The vibrating alarm device and handsets with the built-in transmitter will be shipping later this year, Alcatel said.
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The Inspire instructions suggest wires from a car alarm or similar device be used to make triggers.
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Set an alarm in the app, dock your device, and the time and in-app alarms automatically sync to the Halo 3.
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It also has voice command functions that let users schedule an alarm or adjust volume by speaking to their device.
Mr. Casey says the more than half-dozen startups his firm works with that have launched including Palo Alto-based alarm-clock and sleep-monitoring-device maker Lark Technologies Inc.
It can also trigger a loud alarm to find a misplaced phone, even if the device is in silent mode.
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You can also plug them into the HitClips Alarm Clock, which doubles as a chip player and storage device.
Reaffirming Verizon Wireless' commitment to robust security, Verizon Mobile Security helps customers protect their devices from digital threats and equips customers with the power to remotely locate, alarm, lock and even wipe data from a misplaced or lost device.
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While you may assume that managing all those formats would be "all-inclusive" enough, the device goes an extra mile by sporting a calendar, alarm clock (with 8 monophonic tones to wake you), and even stores world times for 16 international locales (you know, since this is presumably the perfect travel accessory).
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Keeping track of the S Pen is simple now too because a visual and audible alarm appears if the user forgets to put the S Pen back inside the device.
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