NokMote Beta Released to Donors
Now that the rotateMe beta has gone public, Samir has started sending out NokMote to the first round of donors. Woo hoo! If you’ve been living under a rock recently, NokMote allows you to control your N95’s d-pad by gesturing in the appropriate direction with your phone. Here’s a quick vid for your viewing pleasure:
Actually I have to say that since I’m not a gamer I’m really not excited about this one. Outside of gaming, the app is a bit of a pain in the ass in my opinion for a few reasons - namely because you have to keep your phone perfectly horizontal to the ground with the screen facing up in order to use it. In day to day use, the app is little more than a novelty. Using it with apps like music player, gallery etc is pointless because as soon as you move the phone away from the stationary position, you’re pressing up/down/etc and your phone goes crazy. You can enable and disable it with a hotkey shortcut (pen + c, I wish he had chosen something that wasn’t already used by NStarter) which is nice because once you’ve exited the game you’re playing, your menu highlight will be going crazy again until you disable the app.
I know a lot of people have been waiting for this app, which is why I’m posting. Kudos to Samir because A LOT of gamers are clamoring for this app and it will deliver as expected. If you plan to use this app realistically for anything more than gaming though, you’re going to be a bit disappointed I’m afraid. Either way, if you’ve donated for NokMote then start checking your inbox! If not, the public free release should be along soon enough.
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