Idea: Vibrator as keyboard click

[Sean Moss-Pultz]

On 12/27/06 8:28 AM, "Ole Tange" <openmoko.org at tange.dk> wrote:

> The Neo only has a touch screen which makes it hard to feel if a key
> is pressed. A click sound can help, but sound can be annoying to your
> environment. Visual feedback helps, but it would be nice to feel it
> too.
> 
> You could have the phone move slightly if the vibrator is activated
> for a very short time (e.g. 50 ms). This would give a silent, yet
> destinctive feedback.

Very cool idea!...but I think I remember hearing from somebody that this is
patented. Does anybody here know?

-Sean