It's a good idea, but sounds like a feature request to the phone manufacturer's software teams. How can this be developed as a 3rd party tool for regular phones (i.e. those not running embedded windows etc.)? Is there a market to actually sell this into, or is it a freebie software download?

yeah indeed its a very kwel idea!....a whole lot of variants will hav to decided for the software though :)

A Java Application, but should be free I think

not bad idea... I hate when phones go off during movies... but when I lose my phone in my home its on silent

some settings would do on sleep mode clock... i got an oldphone before that do the trick!

i may be wrong if it still around..have you google this?

I've submitted this idea for ANDROID inspired brainstorming. It may be possible to build a service like this within the ANDROID framework as a 3rd party app... as opposed to J2ME which would not have granted control over the phone's ring mode.

I like how incredibly specific this idea is. Once you get past the overhead of ANDROID learning, it is a very small, doable app. But are there more features which seem similar enough they should be included?

Any setting which would be altered according to a set schedule might apply. Maybe we want calls forwarded to a home # between certain hours? Automated dialing of the #s required to make that happen?

Maybe it is more of a macro recorder for your phone, and the macro can run at a particular time?

Of course I'm making this much more complicated now, but I'm just looking for permutations which are also compelling.

I think the idea by itself is kinda crummy, but yeah like gordon said it could be used on multiple programs and have more value.

I think it should be a recursive actions planned in the calendar..

I forgot to say, I ALWAYS MADE THIS MISTAKE and i really hope I can have my phone automatically switch back to RingTone mode instead of silent mode after working hour!

maybe an android library could be built and offered for other programers to use.

One of the funcitons could be a timer that does things on a schedule. You could change your volume after 5pm everyday.

Or you could have your phone call your mother on her birthday.

Or you could have it take a picture every 1 minute for a cheap time lapse photgraphy.

Same thing happens to me sometimes, I think it would be a good idea, but I think it should be available for free. I love Gordon's idea.

Magickaito~
I think it should be a recursive actions planned in the calendar.

Oooohhhh. Like your phone is monitoring your Google Calendar feed, and potentially changes its state based on entries there. That's nice since Google Calendar supports repeat entries. I could have my phone automatically become "loud" in the morning, and "vibrate" at night.

Or it sees you have "Movie: Die Hard 5 - You Knocked Up My Daughter" in Google Calendar. Your phone automatically beeps you just before show time to ask if I should switch to vibrate.

Ha! I was wondering about how to automate the silencing of cellphones at a movie theatre... and there's a possibility... Google Calendar. Of course you wouldn't COUNT on it to do that for you... its just trying to help when it thinks you're about to make that mistake.

Just something else.

Could we measure if a phone is on or off in a room?

Would be nice to have a flashing light or even a buzzer on your table. When the meeting start the light is flashing. Someone has his phone on, please put it OFF. When you are in your car, the same box with a little light tells you your phone is still off, put it on :-)

Again, don't know if you can detect of a mobile is on or off in area.

Perry

This sounds like a good addition to Project Army Knife.