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Using the iPhone As a Pointing Device For the Real World

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the because-you-can dept.

Zrop writes "With a combination of GPS, Wi-FI-positioning, compass, and accelerometers, the iPhone is turbocharged for location-based services. Combine this with the new 3.0 iPhone OS and interesting things are certainly going to happen. Steve Jobs said that the iPhone will change the world when he presented it back in 2007, and that is exactly what it will do." The bulk of the article is about using the phone as a super real world pointer, which could be really cool if it could be accurate enough to be useful, although not particularly ergonomic. (Are you pointing the screen at something? The camera? The headphone jack?)

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  1. Or you could by jayhawk88 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Look at where you're going. With your iEyes.

    1. Re:Or you could by derGoldstein · · Score: 4, Funny

      I couldn't find iEyes in the app store. How much is it?

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    2. Re:Or you could by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

      iEye, Cap'n!

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  2. Cool stuff... by pushing-robot · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...but this isn't exactly new, even on phones.

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  3. Re:The new iPhone can also be used as a paperweigh by darthnoodles · · Score: 4, Funny

    In related news, for the first time ever an iPhone was used in a colonoscopy to detect cancer. Using the sleek design to its advantage the device was able to "get in there" and take the photos required. The doctors said it was a success...the patient said "Ow!"