While HTC has not publicly released an application programing interface or software development kit for use with the accelerometer built into the new Touch Diamond, some members of the Windows Mobile community have figured it out and developed one for themselves. This means that any application or game developer can now make use of the tilt sensitivity features in the Touch Diamond. This is pretty exciting news as I’m sure you can imagine the possibilities.

MSmobiles.com has created a video demonstration of a proof-of-concept program:

For details on how to program applications that use the Diamond’s tilt sensor, see:

information and code how to develop applications for tilt sensor with managed code (i.e. C#/VB in .NET)

information how to develop applications for tilt sensor with native code (C/C++)