Re: [NTLK] OT: new Indian pda- amida simputer

From: Luiz Petroni (lpetroni_at_compassoarte.com.br)
Date: Mon Mar 29 2004 - 08:57:25 PST


FlipFlop Montion Sensor...
Autorotate and AutoZoom based on the user moviment...

 From the site...

"For instance, you can turn the pages of an e-book with a gentle flick
of the wrist! Just like your turn the pages of... a regular book. Or,
let's say your Photo Album has a resplendent night-time shot of the Taj
Mahal. You feel it's a crime to view it in portrait mode. So what do
you do? Flip the Simputer 90 degrees, and... the picture will re-align
itself into landscape mode."

"To zoom into a picture, just pull the Simputer towards you. To zoom
out, you guessed it - pull it away
Close a program with a dismissive wave of the hand
All this is possible thanks to the built-in Flip Flop Motion Sensor
(geeks bizarrely call it "accelerometer"), again a first for the Amida
Simputer"

I remember someone posting a link about an implementation with PocketPC
but with additional external hardware.

-lpetroni

On 29 Mar 2004, josh musket wrote:

> Dr. Aravind V wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> lok up at www.amidasimputer.com
>> some opinions form frank gruendel and others .
>>
> For those of us in the us that's about *225.62 USD*. Which isn't half
> bad. Does it have the charm of the Newton? Can it get shipped to the
> US?
> Question, questions. Neat, though.

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