In short: you no longer have a pull-out settings menu, but the basic settings -- brightness, geotagging, white balance, flash, and digital zoom -- are along the right-hand side of the viewfinder.

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The Manage menu is little more than a way to directly access the hidden Android settings -- it brings up a standard Android settings menu, which we're told will be swapped for a custom screen in the future -- so let's put that aside for now.

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The rationale behind these limits is to eliminate the need for scrolling, which also applies to the menu-based launcher and the settings screen.

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The Aire Pro has illuminated soft-touch controls on the front of its base and a user-friendly graphical OSD menu that make adjusting settings simple.

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The latest version of Google's mobile OS makes a number of evolutionary improvements to its already impressive repertoire -- including a new quick settings menu that can be accessed from the notification pull down and support for multiple user profiles.

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More valuable, however, is HTC's integration of a Quick Settings menu alongside the usual Notifications in the drop-down Android menu.

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For example, configuration options that appeal only to power users -- device administrators, security credentials and USB debugging -- are still accessible from the Easy Experience settings menu, which add needless complexity to an otherwise simplistic interface.

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In other cases, like with the new settings menu, they were part of Microsoft's plan all along -- the engineering team just didn't get to them before it was time to ship the first version of Win 8.

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From the brand new settings menu to the redesigned virtual machine library and snapshot menu, users have even more Mac-like experiences when running Windows programs.

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