While the PDA category is being subsumed by the smartphone market, it’s interesting to see a mobile phone design pattern being transferred back to handhelds.
“One major function that has been missing from the Phone Edition version of Pocket PC is one-handed use. Smartphone is built around using the device with one-hand. The buttons are physical hardware but their function changes based on what applications are running and what state the Smartphone is in. With Windows Mobile 5, Microsoft realized that Pocket PC users could use the same functionality. But unlike Smartphone, the buttons can also be used from on-screen, and the input method and menus both become part of the one-handed use buttons.”
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