<shamless_plug><br><br>Many fingerprint sensors that would fit where the button is have a navigation function. They operate much like the touchstick, or a mini touchpad, when not capturing a fingerprint. They are gaining traction in the tablet and ultra-mobile PC market for doing scrolling and simple navigation when a stylus is overkill for a certain quick navigation action.
<br><br>For example, this tablet has one on the top left (as pictured) <a href="http://www.tabletpc2.com/Review-FujitsuST5020-Article020605.htm">http://www.tabletpc2.com/Review-FujitsuST5020-Article020605.htm</a><br><br><br>
</shamless_plug><br><br>--Steve<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/30/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rory McCann</b> <<a href="mailto:rory@technomancy.org">rory@technomancy.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>Hash: SHA1<br><br>Flemming Richter Mikkelsen said the following on 30/05/07 14:21:<br>> Just one more thing....<br>><br>> On my laptop I have this little joystick button in the middle of the
<br>> keyboard. If we could get a button like that on the side of the neo<br>> phone, dasher would be great.<br><br>A little scroll wheel like on mice or on the side of a BlackBerry would be good<br>for Dasher. Scrolling is a common operation, it'd be cool to have it on the
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