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Want iPhone style functionality on your n95?

Well one thing that didn’t make it into the tech spec sheets is the fact the n95 has an accelerometer!

This app RotateMe allows you to rotate the screen by rotating your phone (removing the need to use the media slide).

Then there’s ShutUp! place the phone face down to activate one profile (i.e. silent) and pick it up again to activate another.

And NokMote a project by the same developer to bring wii-mote style control to your n95.

For the starwars fan (geek): LightSabre need I say more?

Inclinometer is aimed at offroaders, by putting your n95 on your dashboard and running this app it will tell you the current angle of the car.

The downside is some of these apps require them to be “signed” against the IMEI of your phone … I will update as I find how to do this easily.

So the 3g iPhone is out, and a _lot_ of 1st gen iPhone people are looking to grab this new phone as a replacement due to the new features, 3g, gps etc …

That leaves a _LOT_ of 1st gen iPhones that potentially are going to end up on your local dump (landfill) …

Further to the “Green Giant” beowulf cluster project, with the 1st gen iPhone having been cracked open for homebrew multiple times (Hackaday search for Iphone), why not try to re-cycle the 1st gen iPhones into this project as cluster nodes?

I am now looking at places like freecycle to see if I can get hold of any 1st gen’s to do development on … time will tell

But one of the features I have planned should I be able to get hold of a 1st gen or two is using the accelerometer to control the nodes online / offline status …

Anyway all concept and dreams unless one appears.

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