Since the release of the HTC Touch Diamond and other g-sensor-equipped Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphones, professional and homebrew developers have been creating more and more applications and games for use on these excellent new devices.
Fun Gsensor Apps
Taking their lead from the success of the iPhone and the deluge of software and widgets available from the AppStore, these gsensor developers have given iPhone-like fun to Windows Mobile users.
I’ve put together a list of the best of these gsensor apps, games, applications and curiosities, each of which are perfect for showing off the capability of your HTC Touch Diamond, Samsung Omnia or similarly equipped Windows Mobile 6.1 device.
1. BeMario
The secret of the old Nintendo Super Mario Bros games was jumping – jump on the platforms, jump on the clouds, jump on your enemies. The secret of BeMario is also jumping, and this is achieved not by pressing buttons but by moving your phone!
BeMario can be sent up into the clouds, and as long as he passes the red line across the screen, the movement is classified as a jump. There is no score, however – BeMario is really nothing more than a fun way of seeing how good the g-sensor in your phone is.
BeMario in Action
2. DiamondSaber
There have been several versions of this made available for Windows Mobile g-sensor-equipped devices, but this is by far the slickest, even including the Star Wars theme tune.
To activate, simply tap the onscreen lightsaber handle and the blade appears with a whoosh!
To enjoy, move your phone around, like it’s a real lightsaber, and listen to the amazing sounds! DiamondSaber is best enjoyed by multiple users of mobile lightsaber software!
DiamondSaber
3. GRemote
This is one of those applications that you think “wow – brilliant!” and then spend ages trying to find a really good use for it despite the fact that you become addicted to its ingenuity. I’m sure there must be a really good reason for me to sit using my mobile rather than my wireless mouse to interact with my desktop PC, but I haven’t yet found it.
GRemote allows the user to control their PC or laptop via a console on the touch display of their Windows Mobile handset. Working via WiFi or USB the application offers 5 different interfaces from a laptop style mouse to game controllers.
What is particularly pleasing is the haptic feedback response the phone’s touchscreen provides when you click on a button.
The available interfaces are:
- Mouse - mouse control similar to the Logitech MX Air
- Touchpad – emulation of a laptop touchpad
- GPad – this is built especially for interaction with Windows Media Center
- GMedia – provides a set of multimedia keys for Windows Media Player, such as volume, play, next/previous track, etc.
- Keyboard plus laptop touchpad – this utilises your device keyboard and the touchpad emulator.
I’ve even written some of this summary with the keyboard interface – although I don’t think that this the is end of desktop keyboards!
GRemote Interfaces
