At the other end, on top of the colored base, are the standard Windows Phone capacitive buttons.
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Users can move their mouse over the image and click on the phone's buttons.
The right side of the phone houses three buttons: the volume rocker, power and the dedicated shutter button.
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Capellas said one possible device for such continuous computing would be similar to today's mobile phone with extra buttons for nontelephony functionality.
Steve Jobs is famous for hitting the computer market with stuff it didn't see coming, whether it's a smart phone with no buttons or a metal-clad home computer.
The real problem for Apple is that it's tough to build a smart phone that can compete with the ease of use of a simple flip phone equipped with buttons.
Likewise, it's nice to see that you can use this in both orientations, with the phone's buttons being applied to the window that is currently in focus (sounds obvious, but anything's possible).
Then, with a combination of voice commands and buttons on his cell phone, he navigates through a spoken list of options.
You don't use a hardware buttons to navigate the phone at all: They're just to turn the phone on or off, or adjust the volume.
Besides, who doesn't want a phone with card-suit face buttons?
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Her right thumb rapidly taps the little buttons on her white mobile phone as she knocks out a greeting in a few seconds.
The more involved part of the mod, however, was getting the buttons to work wirelessly with the phone.
New proprietary design with pass though buttons allows effortless access to key phone features like volume and mute switches.
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When the keypad is spun out, the phone is still comfortable to hold and the buttons are still close enough together that you can use the keypad and navigation with one hand.
Instead of simply being a phone, he envisioned a tool with no buttons, and a natural user interface that we would interact with using our fingers on smooth glass, as if we were directly touching whatever was displayed on the screen.
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This make life easier, with that HD-out feature a no-brainer to access, Sony's created a TV launcher that springs to life when connected to HDMI and is navigable via mapped function buttons on your remote control or the phone's own display.
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No one really likes buying a phone based on a few minutes spent pressing the greasy buttons of a dummy handset.
Three capacitive buttons are tightly grouped along the base of the phone.
The button layout follows the Windows Phone template -- there's the trio of capacitive buttons below the screen, with three physical plastic buttons along the right edge.
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Mr. Younghein says Meridrew developed the cloth two years ago originally for the iPhone at the request of Apple, because the company was worried about people holding the phone close to their faces after touching cab doors, elevator buttons and other places where germs could be lurking.
With a virtual 6 x 9 inch color VGA display, a small joy stick and mouse buttons operable by the index finger when using the phone during a conversation the StarTac phone provided the ability to viewed shared subject matter, photos or documents while talking, 15 years ago.
The leather steering wheel has more buttons than a band uniform, offering triple redundancy for phone and audio.
Called Ghost Bee, the cans have capacitive buttons on the right earpiece that serve as music and phone call controls.
The manager can drop a template for a phone or tablet onto any PC screen in the product and move and resize buttons for a target mobile device.
Using the Sonos app on my Android phone, I followed the steps to set up the Bridge and Playbar by pressing buttons on each device.
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This quirk also extended to the use of the navigation buttons at the base of the screen, leading us to believe the phone hadn't registered our touch.
Unlike the Legend, it's a largely blank addition to the phone -- there's no optical trackpad this time, and all the buttons have migrated to other parts of the handset.
We wish the backside shoulder buttons were positioned at an angle because they were difficult to press with a phone attached.
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