Hunting around in the iPhone/iPad SDK, one developer spotted this option to make an emergency call. The above was easily achieved by enabled a passcode lock, and then entering it incorrectly about 5 ...

There’s enough left over bits of iPhone-specific functions diffused through the iPad SDK to be skeptical of any claims of unannounced telephony “features” in Apple’s forthcoming tablet, but this one’s ...

Is there a way to setup a button on the iPhone/iPad to allow for one click emergency calls or contacts/texts? The Company I work at provides our EVP Emeritus with one of each and I'd really like to be ...

A function has been found in the Apple iPad SDK, which could possibly mean that you would be able to make emergency phone calls on the device. The emergency phone call function was spotted in the SDK ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is testing a new iPad application that helps train emergency first responders by allowing them to visualize what the scene of a disaster may look like ...