A patent issued to Google could reveal the Android phone of the future; according to the patent the phone's user will be able to navigate the phone by squeezing, shearing or splaying the device. Squeezing is obvious, but shearing to the right means sliding up the left side of the phone while sliding down the right side. Shearing to the left requires you to slide down the left side and slide up the right side...Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-patent-reveals-the-Android-smartphone-of-the-future_id48471
