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Video: The force comes to Finland, Nokia Lightsaber

Categories: Nokia, Symbian
By: , IntoMobile
Sunday, November 11th, 2007 at 8:24 AM

Someone named Graham Oldfield used the accelerometer API inside the Nokia N95 to create a lightsaber application which you can find here. Symbian Guru, Jedi Cadden, made a little video demoing this for us:

As useless as the application is, you can’t talk smack about Star Ware, especially you LoTR people.

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • accelerate

    It gives me an idea. How about the MAME starwars game using this accelerometer? it would be cool, especially on a tv.

  • HTC-BOY

    Cleary,,,,this guy never gets laid…..lol.

    :lol:

  • azhong

    :sad: sb

  • Varun

    Really funny .. I was looking for a ray of light on the screen in addition to the sound ..

  • Bazza

    Clearly on a sad person equates life as one lay to another, HTC-Boy. FYI he just got engaged.

    On topic: Cool fun lil app.

  • Jonathan Seckermann (post from Opera Mini 4 Beta 3)

    Wowww!! Hehehe, that’s nice. I’m surprised that new features appears in Nokia n95.

    Greetings