Shout at your phone, and have it shout back!

There is an app in the market to help you do just that – find your phone. All you have to do is shout MARCO! And the phone will reply with POLO!

July 22, 2014 06:42 pm | Updated 06:43 pm IST - Hyderabad

Mobile phones have been the best thing to be invented since cable television. The invention was met with trepidation, but was gradually embraced by people all over the world. In India, however, the technology was not available till the mid–90s and the calling rates (outgoing and incoming) were so high that only a rich few could afford it. It became a status symbol. But today, things are quite different. Almost everybody has a mobile phone and our dependence on the device has grown.

While it is a boon, its size makes us forget where we keep it. Is it on the couch? On the bed? On the table? Or is it under the sofa’s cushions?

There is an app in the market to help you do just that – find your phone. Whether you have misplaced it at home or in your car or in your office cubicle, all you have to do is shout MARCO! And the phone will reply with POLO!

All you have to do is download this $0.99 app to your iPhone, launch it, and use your phone as usual. When you shout “Marco!” close enough for your phone to hear it, the app will respond with resounding “Polo!”

This sounds quite funny, doesn’t it? To add to the fun, the app has over 30 different voices that you can trigger as a response to your shout, and this helps in keeping things fresh. It also lets you customise the phrase that you shout out, just in case you want to do that.

The most attractive part of the app is that you go about all over, shouting for your phone, and it actually responds! You can play a game with your children. Have them hide it, and you can look for it by shouting out. When it shouts back “Polo!” you win and they would have to hide it all over again.

If you have started the app, then it can work when your phone is in silent or vibration mode. It works in the background and has a Volume Boost feature to make sure you are able to hear it cry out irrespective of the volume of the phone. To help you locate it in a dark room, the app makes your phone light up.

It is a pretty nifty app and a handy one to have in your phone!

Download the app from Apple app store.

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