wraggster
December 16th, 2014, 23:27
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/4466f668cfeb86929339e4debad781a5/201254320/windows-phone-gestures-2014-12-16-01.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/16/microsoft-gestures-beta/)
We love the idea of orientation gestures (used by Samsung (http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/15/samsung-galaxy-note-4-review/), HTC and Moto phones and apps like Tasker (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm)), but they aren't natively supported on iOS, Android or Windows Phone yet. Microsoft seems ready to buck that trend with the launch of a Gestures Beta (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/08/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-review/) app for WP8 Lumia phones. As shown below, it'll let you answer a call by raising the phone to your ear, listen on speakerphone by setting it on a table and mute the mic with a face-down flip. Microsoft planned to launch a similar feature for WP8.1 called "3D Touch (http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/10/mclaren-windows-phone/)" with other features like a grip sensor, possibly alongside the now-defunct McLaren phone (http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/30/lumia-rm-1052-leak/). There's no sign that'll come anytime soon, but at least there's now an app -- just bear in mind that it's still in beta, and functionality is "limited" for the Lumia 530, 630 and 635.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/16/microsoft-gestures-beta/
We love the idea of orientation gestures (used by Samsung (http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/15/samsung-galaxy-note-4-review/), HTC and Moto phones and apps like Tasker (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm)), but they aren't natively supported on iOS, Android or Windows Phone yet. Microsoft seems ready to buck that trend with the launch of a Gestures Beta (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/08/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-review/) app for WP8 Lumia phones. As shown below, it'll let you answer a call by raising the phone to your ear, listen on speakerphone by setting it on a table and mute the mic with a face-down flip. Microsoft planned to launch a similar feature for WP8.1 called "3D Touch (http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/10/mclaren-windows-phone/)" with other features like a grip sensor, possibly alongside the now-defunct McLaren phone (http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/30/lumia-rm-1052-leak/). There's no sign that'll come anytime soon, but at least there's now an app -- just bear in mind that it's still in beta, and functionality is "limited" for the Lumia 530, 630 and 635.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/16/microsoft-gestures-beta/