But the hacks turned back to their laptops scowling as they realised a visiting journalist had the bells of St Peter's as their mobile phone ring-tone.
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Gloria Wilhelm fought for the Illinois law after her son, Matt, was struck and killed while he was riding his bike by a driver who was downloading cell phone ring tones.
If you're simply waiting for the phone to ring, you're at the mercy of the marketplace.
It is a worry if a lot of their time is spent waiting for the phone to ring.
If you want to be notified whenever one of your favorite contacts calls you, the phone will ring.
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And then, the phone would ring and someone would say, hi, I just wanted to hear your voice.
Every once in a while, when I was at home, the phone would ring and I'd be jolted by music until he came on.
He might describe himself as a full-time self-employed person but a lot of that time may be spent waiting for the phone to ring.
The car is self-operating, so use the wall-mounted phone to ring the mountain station before boarding, then pay the 13 Swiss franc round-trip fare as you exit.
In part because there are now more of them, the police are moving away from rapid-response methods, where coppers wait for the phone to ring and then race out in their cars.
The video ends, according to the Star, when the cell phone starts to ring.
By one of those good fortunes of timing that lonely people long for, the phone began to ring just seconds after Arty set down the receiver.
Elham Ebizadeh, who runs a cell phone refurbishing and ring-tone business in Los Angeles, added a collection and recycling company last year, handing out 500 drop boxes in grocery stores and other locations.
However, life is a lot easier for me if I assume that the sun will rise in the East tomorrow morning, that my phone will periodically ring with consulting clients, and that my bank will process checks that I deposit.
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An instant discount coupon appears on your mobile phone for a diamond ring you wanted to buy.
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Pretty soon your clients and prospects will see an idea they like and your phone will start to ring and inbox fill with requests.
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He was instantly relieved to hear the first ring of the phone, an old rotary that vibrated with the vigor of the Mechanical Age.
Bove believes that adding functionality to a bag will become as normal as people customizing their gadgets, like downloading a ring tone for a phone.
For example, people can easily locate a missing phone by triggering the handset to ring loudly, even if it is set to silent, or to flag its location on a map.
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So common sense would dictate not to talk on the phone for hours if your small and ring fingers go numb.
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His big break came at the age of 24 when he earned his first million dollars by selling Hip-hop ring-tones to mobile phone subscribers in the United Kingdom.
We heard of people in Sunni areas loading Shia religious songs as ring tones for their cell phone to try and protect themselves when they were in Shia areas.
Google Voice is a free service that gives callers a new phone number that can be used to ring different real-world phones they own and can send them an email transcript of voicemails they received, among other features.
So for example, you would be able to get a phone call on one number and have it ring only on your work number at certain times but your Skype number at other times.
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