The block includes colorful little buttons that say text, photo, quote, link, chat, audio, and video.
Crucial functions can also be accessed using configurable infrared buttons that automatically detect an approaching hand.
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The small stylish buttons that control the interface are stiff and the animated menu moves like a slide show.
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For example, many drivers simply have scalded their fingertips on start buttons that have been baking in exposure to the sun.
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There are buttons that pertain to the vehicles' size--and subsequent fee--as well as those for receipts, wide-load vehicles and toll evaders.
But RIM has saved some space by eliminating the big buttons that resided between the screen and the keyboard on older BlackBerrys.
There were two--and arguably three--buttons that engaged the supply-side revolution, which, in turn, set up the U.S.' long economic boom from 1983--2007.
The next row up in the panel contains three buttons that take you to the advanced menus for WiFi, AudioWizard and system settings.
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The tools for creating these multimedia posts are simple: seven buttons that let you add text, photos, hyperlinks, video, music, dialogues or quotes with a click.
You can reply, retweet, or view whole conversations from buttons that appear as you hover, rather than using the myriad taps and swipes of the iOS apps.
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Designed to give PC gamers an advantage over the competition, the mouse features nine programmable controls, letting you move keyboard commands to buttons that are in easy reach.
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The device features a D-Pad -- the group of four buttons that looks like a plus sign and has been found on the left side of Nintendo remotes for decades.
Flank your logo with two buttons that scream HOW TO SHOP and SHIPPING COSTS. You might think such information is conveniently located two-thirds of the way down a frequently-asked-questions list.
The list of too-late devices at CES goes on: Samsung has launched four of its own e-reading gadgets, at least one of which features a panel of buttons that emerged sleekly from the bottom of the device.
Including pressure-sensitive buttons that offer a variety of different movement and actions on the same button, the GC-2 controller also comes armed with high-quality analogue sticks to ensure accurate player movement on screen, making sure you're always one step ahead of the enemy.
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Until quite recently, every smart office block in Sao Paulo used to employ an "ascensorista" - a person whose sole job was to ride up and down in the lifts all day, pushing buttons that the occupants could easily have pressed for themselves.
The generally clear and colorful Zing interface, which makes use of translucent overlays for volume and internet access and brings down album art on the fly, resorts to almost comically tiny text for its menus activated by two buttons that sit between the wheel and the screen.
On the plus side, the keypad is awesome with large, easy-to-press buttons that even the fattest fingers would have no trouble using, and the screens are bright and reasonably colorful (though the 220 x 176 resolution never lets you forget that you're dealing with a lower-end device here).
While the low-voltage Core i5 chip (there's a Core i3 option), 1080p IPS-based screen, 5-megapixel rear camera and front 1.3-megapixel shooter don't scream for attention by themselves among higher-end Windows 8 slates, there's an optical trackpoint and mouse buttons that make themselves genuinely handy in the non-Metro desktop.
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"Caregiving for a parent can bring up a lot of emotion -- parents know how to push our buttons and that does not stop with dementia, " Morhardt said.
We've already got ergonomists telling us that buttons and screens are getting so tiny that only three-year-olds will be able to use them, but so far wearable cellphones haven't quite taken off (even the mighty DoCoMo's mighty Wristomo proved a failure after all the initial buzz died down and Samsung killed off their watchphone altogether).
Josh Clark: I frequently say that buttons are a hack, and people sometimes take that the wrong way.
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InterVideo has made it clear that it is issuing a legal player that won't push the DVD industry's buttons -- that is, one that licenses the Content Scrambling System (CSS) -- and the software thus cannot be open source.
Situated beneath that display is a tiny home button, a first on the nano. (Previous iPods had click-wheels or no such buttons at all.) That makes one of five buttons here -- yes, five.
The thing about physical abstractions (like gestures) versus visual abstractions (like buttons) is that physical actions can be absorbed into muscle memory.
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For example, if you have identified a heteroscedasticity problem in your data, there are various buttons to press that can cure it for you.
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His hand was rummaging through the clots of yarn and the buttons and crumbs that lined the bottom of his pocket, searching for the encased bullet.
The "Square Eyes" insole has two small buttons, one that tracks how many steps a child has traveled and one that converts it into television watching credits.
The legacy of SARS is evident today in the signs dotting escalator rails and elevator buttons around town that tout how many times a day they are disinfected.
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