[android-developers] Re: Is Orientation Sensor a Phyiscal Sensor Different from the Accelerometer?

2009-11-03 Thread Mohamed Amir
Good point :-)
Thank you.


On Nov 3, 3:06 am, Dan Sherman impact...@gmail.com wrote:
 Probably because we're not sure, and because it could very easily differ
 per-device...



 On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Mohamed Amir mohamed.a...@gmail.com wrote:
  and I don't know why no one replies.  I thought it's a simple direct
  question. !!!

  On Oct 30, 10:28 pm, Tan saurabhtanej...@googlemail.com wrote:
   i have the same question

   On Oct 30, 4:16 pm, Mohamed Amir mohamed.a...@gmail.com wrote: ... or
  it's just some virtual sensor the uses the data provided by the
accelerometer and the magnetic field sensor to calculate the
orientation?

Thank you.

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[android-developers] Re: Is Orientation Sensor a Phyiscal Sensor Different from the Accelerometer?

2009-11-03 Thread Tim
On second though it probably takes into account whether they keyboard
is open on phones that have them.

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[android-developers] Re: Is Orientation Sensor a Phyiscal Sensor Different from the Accelerometer?

2009-11-02 Thread Tan
i have the same question

On Oct 30, 4:16 pm, Mohamed Amir mohamed.a...@gmail.com wrote:
 ... or it's just some virtual sensor the uses the data provided by the
 accelerometer and the magnetic field sensor to calculate the
 orientation?

 Thank you.

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[android-developers] Re: Is Orientation Sensor a Phyiscal Sensor Different from the Accelerometer?

2009-11-02 Thread Tim
I'm pretty sure it's just the accelerometer. I doubt it uses the
magnetometer.

On Oct 30, 8:28 pm, Tan saurabhtanej...@googlemail.com wrote:
 i have the same question

 On Oct 30, 4:16 pm, Mohamed Amir mohamed.a...@gmail.com wrote:

  ... or it's just some virtual sensor the uses the data provided by the
  accelerometer and the magnetic field sensor to calculate the
  orientation?

  Thank you.

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[android-developers] Re: Is Orientation Sensor a Phyiscal Sensor Different from the Accelerometer?

2009-11-02 Thread Mohamed Amir
and I don't know why no one replies.  I thought it's a simple direct
question. !!!

On Oct 30, 10:28 pm, Tan saurabhtanej...@googlemail.com wrote:
 i have the same question

 On Oct 30, 4:16 pm, Mohamed Amir mohamed.a...@gmail.com wrote: ... or it's 
 just some virtual sensor the uses the data provided by the
  accelerometer and the magnetic field sensor to calculate the
  orientation?

  Thank you.

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Re: [android-developers] Re: Is Orientation Sensor a Phyiscal Sensor Different from the Accelerometer?

2009-11-02 Thread Dan Sherman
Probably because we're not sure, and because it could very easily differ
per-device...

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Mohamed Amir mohamed.a...@gmail.com wrote:

 and I don't know why no one replies.  I thought it's a simple direct
 question. !!!

 On Oct 30, 10:28 pm, Tan saurabhtanej...@googlemail.com wrote:
  i have the same question
 
  On Oct 30, 4:16 pm, Mohamed Amir mohamed.a...@gmail.com wrote: ... or
 it's just some virtual sensor the uses the data provided by the
   accelerometer and the magnetic field sensor to calculate the
   orientation?
 
   Thank you.

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