Business & Tech
Want to Stop Unwanted Cell Phone Calls or Get Back at Credit Bullies?
Well, there's an App for that.

At one time the cell phone was an island when it came to unwanted phone calls. Unless you gave out the number yourself, nobody knew how to contact you on that line. But no more. The cell phone number is fast becoming just as easy to track down as landlines. With so many people still trying to dig themselves out from a mountain of debt, creditors have been known to contact the subscriber at some inopportune times.
Iconosy, a California technology company, has come up with a way to outsmart what it calls “credit bullies,” The new app, named Call Rigger, enables the user to set his or her Smartphone or Smart device with a few choice customized error messages. In fact, it would work just as well for that ex boyfriend or girlfriend you’re having trouble getting the message across to.
According to a press release from Icoonosy, the following procedure is followed when a call comes in from an “unknown” number or one from someone you definitely don’t want to speak to.
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How it works:
- Your Smartphone starts ringing and the number that comes up is either "Unknown," a "Private Number," or from an area code and/or phone number that your phone does not recognize.
- Within the first couple rings, Call Rigger™ identifies that this is potentially a number that you want to "Play A Rig On," and the app presents you with the option to RIG or NOT TO RIG. Should you choose to Rig, the app then presents you with a list of Rigs to choose from: typical examples might include -- "this number is disconnected", "this number is out of service," or "all circuits are busy," and so forth.
- While being careful as to stay quiet, [so that the caller does not hear anything but the Rig being played], SELECT the desired Rig message by pressing the title on the screen.
- The Rig is then played out loud over your phone's speaker, at full volume, and the microphone is not disabled as in a half-duplex environment; instead the microphone is listening and broadcasts the Rig being played through your device's speakerphone out to the caller.
- Then finally, for Android OS 2.3 devices, you must hang up the phone manually, as soon as the message is played. With previous Android OS versions of the same app, Call Rigger will automatically hang up on the bothersome call.
You can find out how to get this and other apps at www.apphysteria.com, www.iconosys.com, and www.CallRigger.com.
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