Amaete Umanah - Chronicles of Tech Geek » app http://www.amaete.com Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:07:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Amazing! Control Your iPhone with a Mouse (Video) http://www.amaete.com/amazing-control-your-iphone-with-a-mouse-video/ http://www.amaete.com/amazing-control-your-iphone-with-a-mouse-video/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:33:21 +0000 Amaete Umanah http://www.amaete.com/?p=1016 BTstack allows nomadic use of Bluetooth input devices with the iPhone. The BTstack project is steaming ahead with this demo of a connectedMagic Mouse twirling its pointer all over Apple’s handset. The driver code is still unreleased, but we get to see some nice lag-free interaction between the two devices, suggesting it shouldn’t be too far away from public consumption. As if to answer your earlier quandary, the video also features a Celluon CL800BT virtual keyboard, which projects onto and responds to your touch of any flat surface. A gimmick most likely, but a fun journey into the dream of nomadic computing nonetheless. Check out all the action after the break.

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]]> http://www.amaete.com/amazing-control-your-iphone-with-a-mouse-video/feed/ 0 Magellan Gets Into The iPhone GPS Game http://www.amaete.com/magellan-gets-into-the-iphone-gps-game/ http://www.amaete.com/magellan-gets-into-the-iphone-gps-game/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:56:11 +0000 Amaete Umanah http://www.amaete.com/?p=196 Just minutes ago, Magellan announced that their first application, Roadmate, has hit the App Store at an “introductory price” (which, more often than not, tends to be the final price pitched as “introductory” for the sake of pumping launch sales) of $79.99.

Google might be in the middle of turning the navigation market on its head with hints that their free turn-by-turn service might make its way to the iPhone, but that’s not scaring the big players away. TomTom and Telenav have both been on the platform for months and show no sign of turning tail, and now another big-name has jumped into the mix: Magellan.

Much like the competition, Magellan has also announced that they will be offering a vehicle-mounting cradle in December. Magellan’s cradle will be a feature-for-feature match with TomTom’s, with a built-in GPS receiver for improved accuracy, an amplified speaker, and a charging dock.

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