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Have you ever dropped something or committed some other social faux pas while searching for your cell phone in order to turn the damn ringer off? Well, drop no more when incoming calls arrive, as so has help in the form of FlipSilent, a small software that helps you “use your phone naturally.”

FlipSilent utilizes accelerometer technology, which is the very same that is used to re-orient phone and camera displays horizontally or vertically. FlipSilent transforms the process of quieting an incoming call to an action as simple as flipping the phone from its back to its face (assuming of course, that you know where your phone is to flip, a malady that sometimes befalls a small segment of our population).

FlipSilent currently works with Symbian S60 phones, which are outfitted with motion-sensing accelerometers. Users willing to make a donation to PayPal can try out the latest beta version, which for the same money will also hush a phone alarm when you need to snooze just 5 minutes longer. (Again, finding the alarm clock is a prerequisite.)

FlipSilent definitely has its advantages. If you are in a meeting or on an important date and a call is coming in, you can flip over your phone to hush it and hang up or mute the ringer without even touching anything on the phone. All you have to do is flip it over and your phone will automatically silence itself. (The same cannot be said for talkative dates and visiting friends, and it is unlikely that Houdini and others of his ilk would be impressed with FlipSilent.)

That doesn’t mean, however, that YOU shouldn’t be.

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