$.mobile.navigate( "#foo",{ info: "info about the #foo hash" });

// Alter the URL: http://example.com/#foo => http://example.com/#bar

$.mobile.navigate( "#bar" );

// Bind to the navigate event

$( window ).on( "navigate",function( event,data ) {
console.log( data.state.info );
console.log( data.state.direction )
console.log( data.state.url )
console.log( data.state.hash )
});

// Alter the URL: http://example.com/#bar => http://example.com/#foo

window.history.back();

// From the navigate binding on the window,console output:
// => "info about the #foo hash"
// => "back"
// => "http://example.com/#bar
// => "#bar"

// Prevent the usual navigation behavior

event.preventDefault();

// Alter the url according to the anchor's href attribute,and
// store the data-foo attribute information with the url
$.mobile.navigate( this.attr( "href" ),{ foo: this.attr( "data-foo" ) });

// Hypothetical content alteration based on the url. E.g,make
// an ajax request for JSON data and render a template into the page.

alterContent( this.attr( "href" ) );
});