d-pads

Why, oh man, must we be shoehorned back into the realms of buttons and d-pads?!

1UP RSS feed Dustin Quillen 2010

For games with on-screen d-pads, you now have to reach over the frame in order to place your thumbs on the screen-which is much more uncomfortable than playing on an iPhone or iPod touch.

Macworld 2010

I found the other problem is that, compared to other d-pads, the rubber pads themselves have a considerable distance to travel before they contact the PCB, and that leaves a larger chance of the pad popping back up unintentionally, and thus the direction no longer being registered.

Shoryuken earlyberd 2010

To adapt a mobile OS to TVs is something else entirely: easier in some ways, since the OS is already suited to remote-control-style navigation, by virtue of having been built around devices with d-pads and a handful of buttons; and harder in others, since it was designed for use on palm-sized screens.

Gizmodo 2010

For games with on-screen d-pads, you now have to reach over the frame in order to place your thumbs on the screen - which is much more uncomfortable than playing on an iPhone or iPod Touch.

Netflash 2010

The biggest source of the problem is that whoever was in charge of cutting the d-pads from the sprues after molding obviously didn't do a very good job.

Shoryuken earlyberd 2010

Some gamers do not think touchscreen controls emulating d-pads makes for fun gaming.

ShoppingBlog.com 2010

This is HTC's first fully touch-sensitive device, with no jog wheels or d-pads on offer.

MobileBurn.com 2009

If you want keep using the SmartPhone version of tGetFile, may you can make a separate version for PPC which use gsGetFile and for further touchscreen support for virtual d-pads

MoDaCo WinMo News 2009

If you want keep using the SmartPhone version of tGetFile, may you can make a separate version for PPC which use gsGetFile and for further touchscreen support for virtual d-pads

MoDaCo WinMo News 2009