Once you start a clip, your smartphone becomes a remote control of sorts with volume and playback controls.

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The GamePad is normally used to browse the movie queue and playback controls without distracting from the video on the TV.

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In a video demo, a person controls the playback of music on a laptop.

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The high points are the new Zune Card integration and the addition of TV show downloads on Zune Marketplace, but much-requested features like gapless playback, improved syncing controls, meta data editing, auto playlists and other tweaks have also been included.

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Around back, just to the right of the LCD, is a thumb rest and adjacent video record button, followed by Canon's standard lineup of menu, playback, info and dial controls.

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The first change you're likely to notice is the new lock screen, which shows the time and date using Android's lovely new font, Roboto, and displays album art and audio controls during music playback.

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Built on the success of Nikon's previous touch-screen models, COOLPIX S70 features Nikon's newly developed 3.5-inch Clear Color Display and a new generation of touch-screen controls that offer an enhanced shooting and playback experience.

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Built-in playback buttons sit along the side of one ear cup for easy music controls.

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