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User interface guidelines for MS Pocket PC

“The user interface guidelines for Windows Mobile-Based Pocket PCs assist you in developing Windows Mobile-based applications that provide a good user experience. The guidelines are based on extensive usability research.”
Link: Pocket PC User Interface Guidelines (microsoft.com)

One-handed PocketPC

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 [...]