On-screen menus subtly display what keys to press for shortcuts.

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The setup's display-laden keys, for instance, appear to ghost and bleed if they aren't looked upon from just the right angle.

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The device features on-screen Android keys, which appear glowing on that Super AMOLED display.

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The myTouch series also features the Genius Button, a capacitive key underneath the display that sits next to the menu, home and back keys.

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Across the bottom, the Storm's keys have been replaced with four softkeys on the display proper for call, end, back, and a BlackBerry key.

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Its 10 configurable keys are still a joy to use as an application launcher, and being able to customize the display of each individual key is a geeky pleasure of the rarest kind -- but that consistency means the pad's shortcomings are the same, too.

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