Besides a larger display and redesigned metal body, details regarding which features the next-generation iPhone models will pack have been light. However, it appears that the new models could include ...

Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus is the most high-profile device to date to feature a barometer amongst its guts. Seems strange that a atmospheric pressure measurement would be crammed in a device where space ...

While there’s no shortage of options when it comes to getting the weather forecast these days, barometers allow you to do so with a bit more class and style than simply checking the weather channel.

At last night's Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich announcement we were told that the new flagship phone, the Galaxy Nexus, would include a barometer, and that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich SDK ...

Scientists long ago realized that atmospheric pressure drops as your altitude increasesSEATTLE - You might have heard the term "sea level pressure" in regards to measure pressure. Scientists long ago ...

Properly calibrated, the barometer is more accurate. GPS altitude accuracy on smartphones, especially those without WAAS support, isn't very good. Right now mine is off by about 25 meters in the ...