01-09-2004, 08:00 PM
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ECERTech Releases TiltCONTROL
"Introducing the latest and greatest way to interface with your PDA, Mobile Phone or Mobile Gaming device, whether it be a PocketPC, Palm OS device or a Nokia N-GAGE. By simply plugging the TiltCONTROL into any supported device you can control any application or game on your PDA, phone or mobile gaming machine by simply tilting the device from left to right or up and down. Use it to play games, scroll up and down the pages of documents or web pages, draw masterpieces or flip the pages of an electronic book with the flick of a wrist. The applications are endless."
I'd love to see such technology built into Pocket PCs, but this looks like a cool little add-on for some applications and games.
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01-09-2004, 08:13 PM
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What a brilliant idea and will be a much better way to control simulation games ! - Besides, I'm always leaning to one side or the other whilst playing pictured game ! :lol:
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01-09-2004, 08:19 PM
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I wonder why they didn't build it as an sd io device. it looks like it's currently a serial device.
<shrug>
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01-09-2004, 08:23 PM
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It might be useful in reading ebooks, because by 4155 doesn't have a jog dial and it is a pain in the neck to keep pressing the down part of the 5 way switch to change pages.
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01-09-2004, 08:23 PM
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I doubt this is a true analog control device. I remember playing with a nintendo power glove way back on the NES days. It was fun to try but gets annoying when you want to find the "dead zone"
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01-09-2004, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Gohtor
I wonder why they didn't build it as an sd io device. it looks like it's currently a serial device. <shrug>
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Seems like a smart move to me - many people probably install the games onto their SD memory card, so having them remove it would be a bad experience. Besides, what else is that bottom port used for when you're away from your sync cradle? Seems brilliant to me! 
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01-09-2004, 08:39 PM
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Oooh... this could make for one cool etch-a-sketch type device. 
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01-09-2004, 08:46 PM
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You guys remember those marble maze things where you tilt the board and try to get the marball through the maze without having it drop into one of the holes? That would be a cool game to go with this device.
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01-09-2004, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by aroma
Oooh... this could make for one cool etch-a-sketch type device. |
Or the game where you "guided" a marble around a maze by tilting the board (remember that one???)
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01-09-2004, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
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Originally Posted by Gohtor
I wonder why they didn't build it as an sd io device. it looks like it's currently a serial device. <shrug>
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Seems like a smart move to me - many people probably install the games onto their SD memory card, so having them remove it would be a bad experience. Besides, what else is that bottom port used for when you're away from your sync cradle? Seems brilliant to me! |
Agreed, but... the HP iPaq 1900 series doesn't have a true serial port. I've been doing some GPS research and coming up short for the 1900 series (except for the 1940 with Bluetooth, of course). Here's a link about it: http://www.pocketgps.co.uk/modules.p...5fd5da0f23c93c
What I really want is to see the Palm game Mulg with this tilt technology. It's based on an old game called Oxyd. Man, I loved Oxyd and Mulg. Two great games.
Here's the Mulg stuff for Palm: http://www.harbaum.org/till/palm/mulg/
OK, enough rambling for now.
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