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Articles tagged with: Accelerometer
One-Third of Mobile Phones to Use Accelerometers by 2010
.. role they play in the user interfaces of hot smart phones like Apple's iPhone and Palm's Pre, accelerometers are expected to appear in one-third of mobile phones shipped next year, according to iSuppli Corp. "By next year, one out of three mo more
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Accelerometers set to become leading MEMS device in 2013
..e to the side and the screen automatically adjusts from portrait to landscape view, there’s an accelerometer at work. When you swing your Wii controller and bowl a virtual strike, there’s an accelerometer at work. Indeed, accelerometers in rec more
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SIM Card Market Defying the Downturn
..his year Oberthur Technologies launched a SIM card enabled with an accelerometer which will enhance applications and interactive services requiring motion sensing capabilities. Extending this trend, increasingly SIM cards will feature secure el more
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Motorola Announces MOTO W7 Active Edition With Gesture Controls
..ith the pace," said Alain Mutricy, senior vice president, Motorola Mobile Devices. "The accelerometer technologies put a new spin on the traditional relationship we have with our phone by not only simplifying how you use it, but making it more more
Popular Consumer and Mobile Products Fuel MEMS Boom
From the gyroscope in your PlayStation 3 game controller, to the accelerometer in your iPhone, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) are making major inroads in the consumer- and mobile-electronics worlds, causing market revenue in this area to nearly triple from 2006 to 2012, according to iSuppli. more
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iPhone Mania Boosts Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Market
..ducts with comparable features, fueling a sales boom for Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) accelerometers used to detect motion in smart phones. "AppleÃ's visionary use of MEMS accelerometers that support the automatic switch from landscap more
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Track your fitness, environmental impact with cell phone applications
..sing Platform) clipped to the user's waist. The device includes an accelerometer to sense the user's movement. The programs could run on phones with built-in accelerometers, such as the iPhone and the new Android G1, with no need for external e more
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Verizon Wireless Launches Motorola Touch-Screen Phone
..ave provides quick access to a touch-controlled 2.0 megapixel camera. The accelerometer detects the movement when the phone rotates and changes the display, making it easy to catch landscape and portrait shots, as well as capture and view video more
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MEMSIC Blames Chinese Earthquake for Lower Q2 Financial Expectations
.. systems, or MEMS, technology and mixed signal circuit design. Its accelerometer products are used to measure tilt, shock, vibration and acceleration - and are used in mobile phones as well as automotive safety systems and video projectors. La more
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UPDATE: Apple Confirms Mobile Phone Launch
..changes the contents of the display accordingly, with users immediately seeing the entire width of a web page, or a photo in its proper landscape aspect ratio.iPhone's built-in proximity sensor detects when you lift iPhone to your ear and immediately more
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