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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
by 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.