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Dell DPad Patch

Posted:
Jan 12, 2003 @ 12:04am
by James S
<a href="ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/Handheld/R54079.EXE">ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/Handheld/R54079.EXE</a>
<a href="http://support.dell.com">http://support.dell.com</a>
Dell has released a patch that allows the DPad to be pushed in for the "action" button, just like the HP/Compaq iPaq PocketPC's DPad.
I know that this has been an issue with many users, especially on the PocketQuake forum. It looks like Dell listens, and is quite quick to the draw.
May this be a sign of things to come.

Posted:
Jan 12, 2003 @ 12:13am
by chuck
hell ya, now if they'll fix the direction sticking thing. Lemme tell you its annoying as you know what when your playing a game and suddenly you just keep going the same direction :-/

Posted:
Jan 12, 2003 @ 4:23am
by damian
Cool... not sure if I'll want it, though. I'm used to pushing in the D-pad when moving in a direction. Oh well, I'll try it. Here's hoping it's reversible...
[edit] Never mind, it is. I deleted it since pressing "up" activates the action button a bit too often. I have no need for it either.

Posted:
Jan 12, 2003 @ 6:21pm
by Fish

Posted:
Jan 12, 2003 @ 6:24pm
by zahn

Posted:
Jan 12, 2003 @ 8:21pm
by SiGen

Posted:
Jan 12, 2003 @ 10:55pm
by David Horn

Posted:
Jan 12, 2003 @ 11:33pm
by James S

Posted:
Jan 13, 2003 @ 4:01am
by Dan East

Posted:
Jan 13, 2003 @ 5:06am
by damian
Hmm... that could be true. However, to the best of my knowledge, when the D-Pad is pressed down without the patch, no directions are registered.

Posted:
Jan 13, 2003 @ 6:55am
by zahn
How could they be registered, if you are going up and down, left and right at the same time?

Posted:
Jan 14, 2003 @ 9:38pm
by Goosey
Tried it and deleted it within 5 min.
Simply am too used to liberally holding it the dpad while I roll it in different directions.