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New Firefox Will Use Acclerometers
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This post over on Mozilla's "hack" site reports that Firefox 3.6 will be able to detect whether a laptop or mobile device is horizontal or vertical by using--if installed--their built-in accelerometers. Currently Safari does this on the iPhone and iPod Touch,...
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GPS, Ambient-Light Sensors and More
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in the iPhone, many business laptops also have accelerometers that detect when the systems are dropped so that they can park the hard drives’ heads to protect the data on the drives. Supporting accelerometers in the sensor framework will also make it easier...
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Apple Patents Technology To Warn IPhone Users Ahead Of A Dropped Call
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as GPS or an accelerometer can provide a precise estimate of the time before wireless or cellular connectivity is lost. "The invention is also well suited to be incorporated with mobile devices that are equipped with guidance systems (GPS, accelerometers, etc.)...
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iPod Touch 3G/iPhone EGS Gaming
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companies have spent more time engineering better user interfaces. NGmoco, a famous iPhone developer, has made incredible titles like Rolando, which uses the accelerometers, and Star Defense, among others. The majority of games available for the Touch...
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Nintendo Patents Inflatable Horse Saddle
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depicts an inflatable seat for the Nintendo Wii console (patent link). The Wii remote rests within a specific pocket, and will sense movement using the built-in accelerometers. The connected nunchuck serves as a reign of sorts, or according to the Nintendo...
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From The Labs: Summer Innovations
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out into your phone? A Duke university student has found a way to turn gestures in the air – for example, writing a parking space location – into email that can later be retrieved. Using the function of accelerometers existing in most new cell phones, the...
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Beyond the Touch Keyboard
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haptic feedback to know when you’ve selected an item or the phone has detected a gesture. All of these functions are due in Symbian 9.5, possibly launching next year, which will have an extensible sensor framework that can integrate accelerometers, compasses...
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10 Most Lucrative iPhone Apps–for Apple
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Fu Panda." Although it remains to be seen whether Guitar Hero would lend itself well to the iPhone format, it would be easy to see the movie titles being developed into iPhone games. Crash Bandicoot’s intensive use of the iPhone accelerometer, which...
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Our Favorite Free iPhone Apps
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iPhone, iPhone 3G, or iPod Touch. Now you can remedy this omission by downloading this free app onto yours. One of the most exciting features in the iPhone is the accelerometer, and though the paid app Super Monkey Ball probably takes advantage of the accelerometer...
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TG01: Shake, Rattle, and Roll
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these phones seem like they've got it all. But are they also brainy?. With so few buttons, the TG01 needs another option for controls and it uses the accelerometer in some unusual ways, as well as for rotating the screen. The accelerometer is obviously sensitive...
