{"id":242013,"date":"2017-07-25T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=242013"},"modified":"2017-07-26T16:00:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T20:00:34","slug":"how-the-iphone-helps-you-screen-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2017\/07\/25\/how-the-iphone-helps-you-screen-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"How the iPhone Helps You Screen Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: I\u2019ve had a number of emails that tell me, “You can\u2019t be serious in what you said about the iPhone and phone numbers.” I was, folks. I\u2019m gonna tell you a couple other things, \u2019cause it\u2019s fascinating. This is the kind of stuff that… I don\u2019t know. It just amazes me. Now, the purpose of this feature is to help you know, when your phone rings, whether it\u2019s from somebody you know or not, which will be a big factor in whether or not you answer it.<\/p>\n

\"\"Now, for this feature to work, you have to have a contact card in your address book for everybody that you know who calls you. Depending on how many people it is, it can be arduous to enter all that. But that\u2019s even becoming easier to do with automation and so forth. But let\u2019s say that you have that done. You\u2019ve got everybody you know who might call you. You\u2019ve got a contact card for them with their phone number. So your phone rings. The first thing the phone does before it rings… When the call is being connected, before your phone rings, the phone does the following:<\/p>\n

It looks for that number in your address book. If it finds it, then it goes ahead and rings, and if you have a picture of the person in your phone book, that picture will show up on the splash screen when your phone rings. If the number calling you is not in your address book, the next thing the phone does is scour all of your emails looking for that number that may have been included from somebody that you casually know who had sent you their number but you have not put it in the address book yet. But the purpose of this is to be able to identify for you who is calling.<\/p>\n

If there is a name associated with that number, the name will appear on the splash screen. You can even have your phone announce the name. If you go to phone settings, turn on the setting to announce the name, your phone will tell you the name of the person calling, as it rings. So, if the number calling you is unrecognized after it searches your address book and your emails and your text messages — anything. If the number is not recognized, the number will display, and that is a signal it\u2019s somebody you don\u2019t know, and then that guides you in whether or not you want to answer it or not. Pure and simple.<\/p>\n

But it does everything I just told you it does before the phone even rings. That\u2019s how fast these processors have become. It\u2019s a speed that you can\u2019t conceive. If you are an AT&T customer (and I assume other carriers provide this), AT&T has a feature called NumberSync. Let\u2019s say you have a phone and an iPad and a laptop and all three are signed in to iCloud under the same Apple ID. You can choose to answer an incoming call on your iPad when it comes to it. It\u2019ll ring on your iPad as well as your phone. It will ring on your computer. You can place calls from your iPad and your computer, just by clicking on a number.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a feature called Handoff. It works with the phone.<\/p>\n

\"\"Now, AT&T\u2019s feature is called NumberSync, and NumberSync does this without your phone even being nearby. I can be on the golf course with a backup phone and my primary phone at home. If somebody calls my primary phone, it\u2019ll ring on the backup phone on the golf course with AT&T\u2019s NumberSync. Without forwarding it, it just does it — and then, of course, Wi-Fi calling. This is even more incredible. If you live in an area or you happen to be in an area with very weak cell signal but you\u2019re on a Wi-Fi network, you can make the phone call and it will automatically go out over the Wi-Fi network, and you can answer calls over the Wi-Fi network.<\/p>\n

And the great thing about that, the audio is HD. Just not cellular. All this stuff, to me, is mind-bogglingly fascinating. And that\u2019s why I continue studying it, trying to stay up on the latest of it. But what I said about your phone being able to determine whether or not you know the person calling before it even rings is true. But for it to work, you have to have every number you know entered into your address book attached to a name.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay. I don\u2019t want to spend a lot of time on this. If I have time, you know, I should actually do a section on the website for this tech stuff, which I\u2019ve been meaning to do for a while. But people have been asking, “How do I turn on these things you\u2019re talking about?” Folks, look, Wi-Fi calling is in… This is for an iPhone and it\u2019s AT&T. That\u2019s what I know. It works for Verizon as well, same thing. You go to settings, and once you\u2019re in the phone settings, you\u2019ll see a toggle switch for Wi-Fi calling.<\/p>\n

\"\"Now, you have to have your Apple ID on all these devices that you\u2019re gonna share. They have to be signed in the same account. Just turn Wi-Fi calling on, and it\u2019ll ask you a couple questions and it\u2019s on, and you\u2019ll see the Wi-Fi logo when your cell signal gets weak. Then the NumberSync that will have calls to your primary number ring on your iPad or on your computer or other phones? That\u2019s called “calls on other devices,” and you turn that on, and then you will get a NumberSync splash screen.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not explained. It\u2019s one of two things: You can have your other devices ring when your phone is nearby. NumberSync allows your other devices to ring when your phone isn\u2019t nearby. And you\u2019ll know which is which \u2019cause when you toggle calls on other devices, if NumberSync is operative, it\u2019ll say “on.” If NumberSync isn\u2019t active, it\u2019ll say “when nearby” or something like that. That\u2019s how you know. It\u2019s gonna be hard for you to remember this, I know, but people have been deluging me here with questions about this in the email. I know. There\u2019s not enough time spent by manufacturers in explaining all these features.<\/p>\n

I mean, this just scratches the surface.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: A couple news stories just broke. This is in the BBC. Look, now the staff is eagerly hunting the location and the settings for what… (interruption) Did you find it all in there? They\u2019re so engrossed they\u2019re not even responding. This is what happens. You get so engrossed you don\u2019t hear people talking to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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