Vibrating alert

[Trash]

Sorry to start a new thread for such a basic question but does anyone know if the UXs have vibrating alerts...

This might sound trivial but it is atually a deal breaker for me since I have lots of alarms going off to remind me to take blood pressure tablets (and readings) at various times during the day - I like these alarms to be discrete so...

I know the original Sony Clies did not support vibrates but they may have caught up since...

Anyone have any info please?

Apart from that the UX looks like an ideal device for my pattern of usage.

I tend to use my TT for email, sending and reading text messages and the occasional (urgent) bit of web browsing so having a Keyboard device which works well via Bluetooth with my Sony Ericsson Mobile will be great.

In fact the two together reminds me of the mobile companion device that siemens came up with for their mobiles a few years back (anyone remember that)?

[OcellNuri]

I was wondering the same thing. I miss the vibrating alert from my T615 soo much. I have not seen a mention of it on the website though, so I imagine we are out of luck.

[OcellNuri]

I just talked with the "Live Sales Help" at Sonystyle.com and they say it does not have a vibrating alarm. :(

[Trash]

Not good :(

This means I will have to cross it off my list of potential successors to my TT.

Damn!:mad:

[GodSpeed]

just wondering but does the T665 also have viabration? I have the T615 and I love it :P

[Eddy]

vibration alert.... would be nice but I can live without it. :D

[newyorktd]

Originally posted by GodSpeed
just wondering but does the T665 also have viabration? I have the T615 and I love it :P

I just tried to figure that out by visiting SonyStyle.com, but couldn't decipher...

Although you can prob. get a great deal on the t665 right now.

;)

[style]

But i think it doesn't do much....it's too weak....

[ksjenkins]

Since the UX has a Polyphonic audio capability, why couldn't you send a 20Hz tone to the speaker. It wouldn't sound great but it might make the unit buzz.

[leung]

t665 has vibrate

[JwY]

yeah the t665 has it
too bad the nx series couldnt have it tho
maybe u should mail sony

[jklfafa]

vibrating alers kinda died out with pagers..hahah/ j/k

[n2ifp]

They still have vibrating alerts in some cellular phones

[cjones]

All cell phones I've ever had had a vibrating function. I coulnd't see having one that didn't. My phone is the Motorola v.70.... and it's still relatively new.

What else are you supposed to do with your phone when you go into a movie? :)

-chris

[newyorktd]

Pagers did kind of die out, didn't they? How many people on this board still use one?

I have to admit that I love having a vibrate and a silent option on my T720...

[JwY]

vibrating is so useful in a phone
sometimes ur environment is too loud to allow u to hear it ring

[Rob]

Originally posted by JwY
vibrating is so useful in a phone
sometimes ur environment is too loud to allow u to hear it ring

Or too quiet, like in a board meeting or in the movie theatre.

[rob_squared]

I still use a beeper, its a SmartBeep alpha pager. I like it because I can get emails from the internet too.

Plus I have a T720. Just wish the NX series had a vibrating alarm too. (any alarm at my job would be bad since cell phones are banned, everyone would think it was a cell phone)

[git]

Well this thread has been hijacked, wasn't the original topic about the UX series having vibrating alert?

Well to get back on topic, I'd wish that the UX series having vibrating alert, as I've gotten accustomed to having them in my past PDA's (most recent: T|T)

[EdFrmBrighthand]

Honestly, sometimes I think I'm ready for something stronger. I miss some audible alerts and even vibratory alerts, especially when I'm in a place with a lot of noise, like a club. Maybe this is over the line but could some company make something that actually gives users a mild electric shock?

[Omnitron]

Originally posted by newyorktd
Pagers did kind of die out, didn't they? How many people on this board still use one?

I have one -- that my work provided.

[cjones]

Originally posted by EdFrmBrighthand
Honestly, sometimes I think I'm ready for something stronger. I miss some audible alerts and even vibratory alerts, especially when I'm in a place with a lot of noise, like a club. Maybe this is over the line but could some company make something that actually gives users a mild electric shock?

A car battery and a set of jumper cables don't cost *that* much, do they Ed? :)

(and sorry this is off the thread topic folks... but I couldn't resist)

-chris

[rob_squared]

Originally posted by EdFrmBrighthand
Honestly, sometimes I think I'm ready for something stronger. I miss some audible alerts and even vibratory alerts, especially when I'm in a place with a lot of noise, like a club. Maybe this is over the line but could some company make something that actually gives users a mild electric shock?

Uhm, yeah, I know we'd all like to have a built in Taser. :rolleyes:

How about we have a clie that heats up and gives us a mild first degree burn.

[ksjenkins]

How about an odor alert!! Your pda alarm goes off and emits a putrid smell. :eek: Pewee is there a skunk in the house!! :D

[Omnitron]

Originally posted by git
Well to get back on topic, I'd wish that the UX series having vibrating alert, as I've gotten accustomed to having them in my past PDA's (most recent: T|T)

I suspect that the UX40 and 50 will be beta units for the series -- and that the REAL innovation will be in a UX80 or UX90 (Can you say OS 6?) -- with all these bells and whistles that were forgotten.

They might have left it off for power reasons -- One thing about some vibration circutry is that it is power hungry - and it is obvious they didn't want to design a power hungry machine...

[sonicboy]

Originally posted by ksjenkins
Since the UX has a Polyphonic audio capability, why couldn't you send a 20Hz tone to the speaker. It wouldn't sound great but it might make the unit buzz.
lol :D

actually, that might work.. polyphonic has crazy bass

[kp*]

Originally posted by EdFrmBrighthand
Honestly, sometimes I think I'm ready for something stronger. I miss some audible alerts and even vibratory alerts, especially when I'm in a place with a lot of noise, like a club. Maybe this is over the line but could some company make something that actually gives users a mild electric shock?
This is exactly what I want! I'd rather it be mildly painful than miss a call. Not sure how many people would go for it, but I sure would. I miss way too many phone calls because I can't feel the vibration.

[sonicboy]

Originally posted by kp*

This is exactly what I want! I'd rather it be mildly painful than miss a call. Not sure how many people would go for it, but I sure would. I miss way too many phone calls because I can't feel the vibration.
too easy! all you need is one of those suction electrode thingys from a hospital and a philips head screwdriver to wire it to the vibrator wires.

I saw a dude who turned the vibrator circuits of an x-box controller into an electric shock thing.. good for fighting games..

[sonicboy]

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