The menu's capabilities are limited, however -- analog sticks and the d-pads won't tolerate reassignment.

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The controller features dual analog sticks, a d-pad, face buttons and shoulder bumpers for a console-style control experience on Android devices.

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In May, Samsung will release a Game Arcade gamepad that looks very similar to an Xbox 360 controller with dual analog sticks and shoulder, D-pad and four face buttons.

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Since the embedded gyroscopes are used along with the d-pad and analog stick for navigation, selecting the right menu option feels akin to whack-a-mole -- unless the controller is held impossibly still.

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There are four face buttons, a D-pad, dual-analog sliders, start, select, and four more 'round the back: ZL, ZR, L, and R.

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The differences from Moga's previous iteration are clear and many: a rechargeable battery built in, a d-pad, larger face buttons, full analog sticks with click, and shoulder buttons just above triggers (and a backlight, if you're into that kinda thing).

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It's hard to get totally excited about a PC hardware peripheral, given the smaller quantity of games (particularly hardware-specific titles) over in desktop land, but with Valve support and what appears to be the perfect control scheme (dual analog sticks, dual fully 3D-sensing motion controllers), we'd say the Hydra has a better shot at winning us over than anything else of its ilk.

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No phone, no address book, no music: It was as though I'd left the modern world behind at Sunan airport and stepped back in time to a seemingly prehistoric analog era.

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