[jbearamus]

i used the dpad quite a bit on windows mobile and when i got the tp2 it took some adjusting, there are still instances where i kick out the keyboard just for the sake of using the arrows, however;
on android while i had the hero i rarely if ever used the trackball just because android is designed to not really need it, so i don't think its that big of a deal to not have one on the Evo