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Gyroscope Gives CellPhones 'Tilt Control'
Paul Stamatiou writes "You can now control cellphone activities by simply tilting it.
"If you have a game involving keeping a car on the road, you do that by tilting," says company spokesman Jan Ahrenbring. The tilting technique can also be used to sweep large virtual pages across the phone's screen, which acts as window on the information."
...can you rock me now? Good...
~ Whence do you come, slayer of men, or where are you going, conqueror of space?
"If you have a game involving keeping a car on the road, you do that by tilting,"
How about you try keeping your car on the road by NOT talking while driving?
.. about a guy whose car went off the road while he was tilting his mobile trying to keep a virtual car on the road.
...just talking on a phone is difficult enough for some people, let alone waving your hands around like a madman.
It's a Cell Phone...
No, it's a camera...
No, it's a video game...
No, it's a breakfast cerial...
When I thought of digital convergence, this isn't what I had in mind...
To Copy from One is Plagiarism; To Copy from Many is Research.
Then I guess using it while being drunk is out of the question.
... just tilt it vigorously against a wall.
Bah no news... My girlfriend has been tilting the control on our PlayStation for many years now when she do an extra sharp turn in SSX...
If it's a powerful gyroscope, I can drink enough to fall over, yet stand upright while making a phone call -- !
-kgj
If the phone is anything like my Motorola T720, if I tilted it in any way, I wouldn't be able to see anything on the screen.
I suggest NOT calling poor conversationalists, and dumping Sprint.
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
I want a cell phone with a big honking gyro that resists any attempt to change its orientation in space. When I put it on my belt clip and try to turn a corner, I want it to precess, fall off my belt, hit the ground with the antenna downward, and slowly rotates around in a cone-shaped evolute. I want it to exercise my wrist muscles when I pick it up and clip it on again.
It would be JUST as useful as that silly tilt control, and a lot cooler.
I also want it to have flip-out accessories for clipping nails, opening cans, and extracting stones from horse's hooves.
I've given up on the things ever being reliable ways to make telephone calls.
"How to Do Nothing," kids activities, back in print!
I spent $500 on a discman when I was 16 cuz I thought it was cool. To think, I could've put that in a mutual fund!
If you still have it, sell the discman on eBay. You'll probably get more than the mutual fund would be worth today.
"If you have a game involving keeping a car on the road, you do that by tilting," says company spokesman Jan Ahrenbring.
It's hard enough to keep my car on the road while blathering on the cellphone, but now I have to tilt, too?