What is Digg?64 Comments
- tribble222, on 01/17/2008, -1/+23Not just the iPhone. There are tons of phones with google maps support.
- tmeara, on 01/17/2008, -1/+20Wow, that google 411 thing almost seems to good to be true. Free 411, sure. Connecting you for free? Sweet!
- inactive, on 01/17/2008, -4/+21Phone call for Al...Al Coholic...is there an Al Coholic here?
Wait a minute...
Listen, you little yellow-bellied rat jackass, if I ever find out who you are, I'm gonna kill you! - yensed, on 01/17/2008, -0/+14For those unfortunate times when you forget your cellphone at home and need to call a taxi (Or some other business), you can use Goog411 to make free phone calls from a payphone...
- unknownsoldierX, on 01/17/2008, -0/+14Ha! Yeah right. Next you'll try to tell us there's other MP3 players besides the iPod.
- Soave, on 01/17/2008, -0/+12More like Top 10 Telephone HACKS, right?
- HunkieChan, on 01/17/2008, -2/+11dugg for number 1. my debt collectors have been calling me alot lately
- z00k, on 01/17/2008, -0/+9Courtesy of http://telephreak.org
(641)551-2791
(347)729-7602
(516)452-5842
(845)839-8980
(914)833-6629
(206)279-5242
(206)279-5243
(360)526-0564
(360)526-6335
(425)906-3749
(425)906-3755
Dial one of those numbers, Wait for the voice, Press 7, Wait for the voice, press 2.... "You are listening to the Los Angelos Police Scanner"
Spelling "banana" is fun too. - psykiv, on 01/17/2008, -0/+7And get this... If your phone has gps support, google maps will also give you directions from your current location to the business.... GASP!
- Motodog, on 01/17/2008, -0/+5"Please hold while your call if forwarded to our customer service department in India"... ***** ***** ***** *****!!! 'ello dis is Dakshesh how may I assist you? Hahahaaa..... can't wait to try that one!! Then I can get out my cursing before the call, great! Who knew?
- RealmDown, on 01/17/2008, -0/+5Sorry, I thought those outside the US had telephones. My bad.
- davidrools, on 01/17/2008, -0/+5http://www.phonespell.org/
Automatically looks up what your phone number can translate to in words. for example if your number is 968-7835 you could just tell people to dial YOU SUCK. really works best for numbers without 1's and 0's although you might be able to work it in manually like "I AM THE 1" if your number is 426-8431 - jigga, on 01/17/2008, -0/+5dugg for number 1 for me too. Fax machines constantly call my house. Every Wednesday my voice mail is filled with modem tones.
- CheeseburgerBro, on 01/17/2008, -0/+3When people call me I just always try to sound out-of-breath and harassed, but polite. It makes them talk faster.
- litebulb1, on 01/17/2008, -0/+3I use jott all the time, it is one of the best inventions out there.
- cutebutnerdy, on 01/17/2008, -0/+3Google is really taking over the network.
- Sinudeity, on 01/17/2008, -0/+3Ah yes. Another flashback of my youth. Making free phone calls etc.
The xboxes and playstations only rob kids of these experiences. - silveravnt, on 01/17/2008, -0/+3"I dont believe in god"
You could double your friends. But he might be a 3rd wheel on dates with Sally. - t0ken, on 01/17/2008, -0/+3You can also send a SMS to GOOGL(46645) and find out all kinds of information.
http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/sms/ - diggmc, on 01/17/2008, -0/+3Yes. I added those tones (though mine are from the real source) to the beginning of my all in one fax/answering machine. The number of telemarketing calls and faxes I was getting dropped significantly.
- needsmorecoffee, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2Worth it for tip #2 alone. I've had it with never being able to reach a live human at the bank and similar places.
- bossm4n, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2#2 also has a negative side effect. With some companies voice recognition systems, if you start cussing like a sailor, you will be disconnected. At least I have had it happen when trying to wade through FedEx's ridiculous menu.
- dogslayeggs, on 01/17/2008, -6/+8If Sallie Mae stops calling me by using #1... I will be lonely cause no one else calls me :( I refer to "Sallie" as my girlfriend... God, im pathetic..
"I dont believe in god" - artwolf, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2I guess next we will have to hack the gibson.
- t0ken, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2So, unless you live outside the US you aren't allowed to have fun with telephones? I don't understand...
- AshamedAmerican, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2Can anyone vouch for Tip #1? Because it would be damn awesome if it works.
- inactive, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2#2, and #10 are helpful.
- davidrools, on 01/17/2008, -1/+3oops sorry iphone, no gps for you. maybe in v.2
- crash331, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2Same here. Just made a new voicemail greeting.
- Twyman, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2It's called a ringback number.
http://www.tech-faq.com/ringback-number.shtml - NaziHatinChimp, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2I wasn't really trying to start a flame war. I wasn't touting the iPhone as the only phone that does it. It just so happens I have one and that feature saves a lot of money. Now if Apple could only release a phone that makes fanboys go into a hole it would be complete. Unfortunately it would kill their customer base though.
- inactive, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2If you really ARE a 24 year old girl, surely there are better ways to make money than spamming Digg. Prostitute yourself. You'll earn more money and have more dignity. I simply do not believe that ANYONE who has ever spammed Digg's comments have ever seen moe than 10 extra hits from that spamming.
- BobSutan, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2http://www.gethuman.com
Great little site for getting humans straight away. - ebob9, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2I believe it's a callback number, telephone companies use them for testing.
Another one I seem to remember was a number that would read back the number you were calling from (before caller-id was commonplace) - deathbyspatula, on 01/17/2008, -1/+2Tip for Sprint Cell phones: you can erase a voice mail message as soon as you hear the robolady start telling you the number or you hear their name. Works really great for getting rid of those message left for you by those angry parents...or angry spouses... or angry anyone.
- ralenth, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1Me as well. This should be useful. :)
- SRSco, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1Ummm....Popularity Dialer hasn't been down since September, I guess due to some flack from the FCC.
http://popularitydialer.com/ - inactive, on 01/18/2008, -0/+1So, the skinny effeminate kid from Hackers was right?
- z00k, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1Absolutely.
- centran, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1Or while using the Goog411 you can say "text message" when it is telling you the information and it will text you the info as well as a map link for phones that have a browser.
- CaviMike, on 01/17/2008, -1/+2I can vouch for the swearing. Some systems don't respond to key presses and I will just automatically start flipping out then all of a sudden *ring*
- slym2k, on 01/17/2008, -1/+2Okay, I remember a trick back in high school that someone taught me but I've since forgot. They would pick up the phone, dial a number, and hang up the receiver a couple times. Several seconds later, the phone would ring continuously until someone picked it up. But there was no one on the other line. Anyone remember/know how to do that?
- t0ken, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1I wonder how many people are going to be calling that number now...
- inactive, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1And again, I say *****. And system that it works for would also work for ANY unrecognized word or jibberish. None are specifically listen for "*****" or "*****".
- ScottyMcBaggs, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1Favorite phone trick: Dialing into a DATU and taking away people's dialtone.
- mungk, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1The newest version of Google Maps also does a pretty decent job of determining your current location even if you don't have GPS. I have a Blackberry 7130e (worst phone I've ever used btw) and it doesn't have GPS. But Google Maps is able to narrow down my location to usually within about a kilometer using (what I presume to be) cell phone tower triangulation.
- sienar, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1Those are called ANI (autmoatic number identification) numbers and phone companies still use them. it's useful to clip onto a line and call an ANI number so you know you're on the right line
- compdude32, on 01/17/2008, -0/+0Shhhhh...... we all know the iphone is the ONLY phone with these features, how dare you say someone other than apple can do this.
- mandarinmarie, on 01/17/2008, -0/+0My husband works as a programmer of IVRs, and #2 has been my favorite little trick for a while now. They do actually program that in.
It also usually works to say "operator" or "real person" out loud....not as fun, though. - danswim393, on 01/17/2008, -0/+0a couple of this seem useful ... the rest are questionable
-
Show 51 - 63 of 63 discussions
Check out the new & improved 
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is