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Chapter 1: Gathering What You Need to Develop BlackBerry Apps
✓ Trackpad: Users touch the pad lightly to move the selection highlight,
and press down to click. You can see the trackpad of the BlackBerry
Bold (9700) in Figure 1-6.
Figure 1-6:
RIM’s latest
offering: the
BlackBerry
Bold (9700)
and its
trackpad.
Trackpad
✓ Touchscreen: Users touch the screen lightly to move the selection
highlight, and press down slightly to click the item selected. Figure 1-7
shows you what a BlackBerry Storm looks like, with its touchscreen.
Each input mechanism comes with its own advantages and disadvantages, and
this is important when developing your app. You might discover that your app
is easy to use on a touchscreen device, yet difficult to use on a device with a
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