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#42238 1-Oct-2009 11:03

Hi

My wife and I are after new handsets and we want handsets that when you received a msg [txt or otherwise] it will have a persistant reminder. On my old Motorola if I receive a txt the phone will chirp ever so often until I read it, apparently not many handsets have this feature anymore

I think the Sony T707 has the flashing light on the flip lid and I heard some Samsungs also allow a persistant reminder

The less it costs the better !

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#260025 1-Oct-2009 11:10

I have only seen this happening on Sanyos and Samsungs myself. Annoyingly absent from Nokias.

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#260026 1-Oct-2009 11:10

Assuming you are talking about audible alert. Many handsets including Nokia will flash a light for ages (or forever).

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#260030 1-Oct-2009 11:15

yes audiable alert is our preference

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#260058 1-Oct-2009 11:57

Flashing is the best that most brands will come up with these days.

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#260069 1-Oct-2009 12:11

The N97 has a notification light that flashes whenever there has been a missed call, new message or new email. It can be set to flash as long as you want.

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#260149 1-Oct-2009 14:42

I thought windows mobile did this with an addon, SPB Phone suite maybe?

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#260163 1-Oct-2009 14:59

I really miss my old motorolas missed call/message beep. I'm often slack on returning messages just because I can't see my phone's (Nokia 5800) flashing light. As the phone pretty much lives in its case a flashing light is totally useless.

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#260184 1-Oct-2009 15:30

Perhaps not in the price range you're looking for, but the iPhone has this feature to a certain extent. You can turn on 'Repeat Alert' for messages and it will repeat the incoming message tone for you twice after the initial incoming alert. I think they're about 5 mins and 10 mins after the initial message.

Not persistent as such, but I find it rather useful

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#260185 1-Oct-2009 15:31

Also a lot of places use phones instead of pagers now, and a persistent txt message noise is good for making you get out of bed.

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#260229 1-Oct-2009 16:43

davidcole: Also a lot of places use phones instead of pagers now, and a persistent txt message noise is good for making you get out of bed.

I use an alarm clock for that.

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#260383 1-Oct-2009 23:06

some Sony Ericsson's do it I think

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#260401 2-Oct-2009 00:10

I have an LG GM310f - I am able to set the message alert to sound once / every minute / every five minutes or every hour until I have read / acknowledged the message.

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