Not exact matches
While Google Android Honeycomb doesn't require physical buttons, Lenovo offers hardware keys for
home, back, web browser, and
screen orientation lock.
Another unique aspect of the ThinkPad K1 is the inclusion of buttons along the front for
home, back, browser, and
screen orientation lock functions.
The front of the tablet is all
screen, save for a small camera and light embedded beneath the display at the top and a capacitive Windows
home button that sits centered (in landscape, the preferred
orientation) at the bottom.
There is also a
Home Screen, Back, Settings, and a lock
orientation button.
While we could tell that the Eee Pad Transformer's accelerometer was responsive — the water in the background wallpaper quickly rotated — it took seconds or more for the
home screen's
orientation to change from landscape to portrait mode.
Aside from a small smattering of buttons, which comprise the iconoic
home button, a volume rocker, hold / power button and a switch for locking the
screen orientation, the iPad is just a big
screen you can touch.
Similar to the iPhone and iPod touch, the Apple iPad has very simple buttons; aside from the
home button at the bottom of the
screen, the power button can be found on top, while the volume rocker is found at the right side with the
screen orientation lock.
The
home screen can be viewed in either
orientation — and there are on -
screen buttons for
home, back, menu, and search functions so that hardware makers don't have to build them into the case — and so that you can access those functions easily no matter which way you're holding the tablet.
We liked that the Galaxy Nexus has no dedicated
home, back and menu buttons, these are now soft buttons that are part of the
screen and adjust depending on the
orientation.
Another unfortunate thing about the A1 is the fact that the
home screen is automatically locked into portrait
orientation, which makes for an awkward user experience if you're in the middle of using landscape and are forced to turn the tablet right side up each time you toggle back to the main
screen.
Your phone's
screen will now continue to work in landscape mode (at least in apps and menus that support it; the
home screen, for example, only works in portrait) until you re-enable auto rotation, turn the phone to portrait
orientation, then tap the rotation toggle in the notification shade till it says Portrait.
And while in portrait
orientation you can swipe up to unlock, right to launch BlinkFeed or left to bring up your regular
home screen, even when the phone is asleep.
Stickers are what they sound, images you can slap on in any size or
orientation on the
home screen.