First off, our source claims to have spent time with the same four-button device we saw in the video yesterday.
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To do this, LG's included a button atop the device that you might mistake for a dedicated orientation lock.
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Just imagine on a click of a button your mobile device displays you a list of current offers LIVE, accessible in the same mall.
To help make its forthcoming hardware more palatable to gamers, Nintendo plans to offer the "Wii U Pro Controller, " a more traditional button-laden device along with the console as an alternative to the GamePad.
You can even click the back button on a different device, and it just works!
There's WiFi connectivity with a dedicated Mobile Device Connect button, for direct access to an ad-hoc sharing mode.
The insole does this by communicating with a "base station, " an intermediary device between the button in the shoe and the television set, which uses a radio signal to calculate and transmit the information.
The two controls on top are all you need to get the essential jobs done with this device, a button for switching it on and off (and taking stills) and the sliding record switch -- this set-up also means you can physically feel if it's recording, even when you can't see it.
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As a result, the Sensiboil is largely hidden to the eye, apart from a green and a red button that activates or stops the device working.
The Kindle power case is interesting too, not only does the it promise to double your Amazonian slab's battery life, but it also relocates the device's power button to the front.
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The review notes that all of the media player and internet controls are the same as the aforementioned device (Cover Flow, lists, zooming, etc.), though the touch allows you to "double-click" the button on the front of the device to bring up a music control-panel, no matter what application you're in.
It's also annoying that you actually have to press the unlock button twice to gain control of the device.
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To access the sliding function and expose the somewhat cramped keyboard beneath, users will have to press a dedicated button along the left edge of the device.
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Thanks to the depth slider button, you can easily hold the device anywhere from a few inches from your eyes all the way to full arms-length, and still get the 3D effect.
With the VIVOplay Locator, parents can find a misplaced device with the push of a button.
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Each device has a "concierge" button that connects the caller with a global team who can provide localised advice and help with events and restaurant bookings.
To authenticate a key, it is placed in the USB slot at the front of the device and the "Copy" button is held in until the MyDitto emits a beep to start the process.
You slide a personal listening device into your ear, press a button, and it expands and locks into the ear canal.
For instance, holding down the on-off button or removing and replacing the battery typically causes an Android device to reboot and close all apps, including MDM.
Again, this pair seems to exist for purely aesthetic purposes -- if you're the button-pushing type, this is arguably the most infuriating device money can buy -- but it may well help cure you of that BlackBerry thumb that had you on worker's comp for much of the early '00s.
December 12, 2012--San Diego, CA-PacketVideo today announced that the company's Twonky Beam product, a free app that lets users discover and transfer online video content from a tablet or mobile device to a television with the touch of a button, now works with the Xbox 360 game console and Roku streaming players.
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Consumers can simply plug it in, insert their photo through the slim device, and, with a single touch of a button, scan photos onto the included SD card.
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Twonky Beam enables users to easily "beam" online and personal video content from a PC, Android or iOS device to the living room with the simple press of a button.
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Parents can program a third button with up to 20 other speed-dial options, and set the device to only accept calls from those numbers.
E-mail is sent and received by accessing the PocketMail service via an 800 number, holding the device up to the handset of the phone, and pushing a button.
Head-on, the Note 8.0 looks just like any other high-end Galaxy device: capacitive buttons for menu and back hug the physical home button below the display, while the company's logo, a front-facing camera and sensor reside up top.
Lastly, the "Home" button on the remote can be used to activate Siri even while connected to another device.
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Well, the Asha 205 QWERTY device is definitely targeting the more social user, with a dedicated Facebook button nestled to the left of the D-pad.
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Between the plastic and the display is a flush black bezel that gets a bit thicker on the top and the bottom, housing the trademark "n" home button -- a signature, the company explains, that helps people orient the device even when the screen is off.
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You slide a small camera a laparoscope into the abdomen through a quarter-inch incision near the belly button, insert a long grasper through an incision beneath the waistline, and push a device for stapling and cutting through an incision in the left lower abdomen.
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