The iPhone/iPod touch really needs an option to lock it's accelerometer.

[Locut0s]

Especially in apps like safari where 1/2 the time you can't get it into or out of landscape mode. There should be an option to choose which orientation we want and lock it there.

 

[mugs]

Try holding it more upright. I think it's harder to get it into landscape mode if it's closer to being flat (like it's laying on a desk face up)

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: mugs
Try holding it more upright. I think it's harder to get it into landscape mode if it's closer to being flat (like it's laying on a desk face up)

I agree this works better.

However it just highlights the point that it should still be a selectable option in some apps. The accelerometer is a fantastic feedback tool for games and other immersive environments but in something as simple as a web browser it becomes more of a gimmick or even an impediment when all you want to do it brows the web in one orientation or another. It would be an easy option for Apple to add.

 

[Imdmn04]

I hate it when I try to lay on the side and surf on the iphone, it would rotate.

Apple designers should have a lock feature.

 

[deftron]

I dont have an iPhone so I dont know if this works but check this out:


http://alltechrelated.wordpres...-safari-and-coverflow/

 

[NFS4]

I wish there were an option as well, especially when laying in bed as stated above.

 

[TheVrolok]

I totally agree with regard to all similar phones. I'm the same way with my Blackberry Storm. I wish I could lock a certain orientation sometimes. I don't always hold it completely upright and then end up swapping when I don't mean to ... I suppose I'll just have to get used to it.