1. A keypad system comprising: a capacitive touchpad for detecting movement within a region; a driver device electrically coupled to the capacitive touchpad, wherein the driver device is for generating a touchpad data signal corresponding to the movement detected by the capacitive touchpad; and a controller electrically coupled to the driver device for receiving the touchpad data signal generated by the driver device and for resolving the touchpad data signal as one of a plurality of character values corresponding to the region.