N95 Accelerometer
I found a hidden treasure in my Nokia N95 handset today. I didn’t know that the N95 had an Accelerometer in it. I was wondering how the camera would automatically differentiate landscape and portrait shots all by itself. This was done with the help of the accelerometer feature in it which Nokia had been hiding from us for some unknown reason.
I downloaded a few applications for testing these features and it turned out to be an interesting thing. A few of them are listed below.
Nokia Activity Monitor
This plug-in displays charts and statistics, in real-time, about your movements while walking or running. It counts the number of steps, and determines the distance covered and the energy expenditure. Summaries are stored in a diary so that you can compare your activity level on different days, and over longer periods of time. A nice application specially for runners and joggers.
Download Nokia Activity Monitor | An improved version of the Activity Monitor – Nokia Step Counter – is available below.
Nokia Step Counter New
Ever wanted to know how much you walk or run as you go about your daily life? The Nokia Step Counter not only counts your steps, it also determines the distance you have covered and your energy expenditure. You can even compare your activity levels on different days by looking up the summaries stored in a handy diary.
rotateMe
This plug-in allows you to switch your phone screen from portrait to landscape and vice versa automatically when you rotate your phone. It enable the handset to behaves just like the iPhone.
Download rotateMe | Demo Video
MovingBall
This is a small app where you can play around with a ball moving inside the screen.
One of my friends was telling me that there was an application for switching menu tabs in this handset by moving the phone using the accelerometer feature. I couldn’t find an application like that though till now. If anyone of you know about it please let me know.
Who needs an iPhone now? ;P
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Nokmote allow you to control your N95 by detecting the movement of the phone through motion sensing, like the Wiimote
http://www.bysamir.fr/nokmote/
Nice apps! Thanks!
Liked all of them! I can’t install rotateMe though. It is asking for a signed certificate. What do I do?
@ dw: Thanks!
@ Jack: Nice you liked them. 🙂
@ Spruit: Great you liked them. Yes rotateMe does require a signed certificate to install. You’ll have to manually make one. Shubhangam knows how to make one but I doubt he has time now.
cud ne 1 tell me hw to go bout installin da rotate me app. as in wat do i do wit regards to da signed certificate?? do lemme no at whiplash_73@hotmail.com..thnks…!!
hey can any one tell me how to get out of that certificate error.. will be thnkful to u..
You may want to pay a visit to : http://www.mobilecastle.biz/mobiles/login.php
It has information on certificate signing and stuff.
I take no responsibility for the aforementioned.
Thanks shubhangam for the help! 🙂
This is for Spruit:
To get a program signed ‘signed’ by someone, just follow the steps below (Thanks to Gene from KEYnetik)
If you haven’t got a certificate then this can be done (for this application but not necessarily other unsigned .sys files) by uploading the sys file to the following Symbian website together with your IMEI number for your phone. Thanks to daniel for these instructions:
https://www.symbiansigned.com/app/page/ … dOnline.do
On the above website, enter the following information:
– the IMEI number of YOUR phone (find this by entering *#06# on your phone’s keypad)
– Your email address
– Upload the .sys file you unzipped earlier
– ‘Select all’ for Capability information options
– The security code shown in the wavy picture (I found this really hard to read and had to make a couple of abortive attempts before I got the right code!)
– Accept legal agreement
In a couple of minutes you will get an email to verify the email address you entered. Click on the link to verify. In another couple of minutes you will get a second email with a link to down load the signed .sys file.
4) Install the signed downloaded sys file. It installs as a new icon under your applications menu. That’s it!
Hello, as you can see this is my first post here.
Hope to get some help from you if I will have some quesitons.
Thanks and good luck everyone! 😉