I'm not sure how the "track pad" would work on Android. I'm not saying it can't, I just don't know enough about coding, and the techy nuts and bolts to know if it could work. It's could be possible to have scrolling options with it kind of like the keyboards on the PRIV and KeyOne. That would be pretty cool.
Yes, more likely for scrolling, if anything, since the space must also be used for the Android navigation key as on the K1.
You know what my only beef is with this device? Every time I google "BlackBerry Motion" it pulls up too many old articles about RIM! At least with the Priv and KEYone, you can pretty much guarantee that 99% of the search results are going to be related to the phone! Let's go back to having obscure devices names!
Yes, more likely for scrolling, if anything, since the space must also be used for the Android navigation key as on the K1.
For text editing.
How is this so repeatedly overlooked??? I can't scroll any better with a trackpad than the screen. It's cool to show off how a capacitive pkb has added functionality, sure...
The best use case for a track pad is editing text, in my opinion. How many times have you been frustrated trying to highlight one or a few words using only a touchscreen? Pkb or vkb, a trackpad makes for a much more precise text editing tool and I would love to see that come into play!
At the very least, I would love to see a similar functionality of the Passport, Priv, and now KEYone keyboards emulated into BlackBerry's VKB software. Somehow a double tap (or added virtual button) to bring up a text cursor that can be moved around for text editing would be pretty brilliant.
...are they listening? Probably not. But I'm still hoping that they clue in that this would be pretty skookum!
If it's anything like the DTEK60, I'm not buying it. My DTEK60 is in the shop for repair after only ten months; battery has failed. glad it's under warranty. Glad to have my PRIV as backup too!
Always the discussion about specs. Hardware (specs.) can't compensatie bad written software. This is a given fact since the first computer entered. The market. 80% of the market exists of nono's who don't know where they are talking about. 80% of the Phone owners has never played a heavy duty game on their telephone, 80% does not care about specs and 80% only buys a Phone because of the logo on that phone!
So can we now start a normal and intelligent discussion?
Last edited by kaalpani; 10-06-17 at 11:44 AM.
Reason: typing error
I have a Nokia 8 and the Buttons are all below and the home button also has the Fingerprint sensor. This means that the screen estate is not occupied by any buttons.
