Access to Hardware including Camera, GPS, and Accelerometer :

Android includes API libraries to simplify development involving the device hardware. These ensure that you don’t need to create specifi c implementations of your software for different devices, so you can create Android applications that work as expected on any device that supports the Android software stack.

The Android SDK includes APIs for location-based hardware (such as GPS), camera, network connec-tions, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, accelerometers, touch screen, and power management.