static UIDeviceOrientation previousOrientation = UIDeviceOrientationPortrait;

 - (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application {
    [window addSubview:viewController.view];
    [window makeKeyAndVisible];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
           selector:@selector(didRotate:)
           name:@"UIDeviceOrientationDidChangeNotification" object:nil];

}

- (void) didRotate:(NSNotification *)notification{
UIDeviceOrientation orientation = [[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation];

    [self doRotationStuff:orientation: previousOrientation];
previousOrientation = orientation;

}

#define kUpdateFrequency 30  // Hz
#define kUpdateCount 15 // So we init after half a second
#define kFilteringFactor (1.0f / kUpdateCount)

- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)app
{
    [UIAccelerometer sharedAccelerometer].updateInterval = (1.0 / kUpdateFrequency);
    [UIAccelerometer sharedAccelerometer].delegate = self;
    accelerometerCounter = 0;
    ...
}

- (void)accelerometer:(UIAccelerometer *)accelerometer didAccelerate:(UIAcceleration *)accel
{
    // Average out the first kUpdateCount readings
    // acceleration_[xyz] are ivars typed float
    acceleration_x = (float)accel.x * kFilteringFactor + acceleration_x * (1.0f - kFilteringFactor);
    acceleration_y = (float)accel.y * kFilteringFactor + acceleration_y * (1.0f - kFilteringFactor);
    acceleration_z = (float)accel.z * kFilteringFactor + acceleration_z * (1.0f - kFilteringFactor);

    accelerometerCounter++;
    if (accelerometerCounter == kUpdateCount)
    {
        [self initOrientation];
        [UIAccelerometer sharedAccelerometer].delegate = nil;
    }
}

- (void)initOrientation
{
    // Figure out orientation from acceleration_[xyz] and set up your UI...
}

[self performSelector:@selector(getOriented) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.0f];

[self performSelector:@selector(getOriented) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.0f];

- (void) getOriented
{
   UIDeviceOrientation orientation = [[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation];
   // save orientation somewhere
}

-(void) didRotateFromInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)fromInterfaceOrientation {}