Re: PDA as input device

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Hello there!

I see you haven't heard of the Pebbles project.
http://www.pebbles.hcii.cmu.edu/

It sounds like exactally what you're looking for. I was going to use this
with an old palm lying around in conjunction with my frogpad (just mainly
for mouse functions), but my wearable system never actually got off the
ground so I can't say how effective it is while wandering about.

The software is fairly old, not supported anymore, and could be improved
upon if the source code was avaliable, but other than that, AFAIK it's the
best application for the current situation. The other option you could do,
if you somehow don't like pebbles, is use a VNC client on the PDA. That
works, but the problem then becomes speed. The VNC clients I've used aren't
as fast as Pebbles and certainlly don't have the features that Pebbles
offers (macros, etc).

Hope that helps some!
~Brian

On 7/19/06, Nathan Miller <> wrote:
>
>  Hey all-
>
> I was just reading about the OQO 01+ now shipping with Tablet PC and was
> wondering:  could a PDA be used as an input device for the PC via
> Bluetooth?  Searched the Web and didn't see find anything, but the search
> terms were common and brought up a bunch of ads.
>
> To explain a bit more, the idea is that the PDA would act as a "dumb" pen
> tablet (a la graphire). It could be kept in a pocket or strapped to a wrist
> a la frogpad, and the user would use a stylus for mouse navigation and
> handwriting/text entry.
>
> Does such functionality exist for PDAs and if not would there be a barrier
> to developing software to make it work?
>
> Best,
>  Nathan
>
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<div>Hello there!</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I see you haven't heard of the Pebbles project. <br><a href="http://www.pebbles.hcii.cmu.edu/">http://www.pebbles.hcii.cmu.edu/</a></div>
<div> </div>
<div>It sounds like exactally what you're looking for. I was going to use this with an old palm lying around in conjunction with my frogpad (just mainly for mouse functions), but my wearable system never actually got off the ground so I can't say how effective it is while wandering about. 
</div>
<div> </div>
<div>The software is fairly old, not supported anymore, and could be improved upon if the source code was avaliable, but other than that, AFAIK it's the best application for the current situation. The other option you could do, if you somehow don't like pebbles, is use a VNC client on the PDA. That works, but the problem then becomes speed. The VNC clients I've used aren't as fast as Pebbles and certainlly don't have the features that Pebbles offers (macros, etc). 
</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Hope that helps some!</div>
<div>~Brian<br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/19/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nathan Miller</b> <<a href="mailto:"></a>> wrote:</span>
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<div>
<div>Hey all-</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I was just reading about the OQO 01+ now shipping with Tablet PC and was wondering:  could a PDA be used as an input device for the PC via Bluetooth?  Searched the Web and didn't see find anything, but the search terms were common and brought up a bunch of ads.  
</div>
<div> </div>
<div>To explain a bit more, the idea is that the PDA would act as a "dumb" pen tablet (a la graphire). It could be kept in a pocket or strapped to a wrist a la frogpad, and the user would use a stylus for mouse navigation and handwriting/text entry. 
</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Does such functionality exist for PDAs and if not would there be a barrier to developing software to make it work?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Best,</div></div>
<div><span class="sg">
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