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Gyroscope Gives CellPhones 'Tilt Control'

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the innovation-in-user-interface dept.

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."

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  1. just great by Diclophis · · Score: -1, Redundant

    this is exactly what we need, people having problems keeping their video game car on the road, while trying to keep their real car from killing anyone. Does anyone else think that the real terrorists are out on the street everyday.

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  2. Huh? by 955301 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    "If you have a game involving keeping a car on the road, you do that by tilting,"

    There are quite a few people playing this exact game actually. My thoughts are that the best way to keep the car on the road is to put the phone down altogether. But hey, that's just me...

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  3. More features I'll never use by Brahmastra · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Here's what I use my cellphone for : Making phone calls. I don't particularly care for playing games with shitty graphics, using awkward controls. I don't particularly care for sending pictures of my beautiful face using a cellphone webcam.. Maybe I talk only from the bathroom. I'm sick of all the features they keep adding to the cellphones. How about giving cellphones a better antenna by default instead?

  4. ironic by Capt_Troy · · Score: -1, Redundant

    That playing a came of keeping a car on a road might cause you're car to go off the road.

  5. Re:Another feature I don't want/need. by davew666 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    How about living in Europe?