Methods and apparatus for organizing applications and widgets on a mobile device interface

A computerized device comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor;
• a communications interface;
• an interconnection mechanism coupling the memory, the processor and the
• communications interface;
• wherein the memory is encoded with an application organizing application that when executed on the processor is capable of organizing applications on an interface on the computerized device by performing the operations of:
• providing a framework that allows a user to arrange the available applications on a display of the communications device, the framework limiting the user's arrangement to maintain consistent organization and ease of location of the available applications for the user;
• representing each of the available applications with a respective image representation on the display, each specific available application restricted to a single instance of an image representation on the display;
• associating each of the image representations with a respective subset of image representations, the subsets of image representations organized to assist the user to locate and interact with the image representations;
• and
• providing at least one view, associated with each of the available applications, with which to render the image representation on the display.

A computer readable medium having computer readable code thereon, the medium comprising:

• instructions for providing a framework that allows a user to arrange the available applications on a display of the communications device, the framework limiting the user's arrangement to maintain consistent organization and ease of location of the available applications for the user;
• instructions for representing each of the available applications with a respective image representation on the display, each specific available application restricted to a single instance of an image representation on the display;
• instructions for associating each of the image representations with a respective subset of image representations, the subsets of image representations organized to assist the user to locate and interact with the image representations;
• and
• instructions for providing at least one view, associated with each of the available applications, with which to render the image representation on the display.