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By Jennifer Johnson, About.com Guide to PDAs

Accelerometers Becoming More Common

Thursday July 9, 2009

New research from iSuppli Corporation claims that accelerometers are expected to appear in one-third of mobile phones shipped next year. Accelerometers detect and measure motion, enabling features such as the automatic rotating of a screen from landscape to portrait mode when you rotate the device.

Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch have called attention to what accelerometers can do. Based on iSuppli’s research, it appears other manufactures are paying attention to the success Apple has had in using this technology. Although we haven’t heard much about PDAs getting accelerometers, it would certainly be a welcome addition.

What do you think? Would an accelerometer entice you to buy one device over another?

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