digitalmediabuzz.com — Debuting later this month for Android phones, and planned later this year for the iPhone 3GS ,?The Magnetometer,? could be the beginning of something big. Imagine the ability to point your phone at the stars to find out what constellation you?re looking at, or telling what building you?re looking at and its history by pointing your iPhone at it.
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sixchamberJul 6, 2009
Reminds me of the Pokedex.<a class="user" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Minun_in_pokedex.jpg">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Minu ...</a>
streakJul 6, 2009
newsflash. the 3GS already has a magnetometer and the pUniverse program is already available for identifying celestial bodies by pointing at them.<a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM92roJxkSc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM92roJxkSc</a>
mu0pJul 7, 2009
Protip: Google released googlesky for android which allows you to point your phone at the sky and see an annotated graphical constellation map that moves depending on where you point your phone.