Dude! You have download this app. I was at Darla Mack’s site last night and stumbled upon the s60 tips site and found that there was an accelerometer shipped with the N95. It looks like Forum Nokia released code to access it. What do you do when you have access to a device with an accelerometer? Well, make fun stuff!
Lightsaber for N95 – Hidden Accelerometer
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Tags: accelerometer, darla mack, lightsaber, nokia. s60, starwars
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Nokia buys Trolltech, Mobile Linux Platform and tools provider
28 01 2008http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1185531
WOW! Nokia is really heating up the valley these days. Nokia’s push to not only be a player in mobile but in web as well is not all rhetoric, they are acting on their words. I’ll give full disclosure here, I’m a Nokia snob, have used a nokia device since 1997 as my primary phone, even when I was at Disney and Danger, I just couldn’t stop using a S60. Perhaps the threat of Android/Access/Palm and Moto steering towards Linux mobile platforms is was inevitable that Nokia would jump in the race, after all don’t they dominate 40% of the handset market. I’ve been following Trolltech since a UI project I worked on with TMOUS back in 2005. Good for Nokia for acquiring a local valley company, and they are getting a well experienced team and toolset to develop on the Linux platform, this should definitely help Nokia hit the ground running in a plan to supplement the s60 roadmap and beyond.
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Tags: access, android, linux, nokia, palm, s60, trolltech
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Android Campfire Discussion
24 01 2008The folks at Android sent me an invite to a small gathering of thought leaders from the Valley. The scene was that of a Boy Scout overnight camp out, with fires (simulated) and even a mess tent, provisioned with food an goodies. The discussion was lead by Android Advocates (which has a little too much of a Mormon Elder feeling to it, Evangineer is much better), it was actually a great group of people, largely developers with questions on roadmap and details of support of their applications. The discussion covered from concerns of operators limiting access to the APIs to security (my question). I definitely feel that these discussions are good for the project and hope that someone from Android was taking notes, because the issues discussed are real issues that developers encounter today and they hope Android is watching out for them.
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WhereWednesday is Born!!!!
24 01 2008www.wherewednesday.com
I’ve been kicking around the idea to start a Location Based Services community in Silicon Valley since the Summer of 2007 and finally I’ve found the time and effort to do it. This group got its inspiration from MobileMonday (www.mobilemonday.net) an open community for mobile. I’ve organized and founded the Seattle and Los Angeles Chapters of MobileMonday and have been gathering people to evangelize mobile since 1999.
Location Based Services is again gaining a buzz and I wanted to form a group that didn’t only focus on Location for Mobile but for Web apps as well. There are many interesting applications for both mobile and web that it merits a group for those with interests and passions for the sector.
Mapping data and location data are finding their ways into some of the most interesting applications and this group is a forum to share, debate, inspire and network in the community.
We are planning our first gathering soon so keep posted.
MISSION
WhereWednesday is a open group for those in the Location Based Services realm. Our slogan is, “If your App has a Map, you are welcome to join.”
The group is focused on users of Mapping Data, Application Developers and Location players in both web and mobile.
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