The SIMON team release HeadTurner
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The SIMON team are proud to announce that HeadTurner, the first independent 
release from the SIMON project is now available.

HeadTurner is an application for the A9 that rotates the desktop to enable 
the use of portrait modes (with a suitable monitor). This is of particular 
use for working on documents and/or images which are in this aspect ratio, 
as it provides a much more natural view.

We are also pleased to note that this is the first application released 
specifically for the A9home and hints at its future potential.

HeadTurner is available now to those on the developer scheme for GBP15, which
includes updates, as required, to cope with the maturation of the underlying 
platform.

One of the project team members commented, "It's been great working with 
RISCOS Ltd and Advantage 6 on taking RISC OS forward and seeing our work 
included, but releasing our own product like this is fantastic"

Matt Edgar of Advantage 6 Ltd, "Co-operation between various groups has 
enabled us to tackle larger projects like the A9home, and we are happy that 
this is continuing.  SIMON are playing an important role in this, and it is 
nice to see them being successful in their own right."

RISCOS Ltd Managing director Paul Middleton explained, "The future power of 
RISC OS is very dependant on harnessing the rapidly evolving capabilities of 
graphics hardware.  Partnerships between developers in the RISC OS world to 
accomplish this are echoing those between ARM and graphics hardware in the 
wider world"

http://www.advantage6.com/SIMON.html
http://www.advantage6.com/A9hsplash.html
http://www.riscos.com

Contact: simon@advantage6.com; info@advantage6.com

Matt Edgar (PP The SIMON team)