Recently I had a chance to handle a coworker’s HTC EVO 4G. I was immediately confused by the fact the 4 buttons were in a different order than the Android devices I was used to. Namely the Motorola Droid and the HTC (Google) Nexus One. I started investigating the button order on other Android devices.  This what I found:

  • HTC DROID Incredible: Home, Menu, Back, Search
  • HTC EVO 4G: Home, Menu, Back, Search
  • HTC Nexus One: Back, Menu, Home, Search
  • Motorola DROID: Back, Menu, Home, Search
  • Motorola DROID X: Menu, Home, Back, Search

I’m still confused. At least HTC has released its last 2 phones with the same button order.

DROID DOES... Not Do Consistent Button Order