> The accelerometer is oriented for holding the device flat on its back. You're looking through a vertical window here so the metaphor doesn't hold. There's a m

> The accelerometer is oriented for holding the device flat on its back. You're looking through a vertical window here so the metaphor doesn't hold. There's a missing axis that precludes vertically-oriented readings. Is it just me, or does that sounds like a really bad hardware decision regarding the accelerometer? With that limitation what could you still use it for other than digital variations of a marble maze?