Re: My solution

2009-01-13 Thread Benedikt Bär
On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 11:43 -0800, Michael Shiloh wrote: > For fun you could adjust the accelerometer threshold to be > super-sensitive, and then when you drive around corners the display > would rotate 90 degrees, giving the virtual illusion* of driving really, > really fast! > > :-) > Nice

Re: My solution (was: Car Charger?)

2009-01-13 Thread Benedikt Bär
On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 09:34 -0500, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: > The problem I had was that the FR has it's buttons and USB port > at the bottom and the holder comes designed to hold the mobile > at the bottom ;) > > It has two pieces: One that attaches to the car, an

Re: My solution

2009-01-13 Thread Michael Shiloh
For fun you could adjust the accelerometer threshold to be super-sensitive, and then when you drive around corners the display would rotate 90 degrees, giving the virtual illusion* of driving really, really fast! :-) * "virtual illusion"? You heard it hear first. > Yes, that could be a solut

Re: My solution (was: Car Charger?)

2009-01-13 Thread Jan Henkins
Hi Jon, On Tue, January 13, 2009 14:34, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: > It would be nice to ask X11 to rotate everything 180 degrees. Then the > "top" of the Openmoko would become the bottom. > > Sounds like a good application of the accelerometer to me. Yes, that could be a solution. In fact, in t

Re: My solution (was: Car Charger?)

2009-01-13 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
The problem I had was that the FR has it's buttons and USB port at the bottom and the holder comes designed to hold the mobile at the bottom ;) It has two pieces: One that attaches to the car, and the other which holds the mobile.

Re: My solution (was: Car Charger?)

2009-01-13 Thread Benedikt Bär
Hi all, After talking with Christoph from Pulster we thought I'd share my car holder solution to everyone :) Attached you can find the photos of my car holder. Basically, the whole thing did only cost me 5€ (~3 USD), but I had to modify it slightly for the FR (explanation bellow). I bought it f