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Touchpad....is it just me?

brykins

Android Enthusiast
Nov 17, 2009
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Peterborough, UK
Been a week now with my Desire and I simply can't get used to the optical trackpad. Don't do a lot of browsing, but do a lot of texting, emailing and tweeting and I used to use my Hero trackball to move around text fields to correct mistakes. I find that the trackpad is so unsensitive that it takes me five or six "brushes" to make it go back one character. It's now quicker for me to backspace-delete and re-type things.

Does the trackpad "wear in" at all?
 
You might have a dodgy one like I did, this one is much much better...

Sounds like you may be right. But this Desire is a freebie from T-Mobile as a replacement for a G2/Hero and the time and agro it took for me to get it makes me wonder if I have the strength to try and get this one replaced. Have to go through the "sending off for repair" malarky.
 
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How long you had it for?

Had mine from Orange for just over 2 weeks so they replaced it with a new one... Had the normal Orange branded one but now have the black Orange branded one - actually prefer the look of it!

But I really didnt get on with the trackpad on the first, very hit or miss, found that it worked better if I covered my thumb with a bit of clothing to use it but this one if great... It was kinda like the pad was too deep or recessed...

Try someone elses if you can...
 
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