Application idea: Bicycle computer

[Schmidt András]

As the Neo's screen is pressure based (not capacitive) it could be 
possible to be used through a thin plastic layer. There are PDA bags 
which cover the touch screen and  it still remains functional.

David Pottage wrote:
> On Thu, March 6, 2008 12:11 pm, Schmidt András wrote:
>   
>> Joseph Reeves wrote:
>>     
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Please excuse my blatant blog-promotion, but here's a short entry on
>>> my use of the Neo1973 and tangoGPS as a bicycle computer:
>>>
>>> http://blogs.thehumanjourney.net/finds/entry/20080306
>>>       
>> In PDA shops you can buy a bicycle mount for PDA's. I hope it will be
>> compatible with the Neo.
>>     
>
> More of a problem is the fact that the Neo is not waterproof, and if you
> put it in a waterproof case, the touch screen can't be used.
>
> Perhaps it would be possible to attach a waterproof external keyboard via
> USB, and control the Neo using that. The keyboard cable would pass via a
> well sealed hole in a waterproof case.
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