01-31-2003, 12:30 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Drop the Pocket PC - You Have Ten Seconds to Comply...
"PPCAlarm is an alarm application for the Pocket PC. It is aimed at warning the user or people nearby if the Pocket PC is disconnected from its AC power without the owners consent (e.g. Lifted from its cradle). This can act as a deterrent for people who would like to steal the device...The alarm will sound 5 seconds after the device is disconnected from the AC. When the alarm is sounded the user must enter a passcode to silence it. When the alarm is silenced, it gets rearmed when the device is connected to the AC again. The alarm can easily be disabled using the settings application if desired."
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01-31-2003, 12:48 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 137
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This doesn't seem like much of a theft deterrent to me. What is to stop the thief from:
- Plugging anything into the headphone jack to silence the speaker
- Turning the device off after removing it from AC power
- Performing a soft reset
- Performing a hard reset
- Clicking the volume icon and turning it down
Seems like an application with little practical use.
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01-31-2003, 12:48 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,768
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process
Couldn't someone just kill the application process from the memory control panel applet?
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke
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01-31-2003, 12:53 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 116
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wins my award for most annoying app of the year. :roll:
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01-31-2003, 12:58 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 15,171
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Originally Posted by djdj
- Performing a soft reset
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This is the most important one IMHO. I guess it's designed for those thieves who aren't Pocket PC mavens. I could see, on some of the units, that it would be hard to find the appropriate controls to reset or turn off the volume.
--janak
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01-31-2003, 01:02 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 390
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There's a "Cancel" button! :rofl: All you have to do is tap "Cancel" to stop the alarm! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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01-31-2003, 01:18 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 44
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The only thing this would cause is annoyance.. annoyance at having to type in the code every time you remove the PDA from the cradle (which I do many, many times a day)
I'm not quite sure if this 'app' was thought through. I would love to hear from the developers, specifically addressing the concerns stated above.
And another concern, if you have sound disabled, will it overried it and still play?
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01-31-2003, 01:22 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 416
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Progress in making this world a noisier place.
Edward
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01-31-2003, 01:29 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 116
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if people dont respond to car alarms (and LAPD now says they wont respond to home burglar alarms) why the hell would people perk up from a little monotone alarm clock?!
you dont want your ppc stolen, put it in your pocket when you get up from your desk@!
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01-31-2003, 01:30 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,768
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Originally Posted by 67stang
if people dont respond to car alarms (and LAPD now says they wont respond to home burglar alarms) why the hell would people perk up from a little monotone alarm clock?
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Not to mention that the audio volume of typical Pocket PC are not that great and can easily be muffled in a pocket or bag.
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Jonathan (JonnoB)
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke
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