Tactile Feedback

[Ole Tange]

On 5/14/07, Jonathon Suggs <jsuggs at murmp.com> wrote:
> I had mentioned this before, but it didn't get much conversation since
> it was deep within a thread.  Anyway, since there are no hardware
> buttons for input, could we not use the vibrator to give a quick pulse
> so that you still have some feedback as to when a button is pressed?  It
> might go a long way in making hardware keyboard less entry more acceptable.
>
> http://www.time4.com/time4/microsites/popsci/howitworks/cellphone_motor.html
>
> Any thoughts?

It was discussed here:
http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2006-December/000917.html

I have updated the wiki with the idea of adding sound and visuals.
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/VibratorAsKeyboardClick

/Ole