The publication also lamented the lack of one-button phone access.
Others make you fumble through your pockets to find the volume button on the phone.
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So I pressed the button on my phone and the app informed me it would be six minutes.
Customers then have to push a button for the phone to display the familiar grid that Apple claims infringes its design.
They can also assign different 12 different ring tones, and a "Fireworks" button causes the phone to strobe colorfully for 30 seconds.
Mobile users can click the button from their phone and navigation will start from their mobile browser, without the need for a separate GPS navigation or mapping app.
In some cases with Google, I can type in my local deli and that gives me a map and directions, the phone number or phone button if I want to call, or a link to their web site.
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As soon as she pressed the End button on her cell phone it rang again.
The technology is designed to prevent inadvertent button presses when a phone is held up to a person's head.
Without looking away, she then punches a button to activate a satellite phone and calls in the whale's coordinates to a worker on the ground.
The button layout follows the Windows Phone template -- there's the trio of capacitive buttons below the screen, with three physical plastic buttons along the right edge.
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Similar to the predecessor, the phone features a panic button on the back that'll call and text message up to five people in the case of an emergency.
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The phone even displays a button during calls, called informally "the escape hatch, " which allows you to kill the Wi-Fi call and force the phone to redial the other person over Sprint for no added charge.
However, HTC noted that it previously launched the ChaCha phone, which had a button designated to posting photos directly to Facebook.
My mobile phone is increasingly the help button for my life.
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.
If website visitors click on the Scout Drive Button from their computer rather than their phone, Scout will offer the option of sending a link to launch navigation on their phone via a text message or mobile email.
Use the music control app to play, pause or skip tracks on your phone with the touch of a button.
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He was dying on the phone when he heard another mute button switch off and the voice of an even more senior executive came on the line.
From the beginning of Microsoft's mobile efforts in the PDA era, its touchscreen phone software has had a Start button and windows that could be minimized like the classic Windows desktop.
My portable phone does that when I push a button in the base unit.
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Each model includes a three-button Apple-specified remote to make and receive phone calls while controlling volume and playback features.
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Insoo doesn't even have to take the phone out of his pocket to send an SMS. He knows how to slide it open, which buttons to push how many times to reach the "Send SMS" menu option, compose the entire text message, and hit the send button -- all without even looking at the phone.
They included my name, gave a phone number and said I should press a button to continue.
As you probably know, there's no Start button, and the Start Menu is comprised of Windows Phone-esque Live Tiles.
We also liked the dedicated power button for the projector on the top right of the phone, just above the normal phone switch.
You can expect an FM radio inside, while the Windows Phone staple, a two-stage camera button, is also reliably housed along the right edge with the volume rocker.
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