Device APIs

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Implements and ships device access via Apache Cordova (PhoneGap), running on iOS, Android (1.5–4), BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7, Symbian, webOS and Tizen; claims to have implemented geolocation early and reports Wikipedia’s app took “one day to get 80%” working on iOS after Android. Covers media capture options including navigator.camera.getPicture (returns base64 or file URI) plus a fileTransfer helper, notes upcoming getUserMedia/WebRTC, exposes Navigator.network.connection.type for offline logic, and highlights real issues: permission models, battery/privacy risks and poor performance on Android 2.x.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 1:13PHONEGAP
3. 9:47NEW ELEMENTS
4. 14:21ORGANIZATIONAL FORCES
5. 17:26INSTALLABLE WEB APPS
6. 18:57VIBRATION
7. 19:34ACCELEROMETER, GYROSCOPE, MAGNOMETER
8. 22:08MEDIA SENSORS
9. 23:02MEDIA CAPTURE
10. 25:12CONNECTION
11. 25:41SYSTEM INFO
12. 27:09CONTACTS
13. 28:16FILE SYSTEMS
14. 29:14APP LIFECYCLE EVENTS
15. 31:23WEBAPI
16. 31:55OTHER WEB RUNTIMES
17. 32:57CHALLENGES

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