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06-19-2014, 10:40 PM
New iPhone Might Have a Built-In Barometer
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Apple has already stepped into the health and fitness tracking market with its Health app for iOS (http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/apple-health-app-enters-fitness-market/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss). **w, the company could be upping the ante with its upcoming iPhone
New code spotted by developers who spoke with (http://9to5mac.com/2014/06/18/iphone-6-likely-to-sport-barometer-air-pressure-sensors-to-measure-altitude-weather/) 9to5Mac indicates the iPhone 6 could have a barometer built in.
See also: 10 Better Alternatives to Your iPhone's Native Apps (http://mashable.com/2012/06/29/iphone-native-app-alternatives/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
An integrated barometer would track altitude and air pressure and could infer temperature readings, too.
Existing apps already perform many of these tasks, but they use the iPhone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)'s GPS and motion chips to do so. A piece of dedicated measurement hardware is likely to provide better performance. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/19/iphone-barometer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Iphone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Apple (http://mashable.com/category/apple/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Gadgets (http://mashable.com/gadgets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/J9uL5Q3__0A
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Apple has already stepped into the health and fitness tracking market with its Health app for iOS (http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/apple-health-app-enters-fitness-market/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss). **w, the company could be upping the ante with its upcoming iPhone
New code spotted by developers who spoke with (http://9to5mac.com/2014/06/18/iphone-6-likely-to-sport-barometer-air-pressure-sensors-to-measure-altitude-weather/) 9to5Mac indicates the iPhone 6 could have a barometer built in.
See also: 10 Better Alternatives to Your iPhone's Native Apps (http://mashable.com/2012/06/29/iphone-native-app-alternatives/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
An integrated barometer would track altitude and air pressure and could infer temperature readings, too.
Existing apps already perform many of these tasks, but they use the iPhone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)'s GPS and motion chips to do so. A piece of dedicated measurement hardware is likely to provide better performance. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/19/iphone-barometer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Iphone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Apple (http://mashable.com/category/apple/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Gadgets (http://mashable.com/gadgets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/J9uL5Q3__0A