Beyond the redesigned body and screen, we believe the new phone will include 4G LTE, upgraded processor and memory, and a higher megapixel camera.
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All the navigation controls are on the same part of the body as the screen, so you can do just about everything other than compose a text message without opening the phone up.
Otherwise, it's aimed more at the casual carry-around crowd with a 40 percent smaller body, touch-screen focus selection, control ring exposure adjustment, a 3-inch 920k dot TFT LCD, art filters (in the smartphone app), image (or film) stabilization and 1080P 30 fps HD video.
But tilt it to the left or right, or move it towards one side of your body or another, and the screen goes blurry.
Microsoft knew that the choice screen was a terrible idea, but it had been found to be a monopoly in various jurisdictions, and a government body forced it to offer the screen as a workaround.
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The Nikon 1 J2 improves upon the Nikon 1 J1 with new features such as a Creative Mode that provides a variety of photo effects to users, a metallic body, a higher resolution LCD screen and the addition of stylish new color offerings.
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And because its edges are softly curved, your fingers will wrap comfortably around and rest on the screen which, itself, melds gently into the polycarbonate body.
Microsoft announced Project Natal, a new controller-free video gaming system, which reads a players body movements with cameras and mimics them with avatars on screen, will be available for purchase by the holiday season this year.
The HTC has a handsome, sturdier, aluminum body, dual stereo speakers, an excellent camera, better screen resolution than the new Samsung and twice the base memory for the same price.
Instead of reducing the screen size (which Apple may not be able to do successfully), the body has been trimmed, giving users a device that is almost entirely made up of the display.
The front is equally sparse, with the black screen and bezel only being broken up by the top grille which matches the main body color -- somewhat less noticeable on the black version we have here.
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Instead of kidding yourself that a particularly nice get-up on the screen will fit, you can look at a virtual representation of the clothes on your body via a Web cam.
The long, plastic-shelled body did a fine job of standing apart from the push toward all-screen slates that has gripped the vast majority of the industry over the past several years.
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We'll get to display quality in a minute, but it's worth mentioning here that the kickstand tilts the tablet back at an angle that requires you to keep the device pretty distant from your body -- otherwise, you won't have the best view of the screen.
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He first removed the screen and trimmed the chassis so that a GNex case could be bolted flush with the rest of the body.
In an effort to make the screen foldable, clamshell-style, with the full gamepad underneath, the analog sticks are sunk into the body.
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On the other hand, the Switzerland-assembled TL700 smartphone is very much the same as before: still Android Gingerbread, 3.7-inch 800 x 480 display with sapphire screen, 0.3- and five-megapixel cameras, 1, 400mAh battery, 316L fine stainless steel body and genuine leather back.
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