devices

references

• recommended
  • Kjeldskov, J. (2013). Mobile computing. The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed. Chicago (site)
  • Brain, Tyson & Layton. (2013). How cell phones work. (site)
• optional
  • Lewis, James R.; Commarford, Patrick M.; Kennedy, Peter J.; Sadowski, Wallace J. 2008. Handheld Electronic Devices. Reviews of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 4, 105-148. (ncsu) (open)
  • Schiesser, Tim. (2012) Guide to smartphone hardware (1/7): Processors. (site)
  • Steve Litchfield's defining the smartphone, part 1, part 2
  • Woyke, E. (2014). Assembling a smartphone. Chapter 4 in The Smartphone: Anatomy of an Industry. The New Press. (ncsu)

sites

• CPUs
  • Tested's ARM overview
  • PhoneArena's ARM comparison
• networks
  • Switched.com 3G explainer
  • Lifehacker's 4G explainer
• IO
  • Displays
    • Symbian Guru's LCD vs. OLED page
    • Switched.com OLED explainer
    • Lifehacker's AMOLED explainer
  • Keyboards
    • Phone keypads at DialABC
    • Eatoni's excellent survey of alternative text entry methods
    • DTMF/E.161: wikipedia's page
    • Multitap: wikipedia's page
    • Predictive text
      • System for accelerating entry of text by guessing correct word
      • Wikipedia's page
    • Fastap
      • Gizmag's story
      • Technology Review's story
  • Dpads
    • Wikipedia's entry
  • Touchscreens
    • Wikipedia's page
    • Resistive vs. capacitive explainer
    • ElectronicDesign's touchscreen page
    • HowStuffWork's multitouch explainer for the iPhone
  • Tracking
    • Wikipedia's site on mobile tower tracking
    • Wikipedia's site on GPS
    • Wikipedia's site on wifi tracking, and market leader Skyhook
    • iFixit's teardown of the iPhone 4 gyro
    • An O'Reilly Q&A on combining the iPhone gyro, compass and accelerometer
  • Cameras
    • A nice comparison of the iPhone camera to other cameras
    • Wikipedia's page
• OSs
  • Levent-Levi compares iOS, Android and WP7 architectures
  • iOs
    • Wikipedia page
  • Android
    • Wikipedia page
    • Butler on android
    • Lifehacker tour of Honeycomb
    • Google's android highlights, including video.
  • Windows Phone 7
    • Wikipedia page
  • Blackberry OS
    • Wikipedia's sites on BlackBerry and Blackberry OS
    • BlackBerry Review's history of BlackBerry, parts 1 and 2