Anyone miss the trackball?

10-11-13 05:02 PM

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Brewer James

Anyone out there miss the trackball? Only had one Blackberry with the trackball, the 8330. I didn't mind it and believe it or not I never had any problems with it.

10-10-13 06:46 PM

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diegonei

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I had a 8310. I loved the trackball.
Then I got a 8520. I loved the trackpad. Didn't miss the trackball.
Same with 9780.
Then I got a Z10. Loved not having a trackanything. I don't miss the trackpad.

I am fairly certain that if I had had a trackwheel device, I would have seen the same effect.

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10-10-13 06:50 PM

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chevpower394

Only miss it when selecting text

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10-10-13 06:51 PM

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Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes

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If the copy/paste on the z10 was more consistent and worked better I wouldn't miss the trackpad

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10-10-13 06:52 PM

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eldricho

Yea I miss the trackball
On my old Pearl, because it fell off again and again

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10-10-13 06:54 PM

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tmichaelmorrissey

No

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10-10-13 06:54 PM

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Only when it's new. Didn't like the trackball when it got older and the rollers got all gunked up.

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10-10-13 06:56 PM

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diegonei

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Originally Posted by Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes

If the copy/paste on the z10 was more consistent and worked better I wouldn't miss the trackpad

I'm doing fine on 10.2. 10.1 is not bad. 10.0 was a pain in the back...

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10-10-13 07:01 PM

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robhenry24

I had a Torch 9800 and a 9810; the track ball is amazing but I had trouble with the track ball on the 9800.

It finally quite working and the home button stopped working, that is when I got the 9810. After I had this phone for several months the track ball started giving trouble, not as bad as the problem with the first phone, the track ball was functional.

The Z10 was released and I was interested in an upgrade to the new BlackBerry 10 OS. I have been very happy with using a phone with out the track ball.

10-10-13 07:07 PM

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Chicago777Guy

I don't but lot of people do..that's why they didn't want to buy q10 . . Apparently dumbo Heins did not understand that a significant BlackBerry users like it...Stupid man ruined the whole company.

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10-10-13 07:22 PM

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Anonymous2039

Originally Posted by Chicago777Guy

I don't but lot of people do..that's why they didn't want to buy q10 . . Apparently dumbo Heins did not understand that a significant BlackBerry users like it...Stupid man ruined the whole company.

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You can hardly say the Thorsten Heins runied the whole company. The board has a lot more power than does he.

And I would wager that most people would rather have the larger screen over the trackpad.

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10-10-13 07:31 PM

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ajst222

I had a Tour 9630 and loved the trackball. It never got gunked up like some people have experienced. The trackpad was fine on other devices. But I don't miss either. And a trackpad or trackball would have no business being on a BB10 device

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10-10-13 07:33 PM

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Chicago777Guy

Originally Posted by chaz95

You can hardly say the Thorsten Heins runied the whole company. The board has a lot more power than does he.

And I would wager that most people would rather have the larger screen over the trackpad.

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Yes board is also responsible but Heins is ultimately responsible...to be fair he did do an good job building the product but his lack of common sense on pricing the phones ultimately let to failure of BB10..If the phones were properly priced BBRY would be in a much different position.

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10-10-13 07:36 PM

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Chicago777Guy

BTW you trained 80% of your customers on it for years and took it away like snap in new phone...bad business decision just like on other things.

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10-10-13 07:38 PM

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Michelasmar

I miss it when I'm texting and want to correct some mistakes but other than that no.

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10-10-13 07:41 PM

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ajst222

Originally Posted by Chicago777Guy

BTW you trained 80% of your customers on it for years and took it away like snap in new phone...bad business decision just like on other things.

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Technology evolves. That's all I can say.

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10-10-13 07:43 PM

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Acvdm

Hated it was a let down twice for me

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10-10-13 07:46 PM

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Acvdm

Sorry it was the track pad not ball for me. Kept breaking on one 9300

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10-10-13 07:47 PM

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BroncoVAL

Nope.
I think Q10 is really perfect as it is.
Apart from the screen size, but i think/hope it'll be the next big surprise!

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10-10-13 07:53 PM

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npunk42

Originally Posted by Brewer James

Anyone out there miss the trackball? Only had one Blackberry with the trackball, the 8330. I didn't mind it and believe it or not I never had any problems with it.

I didnt think I would miss, and I dont. The Z10 is well thought out,intuitive, and a pleasure to use. I never think about the trackball unless someone brings it up.

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10-10-13 08:26 PM

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sjmartin007

I miss the scroll wheel.

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10-10-13 08:33 PM

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amazinglygraceless

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Yes I do. I did not really mind replacing trackballs as it was easy, cheap and somewhere down the line you were able to get them in black as well as other colors.

10-10-13 08:33 PM

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anon6040766

Don't miss is at all...and the only people who got the track ball gunked up had gunked up pockets they put their phone in...holster or sleeve the BlackBerry and you never have an issue

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10-10-13 08:46 PM

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Stewartj1

HELL no!

Still loving my Z10 but mad as hell.

10-10-13 09:08 PM

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h20work

Originally Posted by sjmartin007

I miss the scroll wheel.

Posted from the most powerful smartphone,z10

I knew exactly how many clicks it took to get to anything on my phone without even having to lol at the screen. Simpler times

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10-10-13 09:17 PM

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