Having too much of a good thing can sometimes lead to drastic consequences.
The question that is often brought up with the iPhone is whether there are too many revolutionary features in one device.
When people are asked to think about a gadget that works in one respect as the most advanced iPod on the market to date, works in another as a high-tech cellular telephone, and in another as a complex internet web browser, they are often perplexed about how it will all fit in together.
Will there be chaos and complexity when trying to navigate certain applications? Will switching between one aspect to another be tricky? What happens if someone receives a call while they are browsing the internet or perusing their musical library? How does one go about switching from a portrait view to a landscape view? The questions seem endless.
Luckily, there is one answer that takes care of all these little concerns and it can be summed up with one word: sensors.
Yes, the iPhone utilizes sensors to add another layer of intrigue to the most technologically advanced item on the market.
What exactly do these sensors do, how do they work, and in what way do they answer the questions raised in the previous paragraph? Let's go through each of the iPhone's three sensors one-by-one.
First off, let us discuss the proximity sensor.
This answers the question of how answering a call will work when one is received during web or iPod navigation.
Prior to needing the sensor an alert (and of course, a ringtone) will signal to the user that someone is calling (the alert will be complete with all the necessary information about the caller).
Instead of exiting programs or pressing buttons, all one has to do is hold the phone to his or her ear and answer the phone.
The proximity sensor recognizes what is happening and temporarily switches out of the utilized application and opens up the phone connection.
Concerns have also been raised about how complicated it will be to switch from standard to panoramic view on the iPhone.
Thanks to a sensor called an accelerometer, whenever an iPhone is tilted one way or another, it will switch to the appropriate view.
Navigating your musical library? Your iPhone will remain in portrait view.
Flipping your iPhone 90 degrees to view a video? Your iPhone will correspond with a switch to landscape view.
Finally, in an attempt to make energy conservation one of the iPhone's calling cards, and ambient light sensor has been utilized.
This sensor detects how much light is needed to properly illuminate the screen and will automatically adjust accordingly.
It would do no good to have the maximum power utilized during the daytime and the iPhone automatically deals with this problem.
The iPhone sensors are just one of the many things that separate the iPhone from its competitors.
While many of the applications on the device could be complicated or energy consuming, the sensors help alleviate any potential problems.
This is just one of the reasons why the iPod is the pre-eminent hand-held device in the market today.