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2009-06-16 , 00:06
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#1297
Originally Posted by nikolajhendel View Post
no need for it to be used as mouse (as default) - doesn't really make sense if the UI is finger based. What it would be good for is scrolling in webpages, etc.

And - it could probably be set (or modified) to mouse mode for games and other OS.
I'd still MUCH rather have a dpad. Though, I'd settle for having both :-)

(center is an optical mouse that senses relative movement of the thumb; border is a raised edge dpad, like the N810 or E71; each could be turned off globally and/or per-app)
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