Navigation and interaction are easy with the precision on-board pen, full-size keyboard and new five button clickpad that boasts 20 percent more surface area than traditional ThinkPad clickpads.
Launch directly into Sony's own Media Gallery software by pushing the designated VAIO button on the keyboard and create high-quality home movies.
Thought you'd find the power button on the keyboard deck?
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But, for both artists, it was not limiting that anybody could paint a soup can that someone else had designed, or that anybody could push a button on a keyboard that someone else had made.
Visually, the software looks like a version of Windows with touch-screen features, like a button to activate the keyboard, duct taped on top.
The tablet slots into the top of the keyboard dock, with the Windows 8 button obscured slightly by the top of the dock.
The tablet interface includes a trackpad space, areas for clicking right and left button and a drop-down keyboard.
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To access the sliding function and expose the somewhat cramped keyboard beneath, users will have to press a dedicated button along the left edge of the device.
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The wedge-shaped double-sided remote control features a built-in touchpad and dedicated Netflix button on one side, and a QWERTY keyboard on the other side, allowing easy web and search features.
In addition to touch functionality, the slim ThinkPad Edge E431 and E531 laptops feature improved graphics options for more vivid content on their displays up to full HD and a five-button ClickPad that allows users to control Windows 8 features from the keyboard.
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The Pearl squished the keyboard and split the keys, the Storm went with a touchscreen that was also a giant button and the Torch opted for a sliding mechanism that was old hat for most other manufacturers.
The hybrid laptop houses its own auto-slide button, and measures in at 15.9mm thick, despite the built-in keyboard.
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Oh, we almost forgot -- they've boosted out the keyboard in favor of a more useful D-pad and A, B, X, Y button formation -- which is, needless to say, awesome for playing awesome games.
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Straddling the edge of the hinge we find a set of touch-sensitive controls, including a power button and one-touch access for mute, WiFi, volume controls, LED backlighting and a few keyboard status lights.
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It had a keyboard composed of many rectangular keys that were angled like cars in a parking lot, and a long Next Page button that, as hundreds of users complained, made you turn pages by accident when you carried it around.
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