This lightweight point-and-shoot features quick menu, mode, exposure compensation and sub-command dials, all arranged to achieve natural and smooth shooting adjustments on the go.
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The custom quick set menu and the metallic command dial are incorporated to improve usability.
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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.
One welcome addition is a Quick Settings menu in the notification drawer.
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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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Frequently used devices and accounts are conveniently stored in the camera's wireless history menu for quick one-touch access.
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The Quick Set (QS) menu which consists of the most commonly used functions can be easily displayed by pressing the QS button.
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While it is a tad touristy, South Africans have grown fond of the restaurant's menu and are quick to take visiting friends and colleagues there.
The navigation menu also has a few tweaks of its own: the top of the menu features a quick settings bar (nothing new there) and a second bar for settings shortcuts.
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This could be the start of real next generation home theater experiences...or just another menu to skip during a quick rental of a popcorn flick.
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Software-wise, the Ultra uses a mostly vanilla Android 4.1 build, though Alcatel appears to have added a few tiny tweaks to it: the icons have a curvacious shape that brought back memories of MeeGo, and there's a quick settings bar along the top of the notification menu.
Improvements like this would succeed in building sales--but not by capturing milk shake sales from competing quick-service chains or by cannibalizing other products on its menu.
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