3 Obscure Reasons For Owning Pagers}

Submitted by: Jenny Kettlewell

When we think of pagers, we automatically think of hospitals, restaurants, hotels, and other places of work where pagers are used in order to make sure things run as smoothly as possible. However, these are not the only places you will find them. We take a look at some of the slightly more obscure reasons for owning a pager.

Rare Bird Alerts

Birdwatching may not be a pastime that you particularly associate with technology, yet you would be surprised at just how often pagers are used by twitchers. The rare bird alert service is a comprehensive news system keeping birdwatchers around the United Kingdom up to date with all the latest news and rare bird sightings. But they don’t just share their findings over the Internet, they also offer their very own pager service, by which people can keep abreast of updates. Whether you twitch only at the weekends, or have a little more time on your hands and are willing to drop everything to head to where a rare bird has been sighted no matter what the time of day, there is a rare bird alert package that suits you. So if you’re thinking of taking up twitching, make sure your pagers are tuned into the rare bird alerts service.

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Smaller than a Diary

Are you constantly forgetting your to-do lists and meetings, but are tired of carrying a cumbersome diary around all the time? If this sounds like you, then perhaps a pager could be the solution to your problems. A new system known as Neuro-page has been created in order to help those with memory/planning impairments. The system works by inputting the list of events or tasks to be remembered into a computer, which will then send out reminders to pagers at the correct time so that nothing can be forgotten! This system is not only convenient and incredibly useful, but is also said to help to improve memory in the long run. Much smaller and easier to carry around than a diary, this new way of carrying your to-do lists with you is bound to make you more organised.

Finding the Remote Control

Now the person who came up with this idea certainly deserves top marks for innovation when it comes to the best uses for pagers. It seems that many people are simply too tired of spending hours of their evenings looking for the remote control down the side of the sofa, and so they have taken to attaching pagers to them. That way, all they need do if they can’t find the remote, is send themselves a message and follow the bleeping. This bright idea may seem like a somewhat extreme use for a pager, but it undeniably takes all the tantrums and stress out of television.

So, if you’re pondering whether pagers are useful anywhere other than in the workplace, simply open your mind and use your imagination a little; as these examples prove, there are plenty of obscure ways in which pagers can be incredibly useful, even in the most unlikely and unexpected situations.

Jenny Kettlewell is the Marketing Manager for Multitone Systems, a telecommunications strategy company that has provided the pagers and paging systems for organisations in the public and private sector for many years.

About the Author: Jenny Kettlewell is the Marketing Manager for Multitone Systems, a telecommunications strategy company that has provided the

pagers

and paging systems for organisations in the public and private sector for many years.

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