I find accelerometers essentials in my smartphones (i own an HTC touch HD and a Samsung Omnia) and the lack of one on SE experia X1 has been one of the reasons of its failure. When you wrowse the web , or write a text I got used that if I turn the phone to horizontal position the screen follows it, and if I look at a pic in portrait or landscape mode I just have to turn the phone to make it fit the display. I often use google in portrait position to find a video or a TV program I want to see but then , when the movie starts, I just turn the phone and see it in landscape mode. Same when I shoot pictures or videos. The Omnia has even a "digiframe with soundtrack " application: imagine that in portrait mode! I would never again buy a phone without an accelerometer.
As for integrating one in a SIM card, yeah, that's silly, since if a phone lacks one it will also lack the applications and programs that make use of it ; and if it includes these apps it would surely also have one inbuilt.
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I find accelerometers essentials in my smartphones (i own an HTC touch HD and a Samsung Omnia) and the lack of one on SE experia X1 has been one of the reasons of its failure.
When you wrowse the web , or write a text I got used that if I turn the phone to horizontal position the screen follows it, and if I look at a pic in portrait or landscape mode I just have to turn the phone to make it fit the display.
I often use google in portrait position to find a video or a TV program I want to see but then , when the movie starts, I just turn the phone and see it in landscape mode.
Same when I shoot pictures or videos.
The Omnia has even a "digiframe with soundtrack " application: imagine that in portrait mode!
I would never again buy a phone without an accelerometer.
As for integrating one in a SIM card, yeah, that's silly, since if a phone lacks one it will also lack the applications and programs that make use of it ; and if it includes these apps it would surely also have one inbuilt.