I´ve got an idea, check it out.

[Mr.Sir]

Hello!

Have you seen the optical sensor on the Samsung Omnia, when you use it a mouse pointer appears like on your desktop computer, then I thought of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Owgcos_KY

The whole button area is touch sensitive, couldn´t someone make a program that activates the area as a "touchpad" so a pointer appears on the screen?

Best Regards Gustaf

[RichardTenggren]

Nice idea:)

[Da9L]

I like that idea..! Could get pretty usefull ..

[Mr.Sir]

Why isn´t more people interested in my idea, wasn´t my description clear enough?

[snudel]

give me one situation where you actually need this?

i usually have my touch in one hand and using the finger from the other hand to type in commands.

i never have the device lying on the table.

useless for me actually.

[Riel]

1) this is old news, better had done a search
2) there are people working on this (touchxperience)
3) it is NOT multitouch but three singletouch capacitive surfaces.

[Splodge360]

I don't see any real use for this in every day use, like having a mouse pointer on screen is kinda worthless when you can use your finger on the screen instead.

However this could come in useful in a gaming or likewise situation with the use of finger guester's (spelling) to control things instead of button presses etc, especially as in a game you don't want your fingers blocking whats going on on the screen! Since the d pad on the diamond is next to worthless using this interface could in fact be quite good. Still can't think of an exact situation where it could come in useful mind!

[Addicteddddd]

there is no point in this as you already have a touch screen so that eliminates any use of needing a "pointer"
however, as said earlier, touchXperience is in development so check that out if you really wish.

[Sebienbon]

I think it would be actually pretty usefull for text edition-correction or to copy and paste text on web pages.... that could be cool

[Mr.Sir]

I hate to use the stylus and a mouse pointer is alot more precise than my thumb. So navigating outside TF3D, Gaming, Showoff, textediting etc.

[MisterSosa]

Everything I wanted to say is mentioned by other people already.

Useless, touxchXperience in dev, similar ideas, ...

Seems like a lot of people drop in and start of by saying: Hey you there! create this for me! and then change it to that ... and then ...

[Mr.Sir]

TouchXperience may make use of the area but not at all like my suggestion. I just thought that it could be useful for some....:rolleyes: