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I can only count one. Can you point the others out?

• alain94040 17y ago
  Accelerometers for instance: when I dial using the keypad, then move the phone to my ear, the accelerometer detects this movement and switches off the keypad, so my ears don't dial extra numbers on my behalf. I don't know, but did the phone you mention (first to have accelerometer) make good use of them?
  • avinashv 17y ago
    It's not an accelerometer that does this, it's a proximity sensor. It's a little preposterous to imagine the phone can account for every possible way I take my phone to my ear. The iPhone uses the accelerometer primarily to rotate the screen. There's not a whole lot more (apart from some niche applications) that any phone manufacturer does besides that.
    • gcanyon 17y ago
      "niche applications?" Have you seen Pocket Universe? http://www.craicdesign.com/ http://www.craicdesign.com/ The first time you look up at the night sky, see a star, hold your iPhone (3gs for best experience) up in front of that star and see the display show exactly the same view, with labels, you _know_ the compass and accelerometer have a purpose -- nay, a holy calling.
      • dejb 17y ago
        > 3gs for best experience Yes cause the only the 3gs (amongst iPhones) has a compass. So that isn't really relevant to the discussion of what the iPhone introduced to the world. Other phones had a compass (and GPS for that matter) a lot earlier.