I think the best things about an external touch pad are convenience and speed. Some people find external touch pads more fashionable than the old fashioned mouse button.
The touch pad, or trac pad
The advantage of a touch pad on an electronic device is that there is no need for an external keyboard. There is also no need to use a computer mouse with a touch pad device.
The rectangular pad is a called a touch pad.
The "touch pad" on an iPad is basically the mouse.
the blackberry bold has a small touch pad, in place of the ball
A touch pad can be a standalone device, or it can be part of the monitor or keyboard. It is an input device.
A track pad is a touch sensitive pad used to track the motion of your fingers on a laptop or tablet.
If you are using a laptop with an external mouse, but accidentally turned on the touch pad, you could be hitting against it with your thumb. Happens to me all the time!
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A laptop touch-pad is equipped with a heat pad, so your finger radiates heat which makes the computer respond. A pencil does not emit heat so the touch-pad has no input to go off of. This is the same with touchscreen devices, lowing the possibility of a pencil accidentally hitting buttons.etc