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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MEMS gyroscopes rumored to hit array of phones in 2009]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/mems-gyroscopes-rumored-to-hit-array-of-phones-in-2009/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/mems-gyroscopes-rumored-to-hit-array-of-phones-in-2009/</guid><description><![CDATA[Doesn't the Apple iPhone (first gen. and 3G for that matter) already have a G-Sensor? Isn't that what an accelerometer is?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cody]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2008 3:34PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MEMS gyroscopes rumored to hit array of phones in 2009]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/mems-gyroscopes-rumored-to-hit-array-of-phones-in-2009/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/mems-gyroscopes-rumored-to-hit-array-of-phones-in-2009/</guid><description><![CDATA[accelerometers and gyroscopes both sense acceleration.  the difference is that accelerometers typically sense linear acceleration (like freefall when your laptop falls to the floor, or rapid deceleration like when your car hits a wall at 60mph), while gyroscopes can measure angular rotation/acceleration, such as spinning or tilting (yaw/pitch/roll in an aircraft, for example).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[brian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2008 4:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MEMS gyroscopes rumored to hit array of phones in 2009]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/mems-gyroscopes-rumored-to-hit-array-of-phones-in-2009/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/mems-gyroscopes-rumored-to-hit-array-of-phones-in-2009/</guid><description><![CDATA[i *think* apple used linear accelerometers in the iphone, but placed them near the edges so that when you rotate the phone about it's center of gravity, the accelerometer at the edge feels the linear, tangential acceleration and the software interprets that as rotation.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2008 4:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MEMS gyroscopes rumored to hit array of phones in 2009]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/mems-gyroscopes-rumored-to-hit-array-of-phones-in-2009/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/mems-gyroscopes-rumored-to-hit-array-of-phones-in-2009/</guid><description><![CDATA[What *is* the device in the picture - I've seen it claimed in a number of places that it's the next Palm device (running their new OS). However, running around the internet, it seems that it comes from a korean blog post about failed UMPC devices. <br><br>Anyone able to provide any more information? <br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Knight]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2008 4:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on MEMS gyroscopes rumored to hit array of phones in 2009]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/mems-gyroscopes-rumored-to-hit-array-of-phones-in-2009/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/mems-gyroscopes-rumored-to-hit-array-of-phones-in-2009/</guid><description><![CDATA[Gotta be the next-gen Palm! Who else could take years and gazillion$ to develop such a fucked-up device, Dieter? FUBARCentral.com, anyone? ;)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[backbeat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 14th 2008 5:10PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
