Locking Up Smartphones In Jail For Meetings

If you have ever been in a meeting and people just cannot seem to put their smart phones down to participate, you need a way to get their attention. Or it might be a family evening or dinner where you want to eliminate the distractions of smart phones. The idea of getting everyone to put down their phones has been one that has troubled many. Some have used the idea when going out for lunch to put the phones in the middle of the table. The first one to pick one up buys everyone lunch. But, that is not going to work in a meeting. So, how do you lock up the phones so that you can have everyone paying attention to the discussions?

A solution to the problem might be the Cell Phone Lockup which is available from Amazon. At a price of $17.34, this device could help to solve a nagging problem with some humor thrown in. As shown in the picture, it is 6.4 inches tall and 6.3 inches square with enough room to hold 6 smart phones inside the "jail". There is a timer for the time to be locked up which can be set to 15, 30, 45, or 60 minutes in length.

The Cell Phone Lockup is not a metal cage to restrict access to phones and it does not even have a real lock to it. But, if someone takes their phone out of "lock up" before the time has expired you will hear a break out alert of "Alert. Alert. Break-out in progress" from the speaker. And as you set the timer, the "Judge" speaks out the verdict of time and then the slamming of the jail door.

This is different enough to have some fun while driving home the point about paying attention to a business meeting or that family gathering. People seem to act like they will die if they are not on their phone texting every moment of the day.

Getting Paid To Look At Ads On Your SmartPhone - Locket

There is so much advertising going on in the world today that we just plain get tired of it. It is everywhere and at times becomes an annoyance. But, what if you could turn intrusive advertisement into something where you could make some money? Would you be interested in the advertising then? Well, that is the idea behind a new start up which is going to pay you to look at advertisements on your smart phone. And this is all care of the normal lock screen that we all have and use.

The company behind this idea is Locket and their mobile app which replaces your smartphones lock screen with a new one. And it is this replacement where the ads will be displayed. With all the times that you have to unlock your smartphone during the day, this is a perfect method of getting advertisements in front of people. And they are going to pay your to participate in the process.

But, don't expect to get rich doing this as there are limits to what you can get paid of course. The concept is a simple one. Each time that your unlock screen is displayed, you will see an advertisement. You can swipe left which will take you to the advertisement or you can swipe right and unlock your smartphone. That is the ease of the Locket app and whether you go to the ad or not, you will still get paid 1 cent. And this all starting on Thursday.

You are not going to get rich with the Locket app and the advertising program. They are limiting you to 3 cents per hour which is going to limit your to 72 cents if you do it for 24 hours. That is not a lot of money and you can cash it out or get a gift card when you hit $10 dollars. But the really great thing is that you can donate the money to charity. While the list of charities is not known, the whole idea of donating to charity is a really great one for Locket.

This all starts tomorrow for Android smartphones as is something different that should generate a lot of interest in it at the start. This is likely to be popular as a simple way to make to some money.