In landscape mode they are good HD video viewers and game controllers (room for two thumbs).
Additionally, its rotating bracket enables easy viewing in either portrait or landscape mode.
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The app is designed to provide a portrait or landscape mode interface, depending on the device, for easy visibility and use.
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Fortunately, at least, the case can be folded in such a way that you can prop the tablet up (in landscape mode).
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Furthermore, the application leverages the Windows Phone unique horizontal scroll option allowing for smooth navigation across content traditionally better viewed in landscape mode.
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While reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in bed, almost any time we adjusted ourselves we found the sensor turning to landscape mode.
The express mail program that is supplied with the device is minimal and provides a limited usable screen size for reading mail in landscape mode.
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The homescreen itself only functions in landscape mode, and doesn't re-orient when you flip the phone sideways (though we don't know why you'd ever use it that way).
The only time the Nexus 7 shifts into landscape mode is when the content you're consuming calls for it, such as watching a movie or playing a widescreen game.
That said, that level of responsiveness becomes a pain in Landscape mode, where we repeatedly found ourselves accidentally exiting out of Netflix into Bing just like with those other Focuses.
One interesting feature of the Zodiac is how the software switches effortlessly from portrait mode, which is how you're likely used to looking at Palm OS devices, to the horizontal landscape mode.
The thought of repeatedly drawing lines across the screen may sound daunting (especially in landscape mode), but in all seriousness, we urge you to give it a go, even just for normal typing.
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The orientation sensor automatically adjusts between portrait and landscape mode in most applications when the device is tilted, and the 2-Axis Accelerometer is great for controlling games that need simultaneous steering and acceleration.
The cradle itself can be pivoted from the base, clicking into place in one of four positions, so you can play in either portrait or landscape mode, depending on the individual game's needs.
We found ourselves reverting to landscape mode to type comfortably, which is a little galling on a 3.7-inch device when the 3.5-inch iPhone has shown that portrait touchscreen keyboards need not be a chore to use.
Looking at the phone in landscape mode, you have one on your right, containing a gallery of the photographs you've taken, and one on your left filled out with camera options and adjustments you can make.
Also, we noticed that the speakers didn't produce as much of a stereo effect as we would've preferred whilst watching a movie, since both speakers are located on the same side of the phone in landscape mode.
Kickstand design is clever but maybe not so smart: Microsoft incorporated a swing out angled support piece that allows the tablet to stand in landscape mode and then it folds back into the body when not in use.
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To protect your Impulse Controller while it is tethered to your keychain it comes wrapped in a very clever plastic housing that doubles as a stand for your phone while playing a game in either portrait or landscape mode.
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Now, you can lock the orientation sensor and pretty much never encounter this issue again (we can't ever really imagine needing to read a text-based book with adjustable font sizes in landscape mode, after all), but it seemed worth mentioning given it goes unchanged since the previous version.
For example, if the user is taking a photo of a mountain range, Smart Auto will automatically select the Landscape scene mode.
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The Surface Pro has about the same footprint as the iPad with the Logitech keyboard attached, either in landscape or portrait mode.
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The W700 comes with a docking cradle that you can use to prop up the tablet in either landscape or portrait mode.
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Rotating between landscape and portrait mode is accompanied by a red underline of some of the text so that you don't lose your place while the content reformats itself.
The capacitive buttons' labels are not painted on and actually rotate with the screen, so that they can be either in landscape or portrait mode, whatever your wishes (and physical position).
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It would flip unpredictably from landscape to portrait mode.
Here's where it gets weird: the kickstand on the back of the dock is removable, and can be inserted in one of two ways (again, to support the tablet in landscape or portrait mode).
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