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[Daniel Holm <d.holmen@xxxxxxxxx>]

I like that SOS press/signal idea. But I don't think this should be default
and that the Ubuntu team should develop it, but a third party app by a
third party dev.

And for those who doesn't know: SOS is Morse code: _ _ _ . . . _ _ _ (three
long, three short, three long)

Daniel
Den 27 jun 2013 19:44 skrev "Cyrille Ngassam Nkwenga" <cyrildz@xxxxxxxxx>:

> I really like the idea of emergency call...  but since Ubuntu doesn't use
> hardware buttons it would be very trivial to trigger it.
> What do we have ? Power button , Vol UP and DOWN.
> Pressing all at the same time is not friendly when in an emergency case.
> Think of the case you don't want no one to notice you are calling ...
> So you should be able to do it with one hand.
> Long press on Power ?
> Long press on VOL UP and DOWN ?
> Or long press on vol up or down until the vol is null or max and still
> pressing suggest an emergency case ? This will help not being noticed  and
> But there is a flaw... The phone is on your pocket and unconsciously you
> pressed and hold VOL Down or Up ...
> Am 27.06.2013 18:54 schrieb "Anders Hagen Jarmund" <ajarmund@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Maybe it's only me missing it but; phones with touch are quite hard to
>> use if you not are able to look at the screen or the screen is harmed in
>> any way. In an emergency situation both may be the case (broken glasses,
>> you have to call from your pocket etc.)
>>
>> Therefore I think there should be some way to use eg. the power button to
>> call the emergency number. Eg. if you click the SOS signal or something on
>> the power button, it calls 112 (or 911).
>>
>> Other views/ideas?
>>
>>
>> Anders
>>
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