New iPhone to get advanced motion sensing

Comments

• that's all very exciting but for what use? I can understand it for a camera, so it could stablise itself for a shot, but for a phone? Posted by Matt, UK
• I hate it when they bring out a new version of the phone every few months. although i like this feature, i bought an iphone (normal one) then 3 months later a 3G version came. etc and so on Posted by Umair, UK
• Umair: What are you talking about?! Apple iPhones actually have one of the longes shelf lives around compared to other phone manufacuturers, just look and the Samsung Omnia etc, how often has that changed? Blackberry has revised its range 3 or 4 times in 2008 too (Storm, bold etc.)
  
  With Apple typically revamping only once a year, your statement is complety unfounded. Keep up and applaud innovation and stop moaning. If you worked for Apple we would still have Ipod 1G rather than Nanos, Touches and Shuffles!
  
  To satisfy the majority Apple need to address only a few things at the moment namely:
  More storage - they should expand to 32gb next year
  More megapixels - they should expand to 5mpx next year
  Flash for the camera
  Video recording
  Picture messaging
  Copy and paste function
  Micro vibration touchpad
  Adobe Flash
  Video calling - ok maybe a little later
  
  Lowering the price even further wouldnt harm either!
  
  
  
  Posted by Mark, UK
• So the 2009 iPhone HD will have Wii sensors...
  
  Now that's a decent upgrade over 3G+GPS.... I mean it's an entire YEAR. Posted by TareX, Egypt
• @Mark, Oh dear oh dear yet another Apple fan boy, just what we need, yet another pointless add on and more arguing.
  
  Umair is entitled to his opinion, and it does make valid points Posted by Not an apple fan boy, UK
• @mark
  
  Take a look at the HTC Touch HD:
  3G, GPS, Gyro, 5MP Cam, MMS, Video Calling, Vibration touch feedback, cut+paste...
  
  Stylish and yet doesn't carry the premium of Apple branding. Posted by Bob H, UK
• @ Not an apple fan boy - I am not "another apple fan boy" but someone who applauds innovation and bringing technology to market in a way that is stylish, usable and is cost effective for most people. Umair is of course entitled to his opinion but I'm not sure where his "valid" opinion actually is here as he thinks that maybe Apple should hold back technology until his new contract is due!
  
  @Bob - I have had an HTC before and liked it, this one looks even better, someone just has to get the Windows interface working in a way that compliments all the features and to date I havent seen a phone that does that.
  
  Looking forward to the 1st decent Google phone as I think they are the one to watch. Posted by Mark, UK
• Besides image stabilization, A MEMS gryoscope would provide a significant advantage for pilots (like myself) would would like to use the i-hud app as a backup attitude indicator in flight. The current iPhone has accelerometers but unfortunately no gyroscope (people seem a bit mystified by the terms "accelerometer" and "gyroscope"--they are NOT the same). Without the gyroscope, any attitude indicator application cannot be used as a reference to the horizon. For you non-pilots, this probably sounds like garbage but it is everything to us. We certainly welcome the addition of a gyroscope because this would essentially turn the iPhone into a very portable, cost effective GPS/INS solution, which normally costs thousands more.
  
  No current HTC phone has a MEMS gyroscope; most have accelerometers. Accelerometers measure acceleration; gyros measure orientation. Posted by William, UK