more a matter of the airline not wanting mobiles to use their transmitters, purely because of the exorbitant costs involved.

So I'm afraid that our winky-blinky lights are really of minimal concern to anyone. Sorry.

[IpaqMan2]

The blinking lights do serve a function and I do perfer them there. Though, I think having an option to make the lights Dim, bright, and off is great. My PPC-6700's bluettoth light is dim that I can hardly tell it's on. I wouldn't mind an option to making it brighter. Besides that I turn the phone away from me in dark places, not to much of a big deal, but I can see where turning it off at times canbe helpful too.

Though on a side note.. I wish my PPC-6700's leds were a little more distinguish between the washed out green and washed out orange color leds.

[Jason Lee]

Originally Posted by IpaqMan2

The blinking lights do serve a function and I do perfer them there. Though, I think having an option to make the lights Dim, bright, and off is great. My PPC-6700's bluettoth light is dim that I can hardly tell it's on. I wouldn't mind an option to making it brighter. Besides that I turn the phone away from me in dark places, not to much of a big deal, but I can see where turning it off at times canbe helpful too.

Though on a side note.. I wish my PPC-6700's leds were a little more distinguish between the washed out green and washed out orange color leds.

I've also noticed this with the 8125 and the k-jam. The leds are much dimmer than my sx66. It is a good thing at night or in the dark but it can be hard to see what color the green/orange light is blinking in direct sunlight.

I think i like them dimmer over all. I think.

[Tierran]

Yeah, HTC devices tend to have LEDs that are usable but not obnoxious. (Unlike my Dell which had the most obnoxious LEDs possible I think)