A trackball is essentially an upside-down mouse. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
For that alone I am glad the trackball is there .... akbar56. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
It feels faster and navigating with the trackball is actually easier than using your fingers. From Wordnik.com. [Cupcake Adds Touchscreen Keyboard And More To Android | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
The trackball is a little oversensitive, but adjustable. From Wordnik.com. [Sony VAIO P] Reference
Surprise, the left-click on my trackball was all worn out!. From Wordnik.com. [Back again. Saner, but not by much.] Reference
We like the trackball, which is a little smoother than the Curve's. From Wordnik.com. [MobileTechReview] Reference
It has a Touchflo-like UI for navigation and the trackball is a nice touch. From Wordnik.com. [Mobility Site] Reference
You use the whole palm to move the trackball, which is the size of an orange. From Wordnik.com. [Firefox extensions I'm trying out; and a new trackball] Reference
I was interested to see that SF author Jerry Oltion was also the inventor of the "trackball" telescope. From Wordnik.com. [The Lensman's Children] Reference
Perhaps the most impressive change is the sudden loss of the trackball which is to be replaced with a touch sensitive 'optical trackball.'. From Wordnik.com. [Neowin.net / All] Reference
Further Jaxian Ramblings also, the trackball sticks. From Wordnik.com. [jaxraven Diary Entry] Reference
Looks like a Bold to me though (trackball) .. reply. From Wordnik.com. [Xobni Coming To The Blackberry (Leaked Pic)] Reference
I use a thumb trackball .. one flick, and I'm there. From Wordnik.com. [Edgeless Enables Mouse Cursor Wrap Around | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
I find that Macs work best with pro trackball devices. From Wordnik.com. [Magic Mouse Is Apple’s Best Mouse Ever, But…] Reference
He thumbed the trackball, and the screen glowed to life again. From Wordnik.com. [Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports]
It's complemented by a BlackBerry-like trackball for navigation. From Wordnik.com. [Google Answers the iPhone] Reference
In fact the T-Mobile G1 has a trackball which can be used instead. From Wordnik.com. [Motorola to develop an Android-based social networking smartphone « Boy Genius Report] Reference
The G-1 has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and a trackball for navigation. From Wordnik.com. [Past Tech Trends & Products: Technology Live Archive] Reference
The phone's trackball, menu, and back keys make getting around a breeze. From Wordnik.com. [BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220: First look] Reference
The Lynx controls are a respectable substitute for the arcade's trackball. From Wordnik.com. [The Usenet Lynx FAQ by Rob Jung] Reference
Besides, I use a trackball now, which makes it easy to zip across the screen. From Wordnik.com. [Edgeless Enables Mouse Cursor Wrap Around | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
Not much else has changed, with the now-ubiquitous trackball and media player. From Wordnik.com. [Verizon’s Blackberry 8830 officially announced, available May 14th « Boy Genius Report] Reference
What do you press and how do you make the trackball highlight the text to copy?. From Wordnik.com. [Schmidt: “Android Adoption Is About To Explode”] Reference
To select, one needs only to press in on the trackpad just as with the trackball. From Wordnik.com. [A BlackBerry Priced Right For Newcomers] Reference
Then press the trackball again; a menu will appear that lets you copy the selection. From Wordnik.com. [On the Road] Reference
I'll take (a reasonable-sized) trackball over mouse, and tablet over trackball, any day. From Wordnik.com. [The OpenOffice Mouse - Boing Boing] Reference
He touched the trackball embedded in the keyboard and moved the cursor around on the screen. From Wordnik.com. [Hellfire]
But you don't have to spend all your free time madly spinning a trackball across the screen. From Wordnik.com. [You Can't Work All the Time] Reference
This handheld keyboard/trackball device has buttons for fingers you didn't even know you had. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Weirdest Keyboards] Reference
Instead, you're stuck using a trackball to repeatedly scroll through a crowded, 15-menu wheel. From Wordnik.com. [A Kick Start to the Sidekick's Social Side] Reference
But most of all, the Sidekick's big screen is just begging for multitouch in place of a trackball. From Wordnik.com. [A Kick Start to the Sidekick's Social Side] Reference
After just a few days, I love the rubber trackball in a kind of scary, illegal-in-some-states way. From Wordnik.com. [A Hands-On First Look At Google Android | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
He controls the bird with a large trackball, a hemispherical device built into his computer console. From Wordnik.com. [Up in the Sky, An Unblinking Eye] Reference
Ebisu took a trackball from a mouse and refashioned it to create a way for the robot to move around. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
The Bold's Menu button (to the left of the trackball) offers a helpful way to browse using the Go To command. From Wordnik.com. [BlackBerry Bold Is Big, Bulky And Beautiful] Reference
And it's got all the full functions of a P.C. You've got the trackball there to run your mouse, the cursor and all of that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007] Reference
But the Hero's trackball — something the iPhone lacks — did make it much easier to zero in on tiny or closely packed hotlinks. From Wordnik.com. [First impression: The HTC Hero doesn't quite 'Cliq'] Reference
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