21 May
iPhone Digital Compass (Magnetometer) Supplier Found
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Loading ...A Japanese manufacturer named Asahi Kasei is the provider of Magentometer (digital compass) for the upcoming next-generation iPhone, claims AppleInsider. You might be wondering how will this basic digital compass in iPhone be helpful. Here is how it would work according to AppleInsider.
The addition of a magnetometer to the iPhone is expected to open the door to some exciting new functionalities, a handful of which have already made their way to T-Mobile’s Andriod-based G1 handset, which has long shipped with a digital compass. For instance, users may be able to simply point their next-generation iPhones at an object or landmark and have an application combine GPS, accelerometer, and compass information to pinpoint what that object or landmark is. Gaming applications that interact with a user’s surrounding real-time environment would be another possibility.
Magnetometer is not the only hardware addition to the Next-Gen iPhone. Totally there will 3 new hardwares that will be added to Next-Gen iPhone:
- Video-capable camera
- 802.11n low-power mode and
- Magnetometer
[via - AppleInsider]
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