Re: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-09-24 Thread Brian Butterworth
2008/9/24 Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Brian, I keep meaning to add to the presentation because the pacemaker is such a revolutionary device. Please do! GPS and Compass? are you sure? Yes, I am sure that it has a compass (that's how the Live Streetmap view works in the

Re: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-09-24 Thread Brian Butterworth
2008/9/24 Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/9/24 Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Touchflo 3D - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbzVuhzdCFkfeature=related TouchWiz UI - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95Ky6nwR8ms Shall I carry on? Okay, I agree that for the UI it seems Microsoft has

Re: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-09-24 Thread Tom Taylor
On 24 Sep 2008, at 07:33, Brian Butterworth wrote: Yes, I am sure that it has a compass (that's how the Live Streetmap view works in the demos), I'm not 100% sure it is necessarily going to be the killer app... In my experience, electronic compasses are utterly terrible for consumer

Re: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-09-24 Thread Jim Tonge
Indeed. Perhaps I overestimated Google's desire to have mass adoption. Maybe they're playing safe til they have a solid platform - I know my opinion of Apple has been dented by buggy 2.0 software and questionable app acceptance practices. Jim On 24 Sep 2008, at 01:43, Ian Forrester [EMAIL

Re: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-09-24 Thread Brian Butterworth
Re: Compass... http://code.google.com/android/reference/com/google/android/maps/MyLocationOverlay.html#enableCompass() 2008/9/24 Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Brian, I keep meaning to add to the presentation because the pacemaker is such a revolutionary device. GPS and Compass?

Re: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-09-24 Thread Steve Jolly
Brian Butterworth wrote: Sorry, a GPS compass. I worked on GPS for ages back in the day and don't ever recall GPS being able to be a compass. It can't be a compass directly, but many GPS receivers can show you your direction of travel on a compass-like display. S - Sent via the

Re: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-09-24 Thread Phil Wilson
It can't be a compass directly, but many GPS receivers can show you your direction of travel on a compass-like display. I seem to remember my N95 has a pretty good compass in it. GPS+accelerometer = standing-still compass. Phil - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To

Re: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-09-24 Thread Jim Tonge
I got a pretty good compass out of a Christmas cracker last year ;) On 24 Sep 2008, at 20:34, Phil Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It can't be a compass directly, but many GPS receivers can show you your direction of travel on a compass-like display. I seem to remember my N95 has a