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        Smartphone becomes sketchpad

        Doug | Date: Aug 2, 2006 | Comments: 1


        PhatWare has released an application that uses a smartphone's numeric keypad or full keyboard to create sketches on the display. PhatSketch lets users move the cursor around the screen, draw lines, curves, and circles, fill areas with color, and save the resulting sketch as a file, according to the company.



        (Click here for larger animated screenshot of PhatSketch)

        Using the phone's keypad, users can move the cursor and set "markers" at the current cursor location, PhatWare explains. Lines, arrows, and circles are created by connecting two markers. Connecting three or more markers creates a Bezier curve. A 42-color palette provides a range of line, fill, and background colors.

        PhatWare says the resulting drawing can be "animated," which slowly redraws the strokes used to originally create the sketch. Other features include variable line widths and the ability to load an image file as a background. Sketches can be saved as JPEG, PNG, or bitmap files.

        PhatSketch is a Windows Mobile certified application, according to PhatWare. It supports "most" mobile devices running Windows Mobile 3.0 or higher and is available from the company's website for around $10. A 15-day free trial download is available here.


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