Thread: N900 Specifications
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texaslabrat is offline texaslabrat
2009-09-13 , 22:40
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#249
Originally Posted by vinc17 View Post
OK, I suppose that the GPS isn't accurate enough and that the cameras aren't used, so that this means that there is an accelerometer. I'm still wondering why Nokia doesn't say a word about it in their spec.


I've seen such a video, but isn't it something that could also be done with a gyroscope?
gyroscope? um, yeah..in theory I suppose if you want to waste money. A solid state gyroscope would be at least as much as the n900 by itself...assuming you could find one small enough. And the gyroscope definitely wouldn't help out in the bounce game with the linear movements that move the ball into the air.

edit: mems single-axis gyroscopes have come down signficantly in price since i last looked....they are now $50-ish. Still doesn't help with linear motion though and they would need to be calibrated occasionally unlike an accelerometer which does not.
Last edited by texaslabrat; 2009-09-13 at 22:47.