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{{Lua|Module:Infobox|Module:InfoboxImage|Module:Check for unknown parameters}}

== Usage ==
{{Parameter names example | name | title | aka | logo | image | caption | developer | manufacturer | family | type | generation | releasedate | lifespan | price | discontinued | unitssold | unitsshipped | media | os | power | soc | cpu | memory | storage | memory card | display | graphics | sound | input | controllers | camera | touchpad | connectivity | platform | service | dimensions | weight | topgame | compatibility | predecessor | successor | related | website }}

<pre style="overflow: auto;">
{{Infobox information appliance
| name =
| title =
| aka =
| logo =
| image =
| caption =
| developer =
| manufacturer =
| family =
| type =
| generation =
| releasedate = {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}
| lifespan =
| price =
| discontinued =
| unitssold =
| unitsshipped =
| media =
| os =
| power =
| soc =
| cpu =
| memory =
| storage =
| memory card =
| display =
| graphics =
| sound =
| input =
| controllers =
| camera =
| touchpad =
| connectivity =
| platform =
| service =
| dimensions =
| weight =
| topgame =
| compatibility=
| predecessor =
| successor =
| related =
| website = {{URL|example.org}}
}}
</pre>

==Parameters==
{{TemplateDataHeader}}
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"name": {
"label": "Name",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Name of the appliance. Default it the article name. However it is a required parameter as it does not accept null.",
"default": "PAGENAME",
"aliases": [
"Name",
"Title"
]
},
"logo": {
"label": "Logo",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "File name of the logo to be appeared at the top of the infobox"
},
"logo_size": {
"label": "Logo size",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Size of the logo. Default is 250px. Must not normally be changed.",
"default": "250px"
},
"logo_alt": {
"label": "Logo alternative text",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Alternative text for the logo, used when the web browser cannot display the image or when a visually-impaired person uses a screen reader."
},
"logo caption": {
"label": "Logo caption",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Caption for the logo. Must only be used to provide anything far more important than 'This is the logo of X'. e.g. used for inserting {{ffdc}} or {{deletable image-caption}}."
},
"image": {
"label": "Image",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "File name of the image of the appliance to be appeared at the top of the infobox.",
"aliases": [
"Image",
"photo",
"Photo"
]
},
"image_size": {
"label": "Image size",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Image size. Defaults to 300px. The best practice is to ensure the image is displayed at the default resolution. Hence, use of this parameter is discouraged.",
"default": "300px",
"aliases": [
"ImageWidth"
]
},
"alt": {
"label": "Image alternative text",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Alternative text for the screenshot (used by the blind and when web browsers cannot or do not load the image)"
},
"caption": {
"label": "Image caption",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Caption for the image of the appliance. "
},
"aka": {
"label": "Also known as? (\"AKA\")",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Device nickname"
},
"developer": {
"label": "Developer",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Name of the developer, if applicable",
"aliases": [
"Developer"
]
},
"manufacturer": {
"label": "Manufacturer",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Name of the manufacturer, if applicable"
},
"family": {
"label": "Family",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Product family"
},
"type": {
"label": "Type",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Type of the device",
"aliases": [
"Type"
]
},
"generation": {
"label": "Generation",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Name of the device generation, if it is part of a line of products developed iteratively"
},
"release date": {
"label": "Release date",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Date introduced",
"aliases": [
"releasedate",
"first_release_date",
"Released",
"Introduced"
]
},
"lifespan": {
"label": "Lifespan",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Average expected lifespan"
},
"baseprice": {
"label": "Base price",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Price at the initial release. Per [[WP:NOPRICES]] policy, \"product prices should not be quoted in an article unless they can be sourced and there is a justified reason for their mention\". Use of this field should therefore be the exception rather than the norm.",
"aliases": [
"Baseprice",
"price",
"MSRP",
""
]
},
"discontinued": {
"label": "Discontinuation date",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Date at which the product is discontinued",
"aliases": [
"Discontinued",
"discontinuation_date"
]
},
"units sold": {
"label": "Units sold",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Number of units sold, including pre-orders",
"aliases": [
"unitssold"
]
},
"units shipped": {
"label": "Units shipped",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Number of units shipped",
"aliases": [
"unitsshipped"
]
},
"media": {
"label": "Media",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Supported media. Where applicable, consider using \"removable storage\" parameter instead.",
"aliases": [
"Media"
]
},
"os": {
"label": "Operating system",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Operating system bundled with the product",
"aliases": [
"OS",
"operatingsystem"
]
},
"power": {
"label": "Power",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Power consumption specifications",
"aliases": [
"Power"
]
},
"soc": {
"label": "System-on-chip used",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "System-on-chip used, if applicable"
},
"cpu": {
"label": "CPU make and model",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Central processing unit's brand name and model",
"aliases": [
"CPU",
"processor",
"Processor"
]
},
"CPUspeed": {
"label": "CPU clock speed",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Central processing unit's clock speed, expressed in hertz"
},
"memory": {
"label": "Amount of memory installed",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Amount of volatile random-access memory installed on the appliance",
"aliases": [
"Memory",
"RAM"
]
},
"RAMtype": {
"label": "Memory type",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Make and model of the volatile random-access memory modules used"
},
"storage": {
"label": "Storage device",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Type(s) and specifications of non-volatile internal storage device(s)"
},
"memory card": {
"label": "Removable storage",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Type(s) and specifications of non-volatile removable storage device(s) supported"
},
"display": {
"label": "Display",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Specifications of included or supported display device, e.g resolution ",
"aliases": [
"Display"
]
},
"graphics": {
"label": "Graphics",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Specifications of the included graphics component, which is responsible for outputing content to display devices",
"aliases": [
"Graphics",
"GPU"
]
},
"sound": {
"label": "Sound",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Specifications of audio subsystem",
"aliases": [
"Sound"
]
},
"input": {
"label": "Input",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Input devices included or supported. Specialized versions of this parameter include: Controllers, camera and touch pad.",
"aliases": [
"Input"
]
},
"controllers": {
"label": "Controllers",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Video gaming controller supported"
},
"camera": {
"label": "Camera",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Specifications of camera included"
},
"touchpad": {
"label": "Touchpad",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Specifications of touchpad included; e.g. make, model, number of buttons or whether it support multitouch"
},
"connectivity": {
"label": "Connectivity",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Specifications of component that support data transfer in and out of the device, including networking subsystems",
"aliases": [
"Connectivity",
""
]
},
"platform": {
"label": "Underlying platform",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Name of any underlying platforms"
},
"online service": {
"label": "Online service",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Name of associated online service(s)",
"aliases": [
"onlineservice",
"service"
]
},
"dimensions": {
"label": "Dimensions",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Dimensions",
"aliases": [
"Casing"
]
},
"weight": {
"label": "Weight",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Weight"
},
"top game": {
"label": "Best-selling video game",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Name of the best selling video game that works on the appliance, if appliable. Please include source and sale stats.",
"aliases": [
"topgame"
]
},
"compatibility": {
"label": "Compatibility",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Details of backward compatibility with its predecessor"
},
"predecessor": {
"label": "Predecessor",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Name of predecessor"
},
"successor": {
"label": "Successor",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Name of successor"
},
"related": {
"label": "Related",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "Name of sibling devices"
},
"website": {
"label": "Website",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"description": "URL of the official website, in a printer-friendly form. Consider using {{URL}} template.",
"aliases": [
"Website"
]
}
},
"format": "block"
}
</templatedata>

== Important notes ==
Under [[WP:NOPRICES]], "product prices should not be quoted in an article unless they can be sourced ''and'' there is a justified reason for their mention". Use of the "price" field should therefore be the exception rather than the norm.

== Microformats ==
{{UF-hcal}}
{{UF-hprod}}

== See also ==
* [[Template:Infobox robot]]
* [[:Category:Pages using Infobox information appliance with unknown parameters]]

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