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Originally Posted by ragnar View Post
This d-pad thing is quite interesting to me. Probably the best touch mobile UI's right now in the market (or at least launched), the iPhone and the Palm Pre, neither has a d-pad in the device. ... Why would you really need the d-pad?
I think you get the point from the other responses, but I'll pile on just because.

I read the screen and I tap the screen, I don't touch the screen. I occasionally use my left thumb nail and I occasionally use my right index nail. And if the microb menu and toolbar were better designed I probably wouldn't have to use any nail.

With the n800 in my left hand (right hand holding, say, a cup of coffee) I can control everything with my thumb and index finger without obscuring/smudging the screen. An iPhone, Palm Pre or [insert other sh*tty device here] takes 2 hands or the screen is thumb-obscured. Just plain dumb. Thus, made for sheep.

And an accelerometer for use in video games on this platform? I have an iron constitution but this would even give me motion sickness. While I'm Sitting Down! Currently, this is my favorite example of technology abuse. Can you imagine watching an F1 race with your 50" plasma tilting back and forth?

Voice recognition isn't an option either. I read in silence; my own included. That's why I own this ARM device. In fact, I might just be one rev C away from buying a Beagle Board so I can start replacing all my x86 computers. Silence, for me, is platinum.

Bring back the n800 control layout or design something better, but please don't make me touch the screen. Pretty please with sugar on top.
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