Thread: N900 Specifications
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texaslabrat is offline texaslabrat
2009-09-15 , 00:57
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#264
Originally Posted by vinc17 View Post
The dual-axis gyro IDG-2000 will be released in October and is 4x4x0.9mm, so about the same size of the thinnest 3-axis accelerometer (the volume ratio is 1.28). I don't know the OEM price. The IDG-1215 was $20 per unit (but per thousands, the price should be much lower). So, I don't think it would really be expensive.
Not "really" expensive in terms of absolute price perhaps..but it's added space and power consumption that doesn't get you much in the way of new capabilities that people care about. Paying "something for nothing" is not a winning strategy...it's a solution looking for a problem on this kind of platform.

Smartphones are not just phones. They have cameras. And it has been said that gyros help image stabilization.
Accelerometers are typically used for embedded image stabilization. What else you got?