Chapter 6: Device APIs
Dive Into HTML5 has an in-depth explanation of the Geolocation API at http://diveintohtml5.info/geolocation.html, whereas the MozDev article “Orientation and Motion Data Explained” gives a good overview of three-dimensional orientation and movement: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/Orientation_and_motion_data_explained/.
The Fullscreen API is explained in the Sitepoint article “How to Use the HTML5 Full-Screen API” by Craig Buckler, although the API changed slightly as I was writing this, so some object names or properties may have been updated. You can find the article at http://www.sitepoint.com/html5-full-screen-api/.
The Battery Status API is well explained by David Walsh at http://davidwalsh.name/battery-api/ ...
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