Telephone companies conducted a study that by 2010 one in three mobile phone is equipped with an accelerometer, a device enabling the device to trace the rotation in space.
Accelerometers are already there in the iPhone and Palm Pre. They make it possible to identify a user holds in his hand, and with what speed mobile moves. For example, the automatic translation of your phone screen in landscape mode with the accelerometer.
In 38 percent of new vehicles Nokia, the market leader, has already installed accelerometers, while Samsung and LG have already released phones that are able to determine its position in three-dimensional space.
It was expected that the amount of accelerometers in mobile phone market from 2008 to 2013 will grow threefold to 1.6 billion dollars.
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