so if its a Storm 3 im guessing that is a touchscreen. but that would make the optic pad pretty unnecessary. either way this is pretty slick. can't wait for that new OS
@kojo87 Trackballs/trackpads are fantastic for navigation in landscape view and typing messages. If I'm typing a message, I can continue using my left hand to type and use the right thumb on the pad/ball. It's fantastic for navigation in general (especially on a BB with all its menus) as well as for gaming (whether that will ever happen on a blackberry is a tossup).
@radio2 i have a Bold 9700 and i love the optic pad. i just think it is odd to have both the optic pad and touchscreen as the previous Storm models didn't have optic pads or trackballs. but i guess why not? get the best of both worlds i suppose.
@kojo87 As someone pointed out at Boy Genius, having a second input makes sense when you consider that you can't always do touchscreen when you are editing text. And some of us don't care for touchscreen anyway. The optical pad offers a second option some will actually want (and currently can't get elsewhere).
@TerrorX the Samsung Moment and Nexus One are the only that i can think of. and i don't believe i ever used the word pointless. unnecessary and pointless have different meanings.
@radio2 Why mess up a good BB with gaming? Honestly, if I want to play a game, I'll do it on the XBox 360 with a widescreen than on a small screen handheld phone. Like watching movies, some things are best big and wide, not small as hell.
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so if its a Storm 3 im guessing that is a touchscreen. but that would make the optic pad pretty unnecessary. either way this is pretty slick. can't wait for that new OS
@kojo87 Much like the Cliq, eh?
@kojo87
Trackballs/trackpads are fantastic for navigation in landscape view and typing messages. If I'm typing a message, I can continue using my left hand to type and use the right thumb on the pad/ball. It's fantastic for navigation in general (especially on a BB with all its menus) as well as for gaming (whether that will ever happen on a blackberry is a tossup).
@radio2 i have a Bold 9700 and i love the optic pad. i just think it is odd to have both the optic pad and touchscreen as the previous Storm models didn't have optic pads or trackballs. but i guess why not? get the best of both worlds i suppose.
@kojo87 As someone pointed out at Boy Genius, having a second input makes sense when you consider that you can't always do touchscreen when you are editing text. And some of us don't care for touchscreen anyway. The optical pad offers a second option some will actually want (and currently can't get elsewhere).
@kojo87 as pointless as how next to every android phone has a fairly pointless track ball on them?
@TerrorX the Samsung Moment and Nexus One are the only that i can think of. and i don't believe i ever used the word pointless. unnecessary and pointless have different meanings.
@radio2 Why mess up a good BB with gaming? Honestly, if I want to play a game, I'll do it on the XBox 360 with a widescreen than on a small screen handheld phone. Like watching movies, some things are best big and wide, not small as hell.