Filed under: Humor, iPod Family, Odds and ends, iPhone
Kottke: iPhone, Wiimote, Newborn accelerometer smackdown
Babies. Wiimotes. iPhones. Sure, they're all cute but how do they perform in an intense gadget-to-gadget comparison for the best accelerometer? Last month, Jason Kotkke put them to the test. The iPhone was the first to fail. A slow or oddly-angled landscape-to-portrait reorientation was enough to throw its accelerometer out of the running. That left the Wiiremote-Baby smackdown. Sure, the Wiimote showed great flexibility registering tiny movements but it lost out to the baby's Moro reflex, the bit where babies who think they are falling throw out their arms to the side. The baby won on both cuteness and fussy startle reaction.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Paul said 2:56PM on 9-04-2007
I was kind of relived to discover this wasn't a drop test, though that could be interesting too....
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Jason said 3:16PM on 9-04-2007
Is this news worth blogging about?
No.
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Johnny Thrash said 3:35PM on 9-04-2007
O.o
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Dave said 3:38PM on 9-04-2007
Huh?
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stickybit said 5:58PM on 9-04-2007
Funny stuff indeed :)
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Jonathan Davis said 6:05PM on 9-04-2007
I noticed playing with an iPhone the accelerometers didn't quite react correctly if you are holding them parallel to the ground, or even slightly off that plane. Ah well, chalk up another win for the humans. Guess that Creator new what he was up to afterall, that or after being dropped millions of times over millinos of years, we finally evolved some sort of auto-balancing system....
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Dar the Monk said 10:46PM on 9-04-2007
I loved this post. I thought the humor was nicely placed. Unfortunately, yet again, it looks like those who are way to "green" (personality trait, look it up and correct your issues to be more socially adapted rather then inept; notice that I am speaking of those who demonstrate the more severe issues). Keep up the good work and don't let the overly jealous party pooper individuals get you down.
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Clifford said 11:51PM on 9-04-2007
Bwahaha -- Michael, someone writing on a blog wasted YOUR time? What were they doing, holding your head in front of the monitor with little toothpicks stuck in your eyelids? Did they threaten you if you didn't read the article? Is your boss going to write in to complain that when TUAW forced you to read this at work they not only wasted your time but also the company's time and demand a portion of your measly hourly wage back?
I love people like Michael, who get all bent out of shape when they don't get the joke and so they try to piss all over it and spoil the fun for the non-idiots out there. The internet is full of you, Michael -- you are far from a unique little snowflake, no matter what your mama told you.
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