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Steal this idea: iPhone Pedometer

March 7, 2008 – 10:59 pm

An idea I don’t have time to pursue right now:

The new iPhone SDK, which gives developers access to the accelerometer, should make it easy to write up a little iPhone pedometer application.

Just tell the app your stride length, turn it on, slide the iPhone in your pocket, and away you go. A friendly display can show your number of steps, approximate distance traveled, a reset button, a history log, and a picture of a puppy. Because who doesn’t love adorable puppies?

puppy.jpg

Edited to add: Nevermind. Rogue Amoeba reports:

… the SDK agreement expressly forbids using non-public APIs, attempting to touch other applications, and running in the background, among other things.

No running in the background makes a pedometer useless.

Lawyers and software. What a great combination.

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One Comment

  1. Spencer
    Posted March 8, 2008 at 3:48 pm | Permalink

    Your wish is my command.

    http://code.google.com/p/iphone-pedometer/

    Sure it isn’t using the “official” SDK and all that but who needs “official” anyways.

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