Information Madness

Blackberry is famous for its trackwheel, trackball and now the recent technology called TrackPad. Blackberry introduced this Trackpad technology in newer BlackBerry® smartphones like the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone and BlackBerry® Bold™ 9700 smartphone.

So how does this trackpad work? You can think of it as an optical mouse system for BlackBerry.

BlackBerry Inside Blog explains how the Blackberry Trackpad works..

As you move your thumb across the trackpad, a special algorithm happens inside which spits out “you moved left 3 spaces” or as Derek a little more technically put it “it spits out: delta x, delta y.”

Since the trackpad is really just snapping images and doesn’t require any kind of conductivity like a touchscreen, it means you don’t necessarily have to use your thumb or fingers. You can actually navigate around your screen using anything that has a slightly rough surface. Naturally, David and I put this to the test. We used a note book and a pen, both of which worked fine (not as good as a thumb, but in a pinch it would suffice).