User Interface Classes

From MobileDesign

Hardware user interfaces listed here are the input mechanisms by which the user influences the mobile device or provides it with content and information.

The Hardware Classes section is concerned with display mechanisms, and the overall layout of the mobile device. See this section if you are concerned with device resolution or whether it is a clamshell or slider.

• Scroll & Select Interfaces Category: Scroll & select interfaces
  • 2-way scroll - Such as the Blackberry thumbwheel
  • 4- and 5-way keypads
  • 0-1 softkeys
    • Blackberry
    • Android
  • 2 softkeys
    • Motorola
    • Sprint
    • Other smartphones
  • 3 or more softkeys Category: 3 or more softkeys
    • Motorola version whatever
    • Game (and game-like) interfaces

• Screen-input interfaces category: Screen-input interfaces
  • Pen interfaces category: Pen interfaces
    • Windows Mobile
    • Windows Tablet PC
    • Palm
    • Maemo Internet Tablet (Nokia 770, 800 & 810)
    • Symbian UIQ
    • Symbian S60
  • Touch screens category: Touch screens
    • Windows Mobile
    • Windows Tablet PC
    • Palm
    • iPhone OS
    • Symbian UIQ
    • Symbian S60