Air Writing: The Next Big Thing to SMS
June 12, 2009 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Unwired Oddities
The concept reminds me much of high school kids in class passing notes to one another. But instead of writing notes in secret and passing them to seatmates, all they need to do now is scribble using their mobile phone. It’s as simple as that. Use the phone like a pen to scribble letters. I think the setup works like a combination of the Wiimote’s accelerometer from Nintendo and maybe, in the future, the Canson Papershow which I reviewed several months back. Yeah, there’s a name for this new technology and it’s called Air Writing.
Stay tuned, folks! The application is …read more
Upright for iPhone Checks Your Posture
April 3, 2009 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Safety
Here’s an interesting iPhone app – Upright. If your mom has been at it over and over again with your bad posture, then she might have bought this app for you if the iPhone did exist at that time. The Upright app calibrates to check whether you’re current “posture” is a bad one:
Secure Upright in a shirt pocket, on a lanyard, on your neck, or however best works for you. Assume your optimum posture and then just tap to calibrate. Upright instantly begins tracking your posture. Tap again to pause or to re-calibrate. Upright will alert you when your posture …read more
Sony Ericsson F305
August 26, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Camera phones, Sony Ericsson
Nothing remarkably fantastic about this phone. Sony Ericsson has been on the aesthetic binge lately, releasing a stable of great looking mid end phones. Here’s one of them. The F305 comes with Bluetooth, 10MB internal memory, M2 memory expansion, a 2MP camera, EDGE connectivity, and an accelerometer for games. The accelerometer function is perhaps the highlight of this mobile phone, which isn’t much. But for some reason, I can’t really go about hating this unit because it was built to do what it was supposed to do, and Sony Ericsson has been known to deliver well in its mid range …read more
An Ode to the Accelerometer
January 28, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Accessories, Editorial
Have you ever wondered what makes the iPhone recognize that you’re tilting its screen horizontally or vertically? Or what makes the new Sony Ericsson W760 browse through your music library with a firm shake?
