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Motion-sensitive Handhelds?

Posted by michael on from the shaken-not-stirred dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Fancy controlling your mobile phone just by moving it? This article on ZDNet describes a new smartphone that is motion sensitive, so users can zoom into a Web page, scroll round a document or switch from portrait view to landscape simply by tilting the handset." The company website has a little more information.

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  1. Sure, but... by haystor · · Score: 5, Funny

    The major problem is having to drop it every time you want to click on something.

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  2. great by Boromir+son+of+Faram · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just when I get used to people walking down the street apparently talking to themselves. Now I'm going to be dodging fists when they dial.

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  3. Lets see by HowlinMad · · Score: 3, Funny

    switch from portrait view to landscape simply by tilting the handset

    Would that happen to be a 90 degree tilt?

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  4. 'Motion-sensitive Handhelds' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh, the joke potential with that term...

  5. Suddenly by Davak · · Score: 3, Funny

    All the porn companies are adopting this technology for their web pages.

    Move the phone up...
    Move the phone down...
    Move the phone up...

    Suddenly your cell has hair growing from it.

    Davak

  6. NOOOoooo Daddy... by PSaltyDS · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wasn't hitting my sister in the head... I was trying to call mommy!

    Works as a shutter release for the phone-cam too, but you always seem to get blurry pictures... hmmm...

    I may not be funny, but at least I'm... well, not not funny...

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  7. I'll pass by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Combine tilting web navigation, with smart phones that know your buying habits (and credit card info).

    Drop it on the carpet. Pick it up and find out that you just ordered and paid for, a battleship anchor, express delivery to your house.

    1. Re:I'll pass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Combine tilting web navigation, with smart phones that know your buying habits (and credit card info).

      Drop it on the carpet. Pick it up and find out that you just ordered and paid for, a battleship anchor, express delivery to your house.

      What are your buying habits.

    2. Re:I'll pass by JediTrainer · · Score: 2, Funny

      Pick it up and find out that you just ordered and paid for, a battleship anchor, express delivery to your house.

      So you're the prick who outbid me on e-Bay!

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  8. already have this on my Zaurus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I discovered that by dropping my Z from a height of about 6 feet onto concrete, I was able to turn off the power. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to turn it back on again. :-(

  9. Heck, with my reception by boskone · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Fancy controlling your mobile phone just by moving it?"

    I have this feature now, it's called "poor coverage" and the way I hold the phone affects whether I can make calls or not.

  10. Gasp! We thought you were serious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    (Just Kidding)

  11. Not good. by teamhasnoi · · Score: 3, Funny
    What if I'm Katherine Hepburn? Huh? What then?

    I'm looking at who I want to call, then suddenly I'm connected to some operator in Thailand. I try to hang up, but now I've ordered a pizza. I attempt to cancel the order, and great! I've just booked a flight to Squarenuts, Missouri.

    Combine this with pre-emptive ordering, and I am a bankrupt movie star. I might even lose my house on Golden Pond.

    I think not.

  12. Simulate Bigger Screen by Mignon · · Score: 4, Funny
    I have an idea for using one of these phones to simulate a much bigger screen. Use this virtual deskspace to create a grid of, say 640x480 cells, with the initial cell at the top left.

    Then, holding your phone at arms length, wave your arm from left to right. When you hit the 640th virtual cell, quickly move the phone back to the left and down one cell. Repeat until you get to the end of the bottom row, when you return to the top row. Oh, and do all that in about 1/60 second for a flicker-free experience.

    I won't even patent this, so it's in the public domain.

  13. Should be about as easy to use... by tbase · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...as one of those games where you try and get the ball through the maze and in the hole.

    "Honestly occifer, I'm not drunk, I was just dialing the FOP to make a donation"

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  14. Honey, what's that? by oliverk · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can see it now. You trip on the subway and your PDA clicks on the nameless popup and the entire screen is taken over by Asian Porn.

    Honey--really, I didn't MEAN to click on that!

    Maybe we need more INTENTIONAL forms of input...

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