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However, the most innovative feature is the phone's so-called rape alarm. The handset can be configured to send a text message to five preprogrammed numbers of friends or family in the event of an attack. They can either call the phone to gauge the situation, call the police or activate the phone's GPS feature to track the owner's whereabouts and movements. The distress signal is activated by pressing the phone's side-mounted volume control four times -- which hopefully has a keylock.
The £375 Armani phone also has its own kind of Lojack in the event it is lost or stolen. If the SIM card is removed and replaced with a new one, a text message containing the phone number associated with the new SIM card is secretly sent out to three preprogrammed numbers.
Unlike the $25,000 Ferrari phone we reported yesterday, it's nice to see a designer phone that actually has some features worth the higher price, and isn't simply a case of slapping on a fancy label.
From Textually.org
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Subscribe to commentsBonnie Jean SmithDec 7th 2007 8:07AM
GPS tracking ...reminds me of the "National I.D. chip". This chip would be placed under the skin or in your hand...sound familiar. These chips are not new. They started with,"How to find your Lost Pet",to put them in your childrens clothing to keep them safe, to put them in your bodies and you will never have to worry about losing your ID or the government losing you! A little to Matrix for me...
SkiDec 5th 2007 11:25AM
Personally, I find the idea of a Chaldean girl refreshing, especially because I'm a graduate student in Criminal Justice and Forensics. The cell phone GPS rape intervention idea is novel. The first number dialed should be 911. I say this for at least two reasons. First, of course and obviously, is that I would want a police officer called. Second, because it is a crime to call 911 as a prank, the cell phone's GPS system and ID would eliminate this type of deviant behavior. I would like to see an additional feature added to the phone, though: a loud sounding siren to alert the rapist that the police have been called. Of course, this is all predicated on the idea that the victim is alert, which brings us back to the Chaldean woman. My question to this generation is "Why aren't you a Chaldean woman, or for that matter, a Chaldean man?" One more note on the subject: Why isn't this device generic and affordable for everyone? One more note: three out of four rapes are perpetuated upon the victim by a family member, an intimate, or an acquaintance according to the U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice programs.