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Next iPhone to have Compass?
iphone-ipod.org 5/19/2009 — iphone news
Next iPhone to have Compass?
What do we not expect from the next versions of the iPhone! New screen images from the latest beta of the next version of OS of the iPhone suggests that Apple is preparing the inclusion of a compass in the ...
A compass for the iPhone?
apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com 5/8/2009 — iPhone compass Ever since Apple ( AAPL ) shipped the first beta version of iPhone 3.0, the new firmware scheduled for release this summer, developers have been mining it for evidence of any new hardware features that might appear in the next iPhone — ...
New iPhone hardware to have digital compass
9to5mac.com 5/8/2009 — BGR has some screengrabs of some debugging screen in the new beta releases of the iPhone 3 OS. It looks like those magnetometer (digital compass) features of the new iPhone hardware we saw earlier are legit-er.
This brings up some ...
Next-gen iPhone to have digital compass?
slashgear.com 5/10/2009 — Screenshots from an unreleased iPhone OS build have seemingly confirmed that the next-gen iPhone will have an integrated magnetometer, aka a digital compass. That would allow the iPhone to recognize which direction users were facing, and work in ...
Next-gen iPhone comes up with digital compass?
iphonebuzz.com 5/14/2009 — The next-gen iPhone will have an integrated magnetometer (digital compass), allowing the iPhone to recognize which direction users were facing, work in tandem with the smartphone’s GPS and turn-by-turn directions.
The screenshots show that
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Getting Compass Readings
apple.com 6/13/2009 — The built-in compass (iPhone 3G S only) shows which direction you’re facing, along with the geographical coordinates of your current location. You can choose magnetic north, or have Compass adjust the declination to show true north.
Demo of Digital Compass Used in an iPhone App
macrumors.com 6/25/2009 — iPhone developer Ziconic has already started taking advantage of the new iPhone 3GS's digital compass in a prototype build of its AirCoaster 3D iPhone application.
AirCoaster 3D is an existing application that allows users to design ...
Digital Compass (Magnetometer) Confirmed in Next iPhone?
macrumors.com 5/8/2009 —
BoyGeniusReport posts a screenshot from debugging menus in the 3.0 beta firmware which seems to confirm that Apple has built-in magnetometer (digital compass) support into the operating system.
Evidence of a magnetometer was f...
Next Generation iPhone Auto-Focus, Compass, & More… Caught on Camera?
theiphoneblog.com 5/31/2009 — Digital compass www.umpcfever.com [Google translation link] has posted what just might be the first pictures taken of the next generation iPhone … taking pictures. Highlights include the new auto-focus, both how it looks in action and the results of ...