CarBots can be set to battle mode for multi-player battle via infrared sensors.
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Of the many editing options, one of the most useful is being able to set the capturing mode to quickly turn on a slow burst or fast burst for active shots, like at a basketball game.
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The thing is that this can only be done when your Bluetooth is on AND your device is set to discoverable mode, though there are two Nokia handsets (the 6310 and 8910) which are vulnerable even when they are not in discoverable mode, and if you have one of these you need to get a firmware upgrade to prevent the attack.
We'd just love it if you invited us over to your house and you ineptly picked out a couple of songs for us, then set it to muzak mode to provide us with some relaxing background tunes.
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When shooting video, users can choose from ten different modes, including the new Cinema mode, and set the contrast, sharpness and saturation levels for each.
Update: The Novatel PR Team has contacted me and informed me that you can go into settings and set 3G or 4G only mode (this pdf user manual has the details.) I suppose for people using just 4G this could mean loss of connectivity entirely rather than the annoying switch back and forth.
So with the Droid 3 there are little preferences set to maximize battery life: the phone switches into sleep mode almost immediately and brightness is automatically set to its lowest levels.
Minecraft supports a multiplayer mode allowing players to set up and manage a server that can host dozens or even hundreds of simultaneous players in a single, persistent virtual world (for an example of a popular Minecraft server, see Meepcraft).
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Out of the box, G-RAID mini is set up in RAID 0 (performance mode), with its two 7, 200 RPM drives working together for the performance needed to edit the most popular compressed HD formats.
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There's no minimum service, customers are allowed to change their plans on the fly, and there's even a handy parental control mode that lets concerned caretakers set curfews and app restrictions on their kid's phones.
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In macro mode, which can be set by pushing the zoom ring forward while depressing the macro button on the side of the lens, focusing is possible between 8 and 20 inches for close-up shooting with a maximum image magnification of 0.72X (35mm camera equivalent).
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To ensure consistency, we set all of the smartphones to auto shooting mode, with our trusted senior mobile editor Myriam Joire behind the wheel.
It was set to Hot Shot, its heat-seeking mode that Dredd uses when he wants to eliminate fleeing perps.
California and the European Union have set limits on how much power appliances can consume in standby mode.
The current situation in the UK is that we are in "dither mode", whilst the political agenda has been set it is really not conducive to the national interest as a whole.
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Through the console you can set your character to hostile and fight other players in co-op mode.
By default, the Smart Saving mode is enabled on the PadFone 2, which has a set of predefined conditions for certain scenarios.
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The corporate chief simply pushes his "automatic flight mode" and the plane will glide nicely as the mass will work hard to set the course.
To try to make up for the time lag, the two European companies have set up research offices in Japan and routinely conduct market surveys to understand what makes i-mode tick and, by extension, how consumers might react to high-speed Net access from their phones.
In the case of traditional phones such as feature phones, terminal manufacturers have incorporated a protection mechanism called "secret mode" or "privacy mode" in their phones by developing dedicated application software and dedicated content file formats as a set.
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In Creative mode, the Zoom is at the full 8X, and you can tap on the viewfinder to set the point around which the picture can be refocused.
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