[brianl703]

No doubt that she would have been better off leaving the cellphone outside the courtroom.

It just occurred to me that some cell phone company might have thought it'd be a neat feature to make the phone ring when you turn it off, you know, so that it warns you that you're turning it off so you don't accidentally turn it off.

As poorly thought out as many of these devices seem to be, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if someone had already put this "feature" into their cellphones.

[orangelobster]

"No doubt that she would have been better off leaving the cellphone outside the courtroom. "

There are cheap electronic devices that can jam cellphones. If this judge is such a peevish jerk about cellphones he should have pushed to have these installed in the courtroom instead of treating 17 year olds like dirt. These devices will disable cellphones from reception and ringing.

[supercat]

As poorly thought out as many of these devices seem to be, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if someone had already put this "feature" into their cellphones.

I had a Motorola like that. Even when set to "silent". My method of turning it off discretely was to remove the battery.