Just had a crazy thought while reading this thread....<br><br>Someone (read: not me. I AM a EE :) ) could make a stylus with a usb connector sticking out along the side. Then, the stylus could plug into the usb port and be held tight against the side of the phone.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 8:33 PM, Jeremiah Flerchinger <<a href="mailto:jeremiah.flerchinger@gmail.com">jeremiah.flerchinger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I'd like a Nintendo DS style stylus and holder because they're small,<br>
cheap, & I like how they fit into the casing of the DS. I would try to<br>
use the FreeRunner CAD data<br>
( <a href="http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_GTA02_Hardware#Case" target="_blank">http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_GTA02_Hardware#Case</a> ) to<br>
make my own case mod design if I could find something to convert Pro-E<br>
files. As it stands I refuse to buy Pro-E for a single hobby project.<br>
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On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 09:12 +0200, Nicanor Babula wrote:<br>
> Shawn Rutledge wrote:<br>
> > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Hans L <<a href="mailto:thehans@gmail.com">thehans@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> >> I am not an electrical engineer, but I think that the voltage/current<br>
> >> produced from such a magnet would be negligible. But, even assuming<br>
> >> that it would not be harmful, isn't the case made of plastic? Is<br>
> >><br>
> ><br>
> > Well you could take apart the phone and try to find a place to stash a<br>
> > small, really strong neodymium magnet. Then use a thin steel stylus<br>
> > (with a soft plastic tip), shaped to fit against whatever surface has<br>
> > the magnet. It could even fit against the side of the phone, if it<br>
> > had a slightly concave shape. Or mod the case to have a shallow<br>
> > groove for the stylus to fit into, then the stylus could just be a<br>
> > thin steel bar, or rounded on one side as suggested. Since the magnet<br>
> > doesn't move, it shouldn't cause any inductive pulses (although it<br>
> > might cause electrons that are trying to move in a straight line to go<br>
> > off in a curve instead. Not sure if that would affect anything...)<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Now I am using a motorola A1200E "Motoming" (linux based ;) ) and it has<br>
> a stylus too. I like very much the way the stylus is attached to my<br>
> motorola and I would like to see it on the neo if it doesn't create<br>
> large additional costs.<br>
><br>
> Check it out:<br>
> <a href="http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/motomingedge/" target="_blank">http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/motomingedge/</a><br>
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