Top 10 - Telephone Tricks

Telephones aren't all that boring after all!

Here are some of the best phone tricks out there...

1. Trick automated phone bots into thinking your line's dead.
2. Swear like a sailor to skip directly to a human operator.
3. Name that tune.
4. Skip the greeting and get right to the beep with one keypress.
5. Ring all your phones from one number with GrandCentral.
6. Avoid annoying calls with a custom silent ringtone.
7. Email yourself reminders, blog, and set Google Calendar appointments by phone with Jott.
8. PayPal money via voice call.
9. Get out of annoying calls and meetings with SorryGottaGo.com sounds and the Popularity Dialer.
10. Avoid the cost of calling 411 with GOOG 411.

Learn more about how to do each of these at LifeHacker.