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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Recent releases, and most prominently Google Now and the Quick Settings, have shown more up front work in the design language to accommodate features first.
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Quick settings can also be accessed by pulling it down from the top right portion of the screen, whereas the notifications menu is hidden in the top left.
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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While you might not see Android 4.2 before Google moves on to the next letter in its OS alphabet, you can get Jelly Bean's Quick Settings feature via a new app from AntTek.
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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We downloaded the free app and spent a few minutes toying around -- it looks almost exactly like Quick Settings on Jelly Bean, and there are several controls for tweaking icon size, changing the theme and selecting what actions you'd like to display.
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.
Looking at software, the Nexus 10 runs the newly announced Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, which provides plenty of new features like quick settings, more Google Now features, Photo Sphere, widgets on the lock screen, the ability for devs to add maps into their tablet-optimized apps, a screen saver-style photo viewer called Daydream and a music explorer that quickly finds artists similar to the ones you're listening to.
The camera also includes a new Direct Setting Control that enables quick access to settings in manual exposure modes (P, S, A, M), so that settings can be changed without taking an eye off the electronic viewfinder or the high-resolution 921, 000-dot 3.0-in LCD display.
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Further enhancing ease-of-use are a new Function button that delivers quick access to frequently-used settings and a longer-life battery that claims to deliver around 360 shots before recharging becomes an issue.
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And it seems highly unlikely that Heidfeld could miss out on the drive after such a performance - not least because he would rely on the team's backing to provide him with the car settings to be able to post such quick times.
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After that quick step, now we want to verify our keyboard settings.
The new camera features a Quick Navi mode that allows fast, intuitive adjustment of camera settings.
The only interface customization you'll find here are the thumbnail overview of up to seven home screens (pinch anywhere on any home screen to toggle), as well as the "Pad Only" tab in the app drawer, the handy ASUS Quick Setting panel in the notification tray, and "ASUS customized setting" in system settings.
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Current channel information plus date and time are also shown in the banner, along with quick access to the last four channels you've watched, your favorites channel lists, closed caption settings, audio and video details, parental controls and the ability to enable picture-in-picture.
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