Can I programmatically access a smartphone's sensors through the browser and JavaScript?

Question

Is it possible for me to programmatically access a smartphone\'s sensors (e.g. accelerometer, compass, etc. on an Android or iPhone device) through a browser webpage and Jav

Answer 1

This demo considers the iPhone movements on the three axis using the event.accelerationIncludingGravity object: http://www.omiod.com/iphone/acceleration-demo.php

So far Safari on iPhone is the first to implement it, but I see Android filling this gap very soon.