It really is a horrible way of navigating/controlling a mobile device. Funny how Apple has made some strides recently in interface usability with the iPhone and in the pocket PC world things are getting worse instead of better!
Ok ok, so it's not that bad, since you don't have to use it if you don't want to...
Years ago I had a Belkin keyboard for my Toshiba E750. When using te keyboard, it added a mouse cursor to the screen. I could easily move it about the screen using the cursor arrows on the keyboard. It was great ... much less hassle than having to fiddle about with the stylus while typing.
Fast-forward to my Nokia E62. The web browser adds a cursor, similar to the one shown in the video of the Samsung. It's good, but not great. It's not so smooth as a mouse or trackball - but it certainly works.
I'd enjoy an optional mouse cursor on my phone and PDA. Nice idea. Let's see more.
I have a hx4700 and never used the mouse. In fact, it was broken and I never knew it. The stylus works so much better than any touch pad or scroll thingie. However a real mouse would probably be very nice with an external bluetooth keyboard.
Also, don't you think that the iPhone has come up with the best way to interface with a touch screen?
I had an hx4705. The mouse function was all right. My D-pad liked to stick and force me to do a soft reset, so sometimes leaving it in mouse mode helped alleviate this sometimes. I didn't find the mouse that effective as you had to keep picking up your finger and moving it several times to navigate across the screen.
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Just use a real mouse, like the former Think Outside ... now Igo Bluetooth mouse and keyboard. I have the HP iPAQ 4700 and I rarily use the touch pad but I use my BT mouse and keyboard all the time. Totally incredible. Because of these two items, I use my PocketPC more than my laptop. I only really use the laptop at work as I can get my e-mail on it as the company won't let me use the wireless on the PocketPC to grab my e-mail.
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Lets stop this unappealing language, shall we? Introducing gay as a derogatory word for something bad should be instantly stopped in its tracks.
I am not a super politically correct type of guy, but this is a bad trend. Just imagine people would start to say stuff like "this looks so black"....
Right, not a good idea. We have been there already...
The english language has more than enough appropriate and even cool adjectives for making fun of something or badmouthing it. No need to go the homophobic or racist way...
Ooooooo you’re so sensitive :devilboy:
Well, I didn’t mean to offend anyone here, nor do I have an issues with anyone’s sexual preferences; actually my dearest friend is homosexual. Any ways, words are words: the word black can represent good and positive it does not matter to me how someone uses it, my skin is actually a dark brown color, some people call me black, some people call me tall, while others call me skinny; none of which offends me. Black is a color and can be used to describe many things positive and negative: Black magic – evil magic; black coffee – potent coffee. It does not matter to me. Who cares? Gay is a word we use to describe many things that are weird but it’s not the only word we use to describe such things, we also use; gay, ziggy, weird, strange, bap, flaw, whatever seems appropriate. I think you’re underestimating the intelligence of gay people or black people by making such statements. I’m sure no one gay felt offend or the same as people form African decent don’t get offended when people refer to black magic as negative magic, or Anglo-Saxons feel offended when someone says they hate driving through a white-out, the same as people who have dwarfism feel when I say “someone came up short” to refer to someone who did not do what was expected.
Stop being so freaking sensitive, call me black, really black, what ever, it’s a descriptor that’s it, who cares?
And yeah the mouse pointer on such a small display is super gay; I’d prefer it on my jasjar with that beautiful 3.6” VGA display. It’d make more sense on a device like that.
It would be more worthwhile to me if it auto hid after 10 seconds of inactivity then reappered by using the trackball.
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Now there's a bright idea (not bright as in a light bulb but bright as in intelligent ).
Now with that idea I can see the practicality with having it on a smaller screen, actually your idea seems like more of a necessity for that application/add-on to be practical. I really hope the include that with their next version.
Re: I love the concept but hate the implementation!
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I use a Stowaway Bluetooth mouse that I have, not nearly as much as I do the stowaway ultra slim Bluetooth keyboard. The Bluetooth mouse is borderline impractical, though I do find it useful during RDP sessions.
After having tested that BT mouse, I wont go without it any more.
When using a near full sized foldable keyboard, it's totaly impractical, to use the stylus too, but having a mouse laying next to the keyboard, is allmost second nature, and turns my PPC into the Laptop of choice, when not at the office.
That displayed pointing thingy, looks like another apprach towards onehanded use, as opposed to the "Touch Flow" introdused by HTC, which so far is only skin deep.
What I would realy like to know is:
Can the cursor speed be ajusted?
How easy is it to press the stick, without moving the cursor to the next item?
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