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N95-Light-sabre!

140 replies · 49,765 views · Started 11 November 2007

rottie 11 Nov 2007, 10:59

Doesn't work for me, it installs fine, I have the coordinates changing while moving but no soud coming...

TBird1 11 Nov 2007, 12:48

Am I overlooking something - I download the API and run it from my PC then it says I need S60 3rd Edition SDK - am I doing the right thing . . . do I realy need to install the SDK to get the light sabre running ?

3Shirts 11 Nov 2007, 20:42

It's quite fun, not as sensitive as i'd hoped and why is it so ear splittingly loud? But hey, for something silly and fun, it's great. Be good if it changed the screen to just green (or red) so you could use it in the dark and it'd almost look real... maybe i'm thinking too much about this!

bartmanekul 12 Nov 2007, 10:02

You know, I didnt expect something like this to be the one thing that made me regret not getting an N95. Im ok with not having the better camera, bigger screen, TV out, and regular size headphone jack - but not being able to have a lightsaber noise? Unfair :frown:

kontraband 12 Nov 2007, 14:06

Oh man, how totally stupid and pointless...

I LOVE IT! AHHAHAHAHA

Although the office isnt too keen! 😉

seriously tho, shows some of the great capabilites the phone has... why didnt Nokia think i do it? Or maybe thats part of thei iPhone killing plan... leaving it 'open' for people to come up with these great apps.

3Shirts 12 Nov 2007, 14:38

kontraband wrote: why didnt Nokia think i do it? Or maybe thats part of thei iPhone killing plan... leaving it 'open' for people to come up with these great apps.

It may have been a time thing. Perhaps they stuck the accelerometer in just before releasing the phone and decided, rather than spend time and money developing applications as well as possibly delaying the phone from market, they'd just put it out there and let developers play with it.
I think Nokia has quite a forward-thinking attitude to homebrew development and it pays off when you look at the huge range of powerful, useful or just fun apps that are out there.

kontraband 12 Nov 2007, 14:43

yeah, its great that there is this homebrew element. Undoubtedly it will enhance the phones overall capabilities plus, offer free ideas to the big 'N'.

andykn 12 Nov 2007, 21:23

OK, so I've installed the accelerometer API and the lightsabre app, both on the phone memory, but when I run it it mostly makes a farting noise. The proper noise is only very occasional.

Any ideas?

3Shirts 12 Nov 2007, 21:54

andykn wrote:OK, so I've installed the accelerometer API and the lightsabre app, both on the phone memory, but when I run it it mostly makes a farting noise. The proper noise is only very occasional.
Any ideas?

At the risk of sounding patronising, have you tried waving it around?

andykn 12 Nov 2007, 22:30

3Shirts wrote:At the risk of sounding patronising, have you tried waving it around?

If I forgot to say that I had waved it around you're entitled to ask. That's when it makes most of the farting noise. Only very occasionally does a 'proper' sound break through.

Almost as if its distorting most of the time.

RogerPodacter 14 Nov 2007, 00:19

3Shirts wrote:It may have been a time thing. Perhaps they stuck the accelerometer in just before releasing the phone and decided, rather than spend time and money developing applications as well as possibly delaying the phone from market, they'd just put it out there and let developers play with it.
I think Nokia has quite a forward-thinking attitude to homebrew development and it pays off when you look at the huge range of powerful, useful or just fun apps that are out there.

i dont know. i think the electronics have to be planned and designed at a very early stage and something cant be thrown in" at the last minute on something like a mobile phone where space is a very big design consideration. i could be wrong though cause i cant come up with any good reason why they didnt use it either.

3Shirts 14 Nov 2007, 08:20

Yeah and it REALLY needs a volume control cos the first version was deafening! I'll try this one in a bit

kontraband 14 Nov 2007, 08:23

yeah, I'll check it out but mine is as reliable as your vid... which by the way... its fcuking hilarious! HAHAHHAHAHAH You and the starwars kid would get on like a house on fire! 😉

3Shirts 14 Nov 2007, 08:39

kontraband wrote:yeah, I'll check it out but mine is as reliable as your vid... which by the way... its fcuking hilarious! HAHAHHAHAHAH You and the starwars kid would get on like a house on fire! 😉

That's not me! It's a guy called The Symbian Guru who also made these hilarious iphone vs N95 videos:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=e1-8DpRNGNE
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Q5QuhQzIE
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GecftG1Kh7w
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KTNgTsq8l08
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqhwx2tb0WU

This is the best one (you're sh*tting me!): http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MwrE5UCUf7s

Anyway, back on topic. The green light on the light sabre is a nice touch and it works much better but it is still far too loud.