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This is misleading, though.  The available space is definitely smaller in terms of pixel numbers, but the pixels are actually bigger on, for example, a windows mobile device like a [http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i780-2124.php samsung i780].  What's really important is the number of touch-heights (around 7mm tall) that we can accommodate.  Here's a comparison of the n810 and the i780:
This is misleading, though.  The available space is definitely smaller in terms of pixel numbers, but the pixels are actually bigger on, for example, a windows mobile device like a [http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i780-2124.php samsung i780].  What's really important is the number of touch-heights (around 7mm tall) that we can accommodate.  Here's a comparison of the n810 and the i780:


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Which feels less constrained than the previous approximation.  We seem to have enough room for the UI vertically -- it's horizontally that it's still more cramped than would be ideal.
Which feels less constrained than the previous approximation.  We seem to have enough room for the UI vertically -- it's horizontally that it's still more cramped than would be ideal.


==Fitting Horizontally==
==Fitting Horizontally==
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(we can clearly also be using a smaller type size on screens of this size)
(we can clearly also be using a smaller type size on screens of this size)
== Zooming user-behavior with a smaller screen ==
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