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Are Speakerphone Mobile Calls Less
Annoying Than Regular Calls?

Are Speakerphone Mobile Calls Less
Annoying Than Regular Calls? 04/21/2004 03:53 PM
Last week we noted a new study saying that people get annoyed with others talking on mobile phones because they only hear one half of the conversation. At the time, I wrote that this made sense as periods of silence followed by talking are a lot more jarring to the passive listener. However, this BBC report claims that the reason for the annoyance is that it shows that we're more curious about what the other party is saying. I'm not sure I buy that. It seems much more likely that it's the variability in noise, from silent to noisy rather than any form of curiosity. When the conversation is at a constant hum (even when loud), it's much easier to tune it out. Still, the findings do go against the opinion many people have expressed that things like "push-to-talk" where the phone usually acts as a speaker phone would be more annoying since we get to hear both sides of the conversation. In fact, the researchers behind the study are even suggesting that mobile phone makers may want to explore adding speaker phones to more phones to make them less annoying. Of course, the study only set up two conditions: a conversation on a mobile phone and a face-to-face conversation. They didn't test the speaker phone situation to see how annoying that was. It's possible that the annoyance factor comes from the inability to make use of body language to express concepts as well, leading to a different tone of voice.

"calls"

"calls" 12/16/2003 03:14 AM

Nokia calls up RIM, again

Nokia calls up RIM, again 09/07/2004 10:54 AM
Pivotal role for email gateway

Hooking up to Net calls

Hooking up to Net calls 08/30/2004 03:24 PM
VoIP is the belle of the telecom ball. Jotting her onto their dance cards are such well-dressed suitors as America Online and AT&T

Nature Calls

Nature Calls 05/18/2004 01:29 PM
20040518 - MiniGame

Cthulhu Calls 1.0

Cthulhu Calls 1.0 08/27/2004 01:24 PM
A skin inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft.

roll calls

roll calls 03/29/2005 04:27 AM

senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_109_1.htm
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all the company calls

all the company calls 03/14/2005 05:43 PM
Tomorrow night (Thursday) I'll be performing with the Liquid Radio Players down at the ACME. Liquid Radio is an improvised...

Net calls to take on landlines

Net calls to take on landlines 07/27/2004 07:29 AM
The battle over cheap phone calls hots up as Skype launches a service offering global calling over the net.

"calls John fat"

"calls John fat" 06/09/2004 10:55 AM

TSS Live Calls-May 26

TSS Live Calls-May 26 06/01/2004 06:37 PM
TechTV-27 minutes ago ... cooling. Travis in Ridgway, Colo., wants to know how to get an account with Google's mail service, Gmail. Gmail is by invitation only. ...

Crank calls

Crank calls 12/21/2003 09:29 PM
CNET Asia Dec 21 2003 7:58PM ET

Optus CEO calls it a day

Optus CEO calls it a day 05/05/2004 03:58 AM
ZDNet Australia May 5 2004 7:55AM GMT

CMA calls IP conference

CMA calls IP conference 04/01/2005 09:25 AM
Computer Weekly Apr 1 2005 2:04PM GMT

New Technorati API calls, part I

New Technorati API calls, part I 01/07/2004 05:33 PM
I've been working three new Technorati API calls.  The first is called getinfo.  It tells you things that Technorati knows about a user.  In the simplest case you can use  getinfo to find out information that a blogger wants to make known about himself, along with some information that Technorati has calculated and verified about that person.

http://api.te chnorati.com/getinfo?username=dsifry (experts, see expert note below)

This will return an XML structure with information about the user.  Here's an example of the XML returned:


The document is broken up into two sections: The first part describes some information that the user (dsifry) wants to allow people to know about himself.  This information is available in HTML form at:
http://www.technorati. com/profile/dsifry
In this case, all the personal information that I want you to know about me is my username, and a link to a picture of myself, and the blogs I author.  The second part of the document is a listing of the weblogs that the user has successfully claimed and the information that Technorati knows about these weblogs. This is the default, by the way.  You'll see lots of information in there, like the Name and URL of each blog, its RSS feed (if it exists), number of bloggers who are currently linking to it, when it was last updated, and some other optional data, like a link to a FOAF file, or GeoURL. 

More to come, including information on the validate API call, which is built to make it easy to validate blog and comment postings...

(Expert note: This is a RESTful call, as with all the Technorati API calls, you can use GET or POST to the http://api.te chnorati.com/getinfo URI)

Bush calls for ban on Internet tax

Bush calls for ban on Internet tax 04/26/2004 11:13 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Apr 27 2004 2:28AM GMT

Mobile IP Telephone Calls

Mobile IP Telephone Calls 05/26/2004 01:45 PM

The Feature: VoIP Goes Mobile. VoIP is slowly moving into the mobile space, as one US company offers cellular users cheap international calls.

Free video calls on UAE 3G

Free video calls on UAE 3G 05/04/2004 01:02 AM
AME Info May 4 2004 5:20AM GMT

Man Keeps Getting Calls for Alicia Keys
(AP)

Man Keeps Getting Calls for Alicia Keys
(AP) 08/10/2004 04:11 PM
AP - Fans of Alicia Keys keep calling her number, but only J.D. Turner picks up the phone. Turner had the unfortunate luck of having the same phone number that Keys references in her love song, "Diary," which is currently at No. 3 on the Billboard R&B/ Hip-Hop singles chart.

Phish calls it quits?

Phish calls it quits? 05/25/2004 04:12 PM
An announcement from Trey: "So Coventry will be the final Phish show...For the sake of clarity, I should say that this is not like the hiatus, which was our last attempt to revitalize ourselves. We're done. It's been an amazing and incredible journey."

Safety calls after bus tragedy

Safety calls after bus tragedy 09/22/2004 02:31 AM
The mother of a boy killed in a school bus accident calls for more action to ensure school transport safety.

OpenGL Board Calls for S

OpenGL Board Calls for S 08/12/2004 12:28 AM
Techzonez Aug 12 2004 5:20AM GMT

Nintendo Calls for Revolution

Nintendo Calls for Revolution 06/01/2004 02:10 PM
The firm has a working title for its new game console. Will it be revolutionary? (Pardon the pun.)

Rusedski calls for confessions

Rusedski calls for confessions 01/10/2004 07:17 AM
Greg Rusedski's lawyer wants other tennis players who have tested positive for nandrolone to come forward.

Campbell calls for BBC admission

Campbell calls for BBC admission 01/29/2004 03:49 AM
Former Downing Street media chief Alastair Campbell calls on the BBC to admit it aired false allegations on the Iraq dossier.

NTT DoCoMo and 3 : 3G Video Calls

NTT DoCoMo and 3 : 3G Video Calls 01/30/2004 06:05 AM
3G Jan 30 2004 7:43AM GMT

Bectu calls off second BBC strike

Bectu calls off second BBC strike 08/06/2004 01:01 PM
Personal Computer World Aug 6 2004 4:55PM GMT

Some VoIP calls being blocked

Some VoIP calls being blocked 08/12/2004 12:55 PM
ZDNet Aug 12 2004 5:23PM GMT

How Do You Make International Calls?

How Do You Make International Calls? 12/31/2004 03:00 PM

Vonage, SBC Fight Over 911 Calls

Vonage, SBC Fight Over 911 Calls 03/30/2005 11:08 PM
Vonage is in a bit of hot water over its E911 efforts lately -- though, it seems to mostly be a political ploy. However, now comes the news that Vonage approached SBC last month about running a private trial of an E911 service that would require SBC to give Vonage access to some routers and databases. SBC refused, pointing out that if they work privately with Vonage, there are a hundred other VoIP providers who will want to work privately with them also. They would prefer to come up with standards across the board that everyone can use -- which makes a lot more sense. While Vonage's request was a bit silly, it does show they know how important the VoIP-911 issue is becoming. Update: Of course, some are claiming this means VoIP E911 service will be held up -- which is ridiculous. This is only about delaying E911 for Vonage's proprietary method of doing E911. In this case, SBC is right. There should be a standard way, across the board for VoIP providers to do E911 and connect with the telcos.

Free calls over internet

Free calls over internet 07/15/2004 07:02 PM
Telegraph Jul 15 2004 11:20PM GMT

France calls for help over Darfur

France calls for help over Darfur 08/06/2004 06:27 PM
France's defence minister appeals for greater world involvement to help refugees from Sudan's Darfur region.

Newspaper Calls Gambling What It Is

Newspaper Calls Gambling What It Is 04/24/2004 09:08 PM

Not once in this LA Times story (reg req) about Native American casinos' gambling revenues -- and whether the casinos should pay more to the state -- do you find the word "gaming," I'm happy to note. The gambling industry has tried to sanitize what it does by renaming the activity into something that sounds totally benign. And the media usually plays along. Not this time. A tip of the hat to whoever made that decision.

Queen calls for tolerance in UK

Queen calls for tolerance in UK 12/25/2004 04:48 PM
The Queen speaks of tolerance and understanding in her traditional Christmas speech.

US Senator calls for P2P Summit

US Senator calls for P2P Summit 01/19/2004 01:55 PM
BoingBoing pal John Parres says:

Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) is back in the news. Last fall the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which he chairs, scrutinized the RIAA's crackdown on file-sharers. Last week during a Consumer Electronics Show panel he said, "With the advent of technology such as peer-to-peer networking, law, technology and ethics are now not in synch. We need to find other ways to solve the problems rather than issuing lawsuits and lobbying Congress to pass tougher laws." Now, lo and behold, he is planning to convene a peer-to-peer (P2P) summit within the next two months. (Story link)

The Senator says, "I believe we need the technology experts, the computer industry, the peer-to-peer industry, the software industry, the entertainment industry, the privacy experts and the business experts to come together and discuss positive and meaningful solutions to this challenge facing a major segment of our economy." A voice of reason in the Senate? I for one am hopeful.

"Iran calls for aid not volunteers"

"Iran calls for aid not volunteers" 12/28/2003 04:06 AM

One.Tel in free calls offer

One.Tel in free calls offer 04/30/2004 07:49 AM
Telco price war erupts

More Calls For Patent Reform

More Calls For Patent Reform 04/28/2004 01:12 PM
Yet another study has come out pointing out all of the well known problems with the patent system and suggesting it's about time something was done to fix it. They suggest that there need to be more patent examiners, there needs to be a better process for contesting patents, and examiners need to reject more "obvious" patents. Of course, as another article about the patent system makes clear, the government sees the patent office more as a revenue generator rather than as a force for innovation. As such, they're not that interested in either spending more on it or making it harder to receive patents. As far as they're concerned, the more patents granted means more people will apply, and more funds will go into the patent office coffers - which can then be raided to pay off other government bills.

FCC: Web phone calls must allow wiretaps

FCC: Web phone calls must allow wiretaps 08/04/2004 03:22 PM
MSNBC Aug 4 2004 6:41PM GMT
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