Meanwhile, outside of that claustrophobic feedback loop of our face and our screen, the physical systems of the earth are degraded by human activity.

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It takes courage to remove a keyboard from the face of a smartphone and replace those buttons with a giant screen, as Jobs did with the iPhone.

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The screen is huge, taking up 2.78 inches of the touchscreen face (yes, it has that too), which is almost all of the front surface.

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His face color matched the red color of the numbers on his small screen.

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Thankfully, much of that front face is dominated by the 8-inch screen -- the surrounding bezels are generous enough to accommodate thumbs without hampering the tablet's overall flair.

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While we admire the effort of those gaudy, unsightly microdisplay-equipped goggles to bring big screen theatrics to the front of your face, they aren't likely to win any style contests, nor help you garner any friendly attention.

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Case in point: I was able to unlock the phone by holding a photo of my face up to its lock screen.

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The screen pivots within the frame of the lid to either face toward the keyboard, or away from it.

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On his screen is a single frame of the character Alex the Lion with a mathematical grid over his face and a big, bulging eyeball.

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