According to PC World Samsung has a new Phone Senses 3-D Movements. Why you say?

Samsung Electronics has developed a cell phone that can sense movement in three dimensions and respond to those movements by performing actions such as dialing numbers or ending a call, the company says.

The SCH-S310’s motion sensing system allows users to, for example, draw a number three in the air to dial a three, says Samsung. Shaking the phone twice will end a call or delete a message. Other movement functions programmed into the handset include a sharp move to the right or left to tell the built-in MP3 music player to skip forward or back a track, while drawing a “O” or “X” in the air makes the phone say “Yes” or “No” out loud, the company says.

A couple of games for Vodaphone’s Sharp V603SH handset rely on motion sensing. The first, House of the Dead Mobile, is a zombie shoot-’em-up game from Sega. The screen shows the game scenario from the character’s point of view, and as the player turns around with the phone, so does the character in the game. In Full Swing Golf from Taito, the player holds the phone as if it were a golf club and swings it to hit the ball on the screen. A warning tone before each shot reminds the user to avoid hitting people when swinging the phone.

The Pantech handset comes with a fishing game that requires the player to swing the handset like a fishing rod, plus a racing game in which the handset becomes the steering wheel.

LG Electronics’ phone, which resembles a portable gaming device, includes a skiing game that uses motion sensing.

But this technology isn’t limited to games: For example, users can make calls on the Samsung phone by drawing the numbers in the air with the handset, or they can end a call by shaking the phone twice. Other functions include a sharp move to the right or left to tell the built-in MP3 player to skip forward or back a track. Vodafone’s Sharp V603SH can be programmed to perform similar functions when it is moved.

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