Five things you can do with a Cell Phone

[Stillrockin]

My wife got this as an email, and sent it to me. I have Treo tested 1 and 4, and see no reason why the others shouldn't work. I thought this was worth sharing!

FIRST
Subject: Emergency
The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked.
Try it out.

SECOND
Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car?
Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote"for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).

THIRD
Subject: Hidden Battery Power
Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your cell will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery.
This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time.

FOURTH
How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?
To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 # A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep itsomewhere safe. When your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code.They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless.You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use / sell it either.

FIFTH
Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411 information calls when they don't have to. Most of us do not carry a telephone directory in our
vehicle, which makes this situation even more of a problem. When you need to use the 411 information option, simply dial: (800) FREE 411, or (800) 373-3411 without incurring any charge at all. Program this into your cell phone and anytime you need 411, its a short cut away.

[Kreth]

Unfortunately, like most of these e-mails, Snopes has disproven these. However, my Treo does have theft deterrent. :tounge:

[Stillrockin]

Ah, good to know! I know I started typing in 112 with the keypad locked and it recognized it as an emergency number! I didn't follow through because I didn't think seeing if I could do it would qualify as an emergency

And I knew that there was a code to type in to get your serial number. * # 0 6 # works on Cingular networks . . . Thanks for the heads up!

[stevetaz]

Kreth:

I must say the first time I saw this on TV I just laughed out loud. I thought it was the funniest thing in a long time. Then after I saw it the second and third time I still laughed out loud, but then I felt guilty for some reason.

But I still chuckle at it....

SteveTaz

Unfortunately, like most of these e-mails, Snopes has disproven these. However, my Treo does have theft deterrent. :tounge: