Jumping into gameplay, our first instinct was to move the gun around and get our bearings with the camera, but it was immediately apparent that swinging to the left and right had no effect.
Slide the padlock icon to the right and it unlocks the handset, slide it to the left and you're dropped into the camera app (a clear nod to HTC's Sense 3.0 UI).
Hoff sent me a Flip camera and told me to follow myself around with it, so I did, holding the Flip in my left hand and learning how to address the camera and how not to want to puke when I saw myself on video at first.
In addition to moving the camera left and right, the thumbstick is in charge of making in-game characters walk forward and backward.
Additionally, the RAZR i gets treated to a physical camera button, something that was left off the RAZR M.
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The flash adds a bit too, but that'll lay dormant until you pop it out via the devoted switch just to the left of the bump, on top of the camera.
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The LED notification light is under the 8MP camera instead of to the side, the power button has been swapped from the left to the right, the speaker grille on the back has also changed sides and the volume rocker is on the right edge.
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By simply pressing the Zoom Framing Assist button located on the lower front left of the camera, the lens will quickly zoom out to help you re-locate and frame your subject.
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The current 3D camera module developed by Sharp incorporates functions to process the image data output by the left and right cameras, including Color Synchronizing Processing to adjust color and brightness, Timing Synchronizing Processing to synchronize the timing of the video signals, and Optical Axis Control Processing to correct positioning.
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Near the top, you'll find the 8MP ImageSense autofocus camera flanked by an LED flash to the right and an LED notification light to the left.
Even when holding it perfectly still, the camera appears to be tracking subjects that walk into the frame, resulting in the video to jump to the left or right, as you can see in the clip below.
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The idea here is that there's no one top or bottom, left or right side to the camera.
He left a pregnant pause that gave enough time for the camera to cover both faces.
To take a shot you simply launch the camera app, whose icon is permanently positioned on the lower-left corner of each home screen.
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We went to the show expecting the same old story and the same old phones, so we left the good camera at home.
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