It does still interfere with typing on occasions where your palms accidentally brush it, but the pad's easily deactivated with
a dedicated keyboard key — so overall we have no real complaints.
All of Toshiba's new laptops will let you summon Windows 10's Cortana voice assistant with
a dedicated keyboard key.
Not exact matches
But touch typing was prohibitively difficult with the alternative — a double
keyboard with eight or nine rows of
keys and separate
keys dedicated to uppercase and lowercase letters.
It's a brushed aluminium boat of a
keyboard with
dedicated macro
keys, a silver volume wheel and extra RGB lighting, just in case.
The new Curve smartphones offer the best
keyboards in their class for quick and easy typing, and they even feature a new
dedicated BBM
key to bring the power of RIM's popular mobile social network up in an instant.
Though I'm not a fan of physical
keyboards on phones in general I really don't like them without
dedicated numeric
keys.
I also appreciate the full qwerty
keyboard (with numerals), and a
dedicated period
key.
They offer the best
keyboards in their class for quick and easy typing, and they even feature a new
dedicated BBMTM
key to bring the power of RIM's popular mobile social network up in an instant.
PC Gamers might like the fact they have a
dedicated keyboard to use the directional arrows or establish hot
keys.
The BlackBerry Curve 3G smartphone features a comfortable full - QWERTY
keyboard for fast, accurate typing, optical trackpad for fluid navigation, built - in GPS and Wi - Fi ®, as well as
dedicated media
keys, so music lovers can easily access their tunes while on the go.
Key feature additions in Honeycomb 3.1 include resizable home screen widgets, added support for new input devices like enhanced
keyboards, mice, trackpads and even
dedicated gaming controllers.
The Eee Pad Slider's QWERTY
keyboard includes a full complement of
keys, including a
dedicated number row, arrow
keys, and
dedicated keys for the home, back, menu, and search functions.
HIGHLIGHTS The First Android - powered Device Enabled For The MetroPCS 4G LTE Network Full Touch Screen With Slide - out QWERTY
Keyboard Capable of 4G Speeds Powered By Google's Android Operating System Lightning - fast 1 GHz Processor For Faster Email and Downloads Text With Swype — Simply Slide Your Finger Over The Letters To Draft A Text Message Download and Stream Media Content In A Flash With MetroSTUDIO Slide - out QWERTY
Keyboard Makes Texting, Email, and Instant Messaging Fast and Easy Integrated GPS Provides Support For Location - based Services Like Google Maps WHAT»S IN THE BOX Additional Items Included - Battery, USB Charger, microSD Card With Iron Man 2 Movie, UICC Card MESSAGING FEATURES HTML Web Browsing - Yes Text Messaging (SMS)- Yes, Send and Receive Text Messages Multimedia Messaging - Yes, Send and Receive Picture and Video Messages Email Client - Yes Instant Messenger - Yes ENTERTAINMENT MP3 Player - Yes Streaming Multimedia Support - Yes, Stream Audio and Video MP3 Ringtones - Yes Polyphonic Ringtones - Yes Facebook - Yes Twitter - Yes Custom Ringtones - Yes, Downloadable Picture Caller ID - Yes Ringer Profiles - Yes DIGITAL CAMERA Camera - 3.2 MP Camera With Video Capture
Dedicated Camera
Key - Yes Camera Megapixels - 3.2 MP Video Capture / Camcorder - Yes
Display shortcuts: The slide - out QWERTY
keyboard has
dedicated keys to some of your favorite shortcuts like text, email, and the world wide web.
Available as of yesterday, the Curve 8520 throws the Curve lineup forward with a speedier processor, improved
keyboard, more memory, new trackpad navigation system and other tweaks and additions like
dedicated music
keys.
The Curve 8530 features BlackBerry OS 5.0, a landscape HVGA resolution display,
dedicated media player
keys, 3.5 mm headphone jack, optical directional pad, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, redesigned QWERTY
keyboard and Wi - Fi radio.
The device features a full - QWERTY
keyboard, 480 x 360 pixel screen, optical trackpad, built - in GPS and Wi - Fi, a 2 megapixel camera with video recording,
dedicated media
keys, and a microSD / SDHC slot which memory cards up to 32 GB in size.
The BlackBerry Curve 3G smartphone features a comfortable full - QWERTY
keyboard for fast, accurate typing, optical trackpad for fluid navigation, built - in GPS and Wi - Fi (R), as well as
dedicated media
keys, so music lovers can easily access their tunes while on the go.
Wi - Fi (802.11 b / g) connectivity for expanded coverage, as well as faster Web browsing and file downloading Support for T - Mobile HotSpot @Home add - on plan Enabled for T - Mobile's myFaves SM so customers can stay in touch with those who matter most with quick, one - click access via instant message, e-mail, or by calling or texting their five favorite contacts from the home screen Popular instant messaging clients: AOL ®, Yahoo! ® Windows Live ®, Google ® and ICQ ® 2 - megapixel camera with 5x digital zoom, built - in flash, self - portrait mirror and full - screen viewfinder Advanced media player with search capabilities, full - screen video playback, stereo Bluetooth ® support (A2DP / AVRCP), 3.5 mm full - size stereo headset jack and
dedicated volume controls - supports MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA audio and MPEG4, H. 263 and WMV video formats Roxio ® Media Manager for BlackBerry ® (included with BlackBerry ® Desktop Manager software), which allows customers to easily search for media files on their computers, view and organize them, create MP3 music files from CDs, add audio tags, create playlists and automatically copy or convert pictures, music and videos for optimal playback High - performance HTML browser for visiting favorite Web sites while on the go Incredibly intuitive user interface with an easy - to - use trackball,
dedicated «menu» and «escape»
keys, and context - sensitive menus that make navigation feel instinctive and fast Full QWERTY
keyboard for easy text entry Large, ultra-bright 320x240 color display for vibrant imagery Innovative light - sensing technology that automatically optimizes the screen, trackball and
keyboard lighting for indoor, outdoor and dark environments E-mail and memo spell - checking available in various languages including English, French, Italian, German and Spanish Premium phone features with Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD),
dedicated «send», «end» and «mute»
keys, noise - cancellation technology to offset background noise, a low - distortion speakerphone for hands - free conversations, and Bluetooth ® support for hands - free use with headsets, car kits and Bluetooth peripherals Intuitive call management features such as smart dialing, conference calling, speed dialing and call forwarding Quad - band GSM / GPRS / EDGE / Wi - Fi network support for international roaming BlackBerry Maps, a mapping application that provides customers with driving directions Built - in Handango ™ InHand catalog of additional software applications available for download Support for polyphonic, MP3 and MIDI ring tones Expandable memory storage via microSD expansion slot Ultra-thin, high - capacity, removable battery that further extends the exceptional battery life for which BlackBerry smartphones are known BlackBerry ® Internet Service support allowing access to up to 10 supported e-mail accounts, including most popular ISP e-mail accounts such as Yahoo! ®, AOL ® and Gmail ® BlackBerry ® Enterprise Server support tightly integrated with IBM Lotus ® Domino ®, Microsoft ® Exchange, and Novell ® GroupWise ®, and featuring IT policy controls for IT departments to manage usage and deployments
There are four
dedicated keys - back,
keyboard, menu, and home - with a five - way pad nestling in the middle.
Texting is easy on the full QWERTY
keyboard Follow the conversation with threaded text messages
Dedicated emoticon
key to quickly add flair to any message J Get personal and work email all in one place with Sprint Mobile Email and Sprint Mobile Email Work.1, 2 Post updates and pictures to social networking sites like MySpace and Photobucket with Sprint Social Zone1 Snap pictures on the 1.3 megapixel camera Record spontaneous moments and reminders with voice memo Send and receive picture mail viewable on the large 2.2 TFT LCD screen Quickly communicate with instant messaging Downloadable screensavers, ring tones, applications and games Speakerphone 2.5 mm stereo headset jack 2.2 QVGA, Color LCD SMS Voice Messaging - capable Instant Messaging (IM) capable Speaker - Independent Voice dialing Caller - ID capability (Number, Picture, Ringer) Voice Memo Recorder up to 1900 recordings
As mention, the previous Motokey model that unveiled in November 2011 has also a
dedicated Facebook
key and a full physical QWERTY
keyboard.
The Chiclet
keyboard when revealed is easy to use, has a nice amount of resistance to the
keys and features
dedicated Android shortcut
keys dotted around the standard QWERTY layout.
Equipped with a bright 10.1 inch high resolution screen, high quality audio, large ergonomically - slanted
keyboard with
dedicated Android ™
keys, touch - pad, multi-tasking capabilities, and desktop - class tabbed web browsing using Wi - Fi or the smartphone's data plan, the innovative companion device is now more affordable, lightweight, and intuitive.
Users can also purchase two available
keyboards for use with the Surface Pro — the Touch Cover and the Type Cover, the latter of which has
dedicated keys and was used in the review by TPCR, which found the
keyboard to be a «joy to use» but noted the built - in track pad mouse is frustrating.
It is easier to have four
dedicated buttons and an ergonomic directional pad with a controller than using three
keys, the space bar, and the arrow buttons on the
keyboard.
On a PC it is easy to grab an image of what is on your computer screen (aka a «screenshot»), just hit the
dedicated PrintScreen
key on your
keyboard (sometimes abbreviated as Print Scrn, Prnt Scrn, Prt Scn, Prt Scr, Prt Sc or Pr Sc).
The laptop comes with Google Assistant built in — it even has its own
dedicated key on the
keyboard.
Better
keyboards can be found on
dedicated work machines like a Lenovo T - Series or Apple MacBook Pro 15 with Retina, but the
keys here are solid for work or play.
The
keyboard action is crisp and solid; the
keyboard backlight can render the
keys unreadable in some situations (thanks to white illumination and gray keycaps); and the
key layout is reasonable, albeit lacking in
dedicated page navigation
keys.
While you can activate it with the Pixelbook Pen, that $ 99 accessory isn't necessary when you have the
dedicated Assistant
key in that laptop's
keyboard.
However, the layout isn't backlit as it is on the Surface Pro 4's
Keyboard Cover, and you won't find any
dedicated keys on the Smart
Keyboard to adjust brightness and volume; you have to swipe up from the bottom of the display to access those settings.
The bottom of the
keyboard also includes
dedicated camera and speakerphone launcher
keys.
The front of the Q houses the
keyboard, along with the 5 - way navigation pad and a set of
dedicated keys, including left soft, right soft, make and answer calls, home, undo / back, and call end / power off
keys.
Depending on your
keyboard, you may actually have a
dedicated «Fn Lock»
key.
The
keyboard also features highlighted WASD
keys, a durable anti-slip palm rest, and
dedicated hotkeys for Xbox, ROG Aura, ROG Gaming Center and XSplit Gamecaster.
Feature-wise, Razer's
keyboard includes five
dedicated macro
keys, but no media
keys.
There are no
dedicated macro
keys, but you can assign macros to the
keyboard's function
keys (F1 to F12).
But given that many laptop manufacturers will be introducing
keyboards with a
dedicated Cortana
key in future ranges (those of us without a
dedicated key can just hit [Windows] + [C] instead), it's obvious Microsoft has big plans for the assistant's integration.
A full
keyboard, with 3 - level backlit
keys, and the top row of
dedicated iOS special function
keys.
The new Bluetooth
keyboard optimises the distance between its
keys, and has a
dedicated row of iOS shortcuts for speedy navigation.
The
key highlights are the customizable Quick Settings shortcuts when you swipe down from the top of the screen, S Finder for finding practically anything on your device, and the SwiftKey - powered
keyboard with
dedicated number row, which is still one of my favorites on any Android device.
But no, instead they included a
dedicated key that brings up a touchscreen panel displaying symbols they couldn't fit on the
keyboard.
The
keyboard lacks
dedicated Home, End, Page Up, and Page Down
keys (they're teamed with the Fn
key and cursor arrows), but is otherwise well laid out.
Assuming past leaks apply to this model, we may also see a
dedicated Google Assistant
key on this Chromebook, as well as an overall tweaked
keyboard layout and a fingerprint sensor.
Some of the
key technology innovations include: Lenovo Smartbeep Technology for troubleshooting identification; new antenna design with engineered Wi - Fi and WWAN; infrared camera for facial recognition with Windows Hello for secure log - in; Fingerprint reader with
Dedicated Chip; Low Temperature Solder (LTS) manufacturing process for improved system reliability and a lower emission footprint; low blue Light technology to prevent eye fatigue; a new wave
keyboard for the best Tablet mode experience and protection from smudges; Windows Signature Image for assured speed and performance among others.
With built - in battery meters, backlit
keys, and a
dedicated row of function
keys, it's obvious that a lot of care went into crafting these
keyboard cases.