But this in itself becomes a problem, as that same energy leaves the screen when he does.
If you are a QSR who is running a special promotion, why not sponsor the screen when a driver is nearby?
The STYLISTIC Q550 automatically recognizes when users are working with a pen, allowing them to rest their hand on the screen when writing.
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The Waterloo, Ontario, company also had to incorporate new hardware, including an "accelerometer" that rotates the screen when the phone is turned on its side.
You can access this option by either clicking on 'pop-out' option on the control bar, or clicking on the 'Watch in pop-out player' text on the screen when the stream is stopped.
The idea is that small screens on devices like smartphones were never meant to have a full keyboard, so users should be able to see more of the screen when typing and interacting.
Whether you were an MF Global employee or a broker or trader who cleared with them, you were suddenly unable to enter trades on the screen when that window had been open just minute before.
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Pacing around a room, they will talk for hours about future technologies such as voice recognition (they call their team working on it the "wreck a nice beach" group, because that's what invariably appears on the screen when someone speaks the phrase "recognize speech" into the system), then wander onto topics ranging from quantum physics to genetic engineering.
He initially rejected the opportunity to refer the incident, but his attention was drawn to the big screen when the Indian section of the crowd reacted with howls of derision at the sight of Collingwood's bat short of the crease.
The front is literally a pane of polished glass and it exhibits the same properties -- oils and fingerprints are basically invisible when the screen's on, but they show up when off (and in the black zones above and below the screen).
The screen, when open, is tall enough that I have to push the keyboard into my stomach to fit it under the seat in front of me.
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On the software side, meanwhile, HP's pre-installing a few board games like EA Monopoly, and there's a physical key you can use to flip the screen orientation when it's another player's turn.
Two sensors just below the screen detect when you reach toward it and automatically trigger more information to appear for example, play, pause and other controls show up along the bottom of the audio menu.
But I found the sheer size of the Note undercuts its convenience as a camera and there's no dedicated camera button or quick way to launch the camera when the screen is locked, as there is on some other phones.
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Xperia ZL also includes Battery STAMINA Mode that significantly improves the battery standby time by automatically shutting down battery-draining apps whenever the screen is off and starting them up again when the screen is back on.
As soon as we turned the tablet into portrait mode the accelerometer adjusted the screen orientation, and when we put the Wacom stylus to the screen, our chicken scratch was immediately turned into accurate editable text.
Because the system "knows" when a user is reaching for the controller, menu buttons on the screen are hidden when not needed.
Between the plastic and the display is a flush black bezel that gets a bit thicker on the top and the bottom, housing the trademark "n" home button -- a signature, the company explains, that helps people orient the device even when the screen is off.
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Everyone, it seemed, had an opinion about the new technology that made the screen "click" when pressed and the user software RIM re-worked to support the touch-screen.
According to the New York Times, the App makes the Facebook News Feed appear on screen when the user turns on her phone.
Led by American economist Bennett Zimmerman and former Israeli diplomat Yoram Ettinger, the AIDRG first burst onto the screen in early 2005 when it presented the first comprehensive analysis of Palestinian population data.
They marveled at the quality of the screen image, and when I plugged the audio output of the FireAnt into the car stereo I didn't hear another word from them until the movie was over.
To that end, it has more system controls than the existing Facebook app, with permission to turn off the lock screen, start up when the phone boots and control your WiFi connection, among others.
It requires the information ticker to be active (found in lock screen settings) so news bites and such are displayed on the screen you encounter when waking the device.
The expectation the S4 will feature eye-tracking capability has been heightened by existing technology in the Galaxy S3 - the phone's Smart Stay function stops the screen from dimming when somebody is looking at it.
Why spend the money on new hardware that only boasts a newer processor and a slightly bigger screen when the free iOS 6 download streamlines legacy iPhones?
It will know you really meant to hit the "K" key on your screen when you hit the "L" key.
Prince Mohammed bin Nayef heads the Saudi Interior Ministry that will screen Saudi applicants when the pilot program begins in 2014.
For one thing, Samsung is taking the whole "touch screen" thing further by now sensing when the user's finger is hovering over the screen.
That includes letting you register your dominant eye when you set up the camera, which will in turn automatically disable the portion of the screen more likely to be touched when you go to take a shot using the viewfinder.
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