[bounce007]

Ok... don't mean to be contentious or trivial but is it the accelerometer or the gyroscope that maintains orientation? Or do they work together since this allows for motion sensing on 6 axes (as a true accelerometer only measures linear acceleration and the gyroscope only responds to rotation)?

However with that said, why would we need an accelerometer in a smartphone? The gyroscope seems to be sufficient to maintain precise orientation. From my understanding, coupling a gyroscope with an accelerometer enables the measurement of ALL types of movement simultaneously. Is this needed in a smart phone? This seems to be necessary for gaming consoles like the Wii, Playstation Move, etc.



Thinking to myself: *but then again there are games on smartphones which may require the measurement of all types of movements so both the gyroscope and accelerometer may be needed*

So do BlackBerry SmartPhones have both an acceleometer and a gyroscope or only one?

[bounce007]

Guess no one knows.... oh well... on to the next post

[DannyJK]

An accelerometer measures linear acceleration and a gyroscope measures rotation. As far as I know the new Blackberry's only have an accelerometer and not a gyroscope.

[bounce007]

Thanks for you input