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Re: Can we make more attractive for girls.

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Originally Posted by DaveP1 (Post 349057)

How about an app to remotely taser your husband if he's spending too much time in the basement reading all the Maemo Talk posts.

my wife liked that one, I guess I´m literally in for a shock....

Re: Can we make more attractive for girls.

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Originally Posted by qwerty12 (Post 349383)

In that case, seeing as all the app suggestions are stereotypical, what's the point of this thread?
I mean, I can't see any N900 application having any less utility for a woman as it would a man.

I suppose that means we'd just need 2 versions of the digital onscreen ruler- one for men, the other for women. The women's version would be accurate and precise, the men's of course would be highly exaggerated. :D

Yes I know, some will claim they need 3 or more N900s for proper measurement.

Re: Can we make more attractive for girls.

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Originally Posted by DaveP1 (Post 349942)

As far as the "time of month" app, I would note that there are several stages to that particular cycle and different women (and men) would be interested in different aspects. In addition to tracking menstruation, some couples are looking to optimize fertility and others (if their are any strict catholics left) infertility. If anyone does try to write this, I would suggest doing some research into various vital signs that could be tracked.

That's what I was hinting at. Some of the indicators for that are very personal (and even a little icky). It's not a project for the faint-hearted male. But I'd be willing to collaborate if people felt it worth it. This isn't for me - I'm approaching past all that now, and sensitive enough to the indicators not to need an app. ;)

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Originally Posted by sjgadsby (Post 350030)

[*]notes which games she's loaning to her sister & provides the full list on demand

Something to keep note of which books I've loaned to whom would be dead handy. I often go to look for something and find I've lent it,

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Originally Posted by kryptoniankid17 (Post 350038)

maybe it says things like you are the most beautiful of them all. or it shows a new hair do for you to try out.

A 'self-esteem' app to give you positive affirmations? You may have something there: There's a great market out there now for computerised CBT.
(And no, my bum does not look bigger with an n900)

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Originally Posted by daveb70 (Post 350086)

If women had an accurate measuring tool instead of having to take men's word for how long 6 inches is, we might be able to parallel park!!

Re: Can we make more attractive for girls.

Are you guys/gals serious about the mirror thing ? I mean, if you don't want some fancy UI for it, just an icon that says 'Mirror, Mirror' and launches, well, a mirror application, that's about 10 minutes of work + the time needed to promote it from devel to testing and extras. While I'm not a primary mirror user (would scare myself every time ;) ) if you need that sort of stuff, I can hack it up.

Re: Can we make more attractive for girls.

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Originally Posted by attila77 (Post 350175)

I already posted in 'widgets request' about this. Yes, I think it could be a small, resource light, nifty little app. The sort of thing Joanne Public would have on her iphone. ;)

Most of us might not make a huge use of it, but if you look at the apps in the maemo store right now, it's more useful than some of them.

I don't have an n900 yet, but I'd be up for testing this one, too. Waste your 10 minutes. (It doesn't need to 'say' anything: simple one-click button on the screen for 'mirror'.)

Re: Can we make more attractive for girls.

Okay, you convinced me, just realized there is one tiny catch. Orientation. I have not fiddled with orientation changing yet, so the 10 minute version will have fixed orientation. So, would you say it makes more sense to have a landscape mirror or a portrait mirror ?

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Originally Posted by attila77 (Post 350185)

My instinct is to say portrait - though I could be wrong. I'm not the average girlie.

Though why does it matter? If I'm using the front camera, put the image on the screen upright to maximise screen space, and if I want it sidewise, I can turn the device in my hand, can't I? Same as I would with a pocket mirror.

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Heh, no. That' why a mirror is magical - it always flips left and right (from your viewpoint). If you turn the device, left and right become top and bottom so the image is wrong (upside down) - that's why you would need to compensate in software. Ok, so portrait. Not a biggie if it needs to be changed later.

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Ok - I'm being dumb! Doesn't the camera also know which way up I'm holding it? If I use my camera I can flip between a portrait or landscape shot just by turning the camera in my hand.

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I can't speak for the N900 (I should put that in my sig -_-)

With the N810, it's the strangest thing.
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