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Captivate - No D-Pad

Hi All,
I'm looking at getting the Captivate as my first Android phone. I noticed that it doesn't have a D-Pad like the original Galaxy S or a trackball. Is that going to be a problem? Is Android still usable without it?
Thanks for the help,
Josh

The Galaxy S does not have an optical d pad/track pad. It is just a big square button

Swype an and samsung keyboard have directional buttons. No real need for physical ones I can see so far.
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emulators?

With the 4 inch screen, I suspect emulators and other games requiring a D-Pad could fit a virtual one at the bottom of the screen. Perhaps a virtual trackpad would work too? A little circle that you swipe your finger over and it acts like an optical trackpad?

For the short while that I had an EVO 4G, I never did think about a D-pad. Before the EVO I had a Samsung Epix and I used the optical pad as D-pad and I was very used to using it in that configuration. The EVO was my first android phone and all of the menus are easily accessible with finger swipes and touches. I did not miss the D-pad at all.
I'll definitely pick up the Captivate. The android experience is so much better than wm6.x.

jhulst said:
Hi All,
I'm looking at getting the Captivate as my first Android phone. I noticed that it doesn't have a D-Pad like the original Galaxy S or a trackball. Is that going to be a problem? Is Android still usable without it?
Thanks for the help,
dont need it , with the 4" touch screen ...lol just played with it at at&t......the speed is incredible....
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Some ROMs don't have dpad enabled keyboards, the TrueDvorak Pro keyboard has a nice gesture based dpad. Multilingual keyboard also has a press and hold to access dpad option, like the samsung one.

oldarney said:
Some ROMs don't have dpad enabled keyboards, the TrueDvorak Pro keyboard has a nice gesture based dpad. Multilingual keyboard also has a press and hold to access dpad option, like the samsung one.
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What press-n-hold Samsung d-pad? I hate the Samsung keyboard but I do need a d-pad sometimes and I don't want to install a third party keyboard (I usually install Full Keyboard though, it has one).

oldarney said:
Some ROMs don't have dpad enabled keyboards, the TrueDvorak Pro keyboard has a nice gesture based dpad. Multilingual keyboard also has a press and hold to access dpad option, like the samsung one.
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What does that have to do with the Captivate and why did you resurrect an almost year old thread to say it?

Welcome to pretty much all samsung android phones. If you need a d-pad or trackball look elsewhere.
Though most high end HTC, LG and Motos dont have them either.

NOVA

Everybody knows nova from gameloft as it is one of the best android games but I have a question, is there any 3d party software/hack anything to map the keys to physical buttons? I am only interested in the fire button mapped to the camera key on a Motorola Milestone. This would make the game a lot better. Thank you in advance

It should be possible yes, i dont know how much work it would need though

Never knew N.O.V.A was on Android.
Must check it out
I do think that they should add physical button support.

Problem if it comes with Mapping done it would need to be user mapping because of the array of android devices with differet buttons in different places

MacaronyMax said:
Problem if it comes with Mapping done it would need to be user mapping because of the array of android devices with differet buttons in different places
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True, but it could just be as easy as the other apps on the market that enable user-customizable key-mapping. I have a Galaxy S line phone, so no physical keyboard. But coming from an HTC Fuze, I can see why this would be handy

Gameloft
I sent an email to the gameloft team suggesting that this feature should be added. I hope we can all enjoy this feature for their games.

Get a bluetooth controller
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gametel - gamepad bluetooth- hd2 windows mobile

hi,
I just have bought a Gametel Gamepad bluetooth for my HTC HD2 but i want to use it on windows mobile. Gamepad is reconize on bluetooth but i can't configure it. :crying:
Someone know if there's a driver for this pad or a compatibility driver.
Thnks

i have accomplished to pair the controller with windows mobile and it reconize juste like a bluetooth keyboard but now what sould i do ?

Use it : most old games used the arrows and Enter key. :laugh:
I suppose you'll have to select your emulated keyboard as the default one.
Just open any app using a keyboard (such as Notes), then press the right border on the keyboard icon to select another default keyboard.
If you do can't find it in the list, then long press the left border on the keyboard icon, in case it would appear there instead.

Z80-Man said:
Use it : most old games used the arrows and Enter key. :laugh:
I suppose you'll have to select your emulated keyboard as the default one.
Just open any app using a keyboard (such as Notes), then press the right border on the keyboard icon to select another default keyboard.
If you do can't find it in the list, then long press the left border on the keyboard icon, in case it would appear there instead.
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Uh, no, my man... it doesn't quite work that way. The Gametel adapter is mapped to the same keys as the Sony Ericsson Play device. Simply because it is in 'keyboard mode' do not assume that it will play games in the way you have described -- it will not. I still do not know of a practical use for the Gametel adapter on a Windows Phone (other than to make a Lumia look purposeful)... and Fructel will tell you the same thing. Games generally have to be made compatible for the Gametel / Sony Play mapping.

Windows Phone ? This is a Windows Mobile section...
Windows Phone 7 and above are completely different stuff and I can't help you there...

[Q] How to get rid of Android soft keyboard [Minix Neo X7]

Hey,
I just got the Minix Neo X7 with the Neo A2 remote,
and it's working great but, when i try to type something in google or anywhere else in a search bar,
the soft keyboard shows up and i can't use the remote or any other physical keyboard.
I was wondering if there is an option to get rid of the soft keyboard or somehow make the physical one work on every app / website.
Thanks in Advance :cyclops:

Ther is an app for that....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wparam.nullkeyboard
... and another, more powerful one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apedroid.hwkeyboardhelper

same setup
I also have x7 and A2 and nullkeyboard works great.

Keyboard as trackpad like iOS (3D Touch)

Hey there,
this is my first post because I am about to switch from my jailbreaked iPhone to a rooted Android device. I'm curious if there is a tweak around that lets me use my keyboard as a trackpad. Apple implemented that feature by force touch the keyboard. But for devices which don't support 3D touch there is a tweak called KBSwipe9 which allows you to use this feature just by tapping with two fingers on the keyboard.
So I am searching for something like KBSwipe9 for Android.
I am considering to grab a Galaxy S8 and since they have a 3D like 'home button' I am wondering whether you could use this hardware and make a real iPhone like tweak when you are in keyboard mode.
I would be glad if anyone got any ideas or knows how to implemet that because it is a very small but neat function which I probably would miss on Android.
Cheers :good: