Back when the early iPods actually contained a spinning hard drive, they had something similar. If it detected a fall, it would quickly park the hard drive to avoid damage.

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esseph 3 days ago | parent [-]

Same for ThinkPads.

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mikestew 3 days ago | parent [-]

And MacBook Pros.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_Motion_Sensor

Though I don't recall iPods having that feature, nor can I find anything online supporting that claim.

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numpad0 2 days ago | parent [-]

Macs had it as a machine feature. All others had it in the drives themselves.

	▲	esseph 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		That is not true Lenovo/IBM have a Free Fall Sensor in the laptop. https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/glossary/ffs/