Javascript. Listen for iPhone shake event?

Question

Is it possible to listen for an iPhone (or any mobile phone with accelerometer) shake event with JavaScript? You know like shaking the iPhone to shuffle the next song in iTunes I want to call a JS function on my website when the iPhone got shaken.

Answer 1

In the latest iOS update (4.2) the accelorometer is now accessible from Javascript.

See: http://www.mobilexweb.com/blog/safari-ios-accelerometer-websockets-html5

Answer 2

Here's an elegant implementation of shake detection using the accelerometer if anyone is looking for it:

https://github.com/alexgibson/shake.js