The left edge of the tablet holds the stylus - loop cutouts, a Kensington - style cable - lock slot, a SIM - card slot (disabled in our review unit), the volume rocker, and the power button.
All of the buttons and ports are usefully labelled and packed onto the bottom of the device with the exception of the on / off button and microSD slot that sit just above, on
the left edge of the tablet.
Oh, and here's a little tip before you move on: whenever you see the three horizontal lines in the top left corner of a library, you can tap it (or swipe
the left edge of your tablet) and a navigation panel will open.
The proprietary power connector is on
the left edge of the tablet.
Not exact matches
The
left - hand
edge of the
tablet is broken and the UNSW researchers build on previous research to present new mathematical evidence that there were originally 6 columns and that the
tablet was meant to be completed with 38 rows.
The Smart's 0.3 - megapixel front camera sits on the display's
left bezel, and the hybrid's 2 - MP rear camera is on the right
edge of the
tablet's shell.
Instead, what you have with the LifeTouch is a 7 inch WVGA TFT LCD touchscreen that's relegated to the right
edge of the
tablet while the
left edge is taken up by buttons which includes a D - Pad that make navigation through the menus and other apps like the browser a breeze.
Going around the
edges of the
tablet, you'll find buttons for volume control and power on the right, and a MicroSD card slot on the
left.
Swiping drop - down from the top
of the screen (from
left edge to center
of tablet) reveals the notification menu, while swiping down from the top right side displays the quick settings menu, which includes Brightness, Wi - Fi, Auto - Rotate and Airplane mode.
On the
left end
of the spine is the power button, with the Micro-USB port and volume rocker above it on the
tablet's slim
edge, and on the opposite is the headphone jack.
The case clips on to the Smart Connector on the
left edge of the iPad Pro and covers the front
of the
tablet, but not the metal back.
The handful
of plastic cutaways in the body, for the
left and right
edges, the microSD slot and the dock port eat away at the
tablet's sense
of style, as does the seam that joins the back and front body plates.
Two speakers sit on the back
of the Kindle Fire HD, right at the
left and right
edges of the
tablet.
The first big change is having physical power and volume keys on the front
of the
left edge of the machine — the volume rocker is there for use when in
tablet mode (there are standard keyboard volume keys), but the power button is actually the only way to turn the laptop on and off with a physical switch.
The microSD card slot — which is found on the top -
left edge and lets you expand beyond the
tablet's 32 GB
of memory — rattled quite noticeably on our review unit, too.
Swiping from the right
edge of the
tablet to the
left brings up a «charms» bar, which gives you options to search, share, access devices (like printers), change settings, or get back to your homescreen.
Asus has located the power button and the volume rocker on the
left edge near the top
of the
tablet.
The Micro USB port is on the upper
left edge instead
of the bottom, making it a little hard to use universal docks with this
tablet.
Even though the electronic and iPad /
tablet versions
of a presentation have a «wow» factor and present you as a cutting -
edge, technically - savvy agent, customers tell me that they still prefer a printed version, and they prefer that you
leave that printed version behind.