Thread: First Nokia Capacitive Touch-Screen is released
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texaslabrat is offline texaslabrat
2009-09-03 , 20:19
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#36
Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
Again: it depends on usage.

The d-pad can take the sort of abuse heavy gameplay deals out. The screen... not so much.
True...though the accelerometer (coupled with the arrow keys and/or WASD controls) can take the place of the d-pad in many applications. For sure it's a loss in some cases, but IMHO the plusses of the current design far outweigh the minuses.