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class=421160214-05052008>Sounds like a good candidate for emachnie shop.
But how tightly can something like that be locked to the side of the
phone? A usb connector by itself is probally not suffecient
no?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> community-bounces@lists.openmoko.org
[mailto:community-bounces@lists.openmoko.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Steven
Milburn<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 05, 2008 9:06 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
community@lists.openmoko.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Stylus
Recommendation<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>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>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">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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<DIV class=Wj3C7c><BR>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>><BR>>
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