Comments on: Poll: Optical Trackpad vs. Trackball

By: Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:48:01 +0000

I’ve had both and I prefer the trackpad. I had so many problems with the ball but haven’t had a single problem with the pad although it does take a couple days to get used to. Love my trackpad!!

By: juswannaphone10

juswannaphone10 — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:25:18 +0000

I’ve had the trackball on work bb for some time – no problems with it. While I liked the trackpad when I tried it out in the store, options are often based upon which provider you have. To me the other options with the bb are the most important. For example, are the keys big enough for me to type effortlessly or not? I like the pad on the Curve2 – 8530 offered by Sprint, but the keys on the tour 9630 are a little wider and easier to the touch, but it has a ball. Never seems all of the things you want come together; there’s some compromise that has to happen.

By: john

john — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:32:28 +0000

Trackballs are so not the best, they always get gummed up and trackpads are far better as no moving parts to fail. Only takes about 2 days to get used to it

By: Eric Hill

Eric Hill — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:33:50 +0000

WHAT R U GUYS SAYING?!?!?!??!?! THE BALL IS SOOOOOOOO MUCH MORE BETTER AND PRECISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: john blake

john blake — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:45:55 +0000

Home Phone FTW!!!

By: Taylor Martin

Taylor Martin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:35:21 +0000

Yeah, that seems to be the major issue with the trackball. Usually what you do to fix it is put pressure on the ball and then roll it around. It breaks loose any dust or particles that are causing the trackball to be stuck.

By: pj

pj — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:14:55 +0000

i have the moto droid.. its a good phone… my cousin had a track ball.. she said small foregin objects alaways got in the hole, and it wouldent move.

By: B-Ri the BB guy

B-Ri the BB guy — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:09:07 +0000

Trackpad is a much better idea and solution to replacing trackballs.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:14:50 +0000

I have the 9700 for work and the 8900 for personal and i’ve had both these phones now about 3 months but been using blakcberry 2 years now i’ve got to say the trackpad is awesome. for me reliability is key and the trackpad is so much better, when I use my 8900 i find that sometimes dust get in and i can feel the ball crunch which is never good.

By: John

John — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:20:14 +0000

Yes you can adjust the sensitivity on the trackpad.