Microsoft Shift technology (precision pointing without stylus)

[MartinG]

Hi list, just want to mention the "Shift" technology that I noticed
today - here's the conclusion in the report [1]:

"CONCLUSION
Shift enables the operation of a pen-based device, such as a
PDA or UMPC, with fingers. Our experimental results
show that Shift's conditional escalation overcomes occlu-
sion problems and allows users to select small targets relia-
bly. ..."

Not sure if this stuff is patented, but I guess it could be
implemented on the OpenMoko (I guess develepment specific discussions
should be posted to the -devel list ;))

Patiently waiting for the Neo1937,
best
MartinG

[1] http://patrickbaudisch.com/publications/2007-Vogel-CHI07-Shift.pdf