dpi: dots per inch
In order to categorize devices by their screen type, Android defines two characteristics for each device: screen size (the physical dimensions of the screen) and screen density (the physical density of the pixels on the screen, or dpi - dots per inch).
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.html
trackball:
轨迹球,手机的一种输入设备,比如最典型的就是黑妹手机上的那个滚动按钮。
portrait orientation (tall) and landscape orientation (wide)
手机的屏幕可以有以上两种排列方式,用图说话:
这是landscape orientation,就是宽度比高度大。
这是portrait orientation,就是高度比宽度大。当我们转动手机90度,排列方式自动发生变化。在设计应用程序的时候,需要同时考虑这两种方式。
http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/faster-screen-orientation-change.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5112118/how-to-detect-orientation-of-android-device