It is pretty unfortunate that so many existing devices measure battery
temperature then....

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:50 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote:

> Because that is what developers expect from the specifications, and to make
> it mandatory would be crazy. Knowing the external temperature around a
> device isn't something that is a requirement for any smart phone.
>
> Al.
>
>
>
> On 21 Jan 2011, at 09:59, Rui Hao wrote:
>
> > Inside 2.3 it mentions below :
> >  Device implementations MAY but SHOULD NOT include a thermometer (i.e.
> temperature sensor.) If a device implementation does include a thermometer,
> it MUST measure the temperature of the device CPU. It MUST NOT measure any
> other temperature. (Note that this sensor type is deprecated in the Android
> 2.3 APIs.)
> >
> > Can anyone help to explain why this is not allowed to measure outside
> temp as ACD mandatory requirement ?
> >
> > thanks
> > Hao Rui
> >
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