Thread: future NIT form factor - Dpads?
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2008-09-28 , 18:40
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#25
Originally Posted by ragnar View Post
Attempting to create a device that tries to please every use case known now and later will really please nobody. "Oh put a d-pad there... No, put two d-pads there! Put 5 keys on the top! Just in case... Somebody might come up with some use for them."

I'd also say that real buttons are a poor substitute for the future technologies (not yet available) with proper haptics and visuals.
D-pads have been around for a long time. In particular, they have been part of maemo/hildon for years. A case has not been made for removing them.

Your last sentence is logically backwards. Real buttons currently exist. Haptics and future technologies do not exist. It would have to be haptics and future technologies that prove themselves. Not just as substitues, but as improvements over real buttons.