On the right edge, you'll notice a volume jog dial for incoming chat audio and a backlit button for switching between speaker and headset mode.
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The design is simple: it's just a plastic shell with a shutter button, a dial for controlling shutter speed and a hand grip -- the sort you'd normally find on a compact camera.
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It also features a mode dial for swift, effortless setting of 10 different shooting modes - ranging from the hands-off Auto Picture and the all-purpose Programmed AE, to the more creative Aperture-priority AE, Shutter-priority AE and Metered Manual.
Spartan Races plans 48 events and projects 300, 000 total participants this year. (A contestant ran one on NBC's "The Biggest Loser" last year.) As participation numbers balloon, the events are attracting consumer-product sponsors including Under Armour, Merrell shoes, Subaru and Dial for Men.
The main controls are located on the left side of the screen, which displays the current mode, a dial for choosing a different mode, as well as onscreen triggers for movie recording and shutter release (which behaves identically to the physical shutter release but is sometimes more convenient).
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Also, T-Mobile has not been able to get my 911 address correct in their system, and if I dial for help right now, the police will see the address in their database as the T-Mobile store on Broadway, some 250 miles from my home, which they insist does not exist, despite the fact that I have owned it for 20 years.
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"It's almost a throwback to the old, dial-for-dollars method of recruiting, " says Ms. Yarnot.
Using small satellite phones to dial in for a lower resolution signal seemed like an option but even that was not assured.
Their job is to show that this interconnected collection of applications is going to become the center of integration, a collaborative dial tone for business applications.
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We're hoping Dial M for Murder is the first of several classic 3D films to be released, with the long-awaited, much requested "House of Wax" expected next.
Ranked number 9 on the American Film Institute's 2008 list of the 10 greatest films in the "Mystery" genre, Dial M for Murder was adapted by Frederick Knott from his hit Broadway stage play.
However, with the advent of CinemaScope ("the miracle you can see without glasses") and the higher costs associated with 3D, the fad was fading by the time Dial M for Murder was released in theatres.
To ready Dial M for Murder for this current release, MPI's work included a 4K scan of the original camera negative, and a full restoration of the two "eyes, " as well as convergence fixes to ensure perfect alignment.
' Motion Picture Imaging (MPI) division, Warner Home Video has meticulously and painstakingly restored the original 3D presentation, and, when Dial M for Murder Blu-ray 3D debuts October 9, audiences will finally be able to see the film in their homes as it was originally meant to be seen.
He reckons that broadband is not a replacement for dial-up access, but an add-on.
He has one telephone line, which he also uses for dial-up Internet access at 46kbps.
That means EarthLink is looking high and low for dial-up customers to buy.
This will allow you to make calls from your stateroom, on a direct dial basis, for two dollars a minute.
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Power and Associates said that EarthLink ranked at the top or near the top for dial-up and high-speed Internet access, while AOL ranked comparatively low.
In July last year, the number of UK households accessing the net via broadband surpassed those using dial-up for the first time, according to the Office of National Statistics.
Whether it's phone wire used for dial-up and digital subscriber lines (DSL), or the coaxial cables that carry cable modem connections, these connections are a bottleneck between the carrier's big pipes and your bandwidth-starved computer.
Many felt that because the new technology, called DIAL (short for Discovery and Launch), is an open standard and already being integrated by a number of large consumer electronics manufacturers, it would replace AirPlay and a similar technology called Miracast.
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Pogue found himself longing for the days of dial-up, while waiting 1-2 minutes for popular sites to load, and while WiFi was quick to save the day in many instances, that's hardly an excuse in the year 2007.
The big players, on the other hand, are looking beyond dial-up fees for their money.
They also posted an email sent by the FBI giving dial-in information for the call.
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True, you could buy a lot of minutes of dial-up time for a billion dollars.
You then had to wait hours for a dial tone, and pay exorbitant charges.
Granted, the monthly amount is roughly what you'd pay for unlimited dial-up access from a major ISP anyway.
Individuals may need to dial back their actions for desired results.
For both dial-in numbers, the participant pass code is 33674546.
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