Overall the face design is the same, with four multifunction buttons around the screen adjusting to software and orientation changes.
They seem to range from some slightly more sophisticated handsets with cameras to phones with just four buttons programmed to call family or summon help.
Four buttons with infrared sensors on the rotary controller allow switching between different menus, such as audio, apps, communications and navigation.
When backers pointed out on Reddit that the color-coded buttons on the console's controller were no good for color-blind players, Ouya replaced them, making the four buttons correspond with the O, U, Y and A in its name.
As we note in the video, the four buttons look as if they are flush with the bezel, but they're actually fairly stiff physical buttons.
In the Xbox 360 dashboard you'll get a simple interface that works like a touchpad, with areas for tapping on the four controller face buttons. (It looks a lot like BlackBerry Remote.) This is the same interface for operating Internet Explorer, which, as we pointed out earlier is actually made possible by this interface.
In May, Samsung will release a Game Arcade gamepad that looks very similar to an Xbox 360 controller with dual analog sticks and shoulder, D-pad and four face buttons.
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The built-in camera interface is very basic with nothing more than buttons to control the flash settings when taking standard pictures and four small boxes showing up to four images of your progress when using panorama mode.
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The textured rubber buttons up front have been reduced from four to three, in keeping with the updated user experience of Ice Cream Sandwich.
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