Ah, retro is back…Etch-a-Sketch — the game which involved turning knobs to draw on a screen — has been ported to mobiles. You use the arrow keys instead of knobs, and you press the zero button to clear the screen rather than shake the phone, but it does vibrate to emulate the shaking…
It’s a bit funny though — many mobile handsets have had this function for a while. Initially billed as “create your own images” when phone screens were still monochromatic, I think very few people had both the patience and skill to create anything worth saving. Of course, when screens went color the application pretty much dissappeared…
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