Re: [Ipodlinux-devel] OT?: Text entry via a circle..

[Robert D <ro...@op...>]

While i am not origionly a java programmer, i think i would know enough to
put together something like that.

Problem is i cant do much untill a way is found to get my 3g ipod to work
with firewire :)

----- Original Message -----


> >
> >   Anyone have any ideas on novel ways of entering text via a circular
> > dial?  I know the quickwriting system is out there (look it up -
> > basically a 9-piece square, and strokes to-and-from center, and
> > triagles originating from the center determine letters.  It's a
> > unistroke method.)  That seems like it *might* be able to be done with
> > a dial somehow, especially if you could detect finger presses/small
> > movements *on* the dial, but not *around* it.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Hello,
> this is my first posrt to this group. i am reading the list since quite
> a while now, but as i am not a programmer and my programming knowledge
> is limited to basic realbasic handling, so i am probably not good in
> guessing programming capabilities.
> but as i think when the wave of linuxpodding is starting to roll we
> will want to have a more comfortable ways of accesssing some kind of
> text input. as nearly everybody has a little keypad with him nowadays
> (remeber the little thingy in your pocket that sometimes make strange
> sounds and starts vibrating?) i think the best ways would be if there
> was a firewire connector for bluetooth of IrDA and a java cell phone.
> it works with your mac, so why not with the ipod? is there any java
> delevopper among us that is able to write such an app for cell phones?
> i think this would be really great!
> then you could even develop your apps ON your ipod (as mentioned in
> this thread before)
> ;-)
>
> what do you think about this? might this be possible in some time?
>
> greetings from bavaria to all ipodders and those who are gonna be one!
>
> Ronja
>
>
>
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