It’s been known for some time that the upcoming hp hx4700 Pocket PC will have a touchpad built in instead of the directional pad that you find on other Pocket PCs. As expected, the touchpad will emulate a directional pad for users who are used to that kind of operation. However, Synaptics has worked with hp to produce a second mode. In the “NavPoint” mode, the touchpad works more like the touchpad on a laptop, with a cursor which indicates the current cursor position. Movement on the touchpad changes the location of the cursor and

For a complete Flash presentation of how the touchpad works, click here. For the joint hp/Synaptics press release, click here.