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GestureTek announced that its patented software for gesture-based mobile device interaction now supports the Android platform. If you haven’t heard about GestureTek, you should know that they make software which effectively simulates an accelerometer by using the phone’s built-in camera to detect moves.
In addition to the Android launch, the company has also unveiled a brand new engine for Windows Mobile, which consists of two parts – one for tracking movement (Motion tracker) and the other one for tracking objects (Mosaic tracker).
The main reason why GestureTek’s technology is important is in the fact that it lowers down the cost of a handset by requiring a software (rather than hardware) component, which is cheaper at the moment. In other words, at some point we’ll have motion-aware entry-level handsets, which is cool. 
Finally, let me finish by adding that GestureTek’s software is already enabled on multiple platforms — including Windows Mobile, Brew, Java, Symbian, Nucleus, Android and Linux.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
