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Comment openSUSE on X60 Tablet MultiTouch (Score 1) 72

by cflange on Sunday October 12, 2008 @01:07PM (#25346109) Attached to: A 3D Curve Sketching System For Tablets

I recommend trying OpenSUSE on your tablet. I am not sure about Fujitsu, but my Lenovo X60 Tablet has been working fine with digital pen since openSUSE 10.3. The openSUSE guys have been very active in developing new support for tablets. Check out this page: http://en.opensuse.org/TabletPCs#Configuring_Your_Tablet_Device

With the beta version of openSUSE 11.1, which I am now testing, I can get even the touch screen mode of my MultiTouch tablet working. Add to it the 3D desktop effects and it blows everyone out the window!

Submission + - SPAM: Use your cellphone as a 3-D mouse 1

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Roland Piquepaille

on Saturday January 19, 2008 @01:49PM

Roland Piquepaille writes: "In recent years, we've started to use our cellphones not only for placing calls or exchanging messages. Now, we take pictures, read our e-mails, listen to music or watch TV. But, according to New Scientist, UK researchers are going further with a prototype software that turns your cellphone into a 3-D mouse. The phone is connected to your computer via Bluetooth. And you control the image on the screen by rotating or moving your phone. As says one of the researchers, "it feels like a much more natural way to interact and exchange data." The technology might first be used in shopping malls to buy movie tickets or to interact with advertising displays. But read more for additional details and a picture showing how a researcher is using his cellphone to control what appears on his screen."

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