Learning about the G1

This week we have been looking into the new Android phone the T-Mobile G1. It looks like a great device and will be very interesting to work with. It has an accelerometer which also has a compass and can measure yaw and pitch.

We will be using http://code.google.com/p/openintents/wiki/SensorSimulator as a base to work with. I am trying to think of a good way to measure steps. My idea right now is that walking might be some type of periodic motion that we could watch using the acceleration on the three different planes. We will be looking into it more this coming week.