The other center - mounted
shortcut key offers a bit more utility: it summons a list of titles Sony calls «small apps,» which are - you guessed it - small - scale windowed apps ranging in complexity from a calculator all the way up to a bare - bones browser.
Not exact matches
However, despite its small stature the Chiclet style keyboard, manages to
offer all of the
keys and functions expected of a full - sized keyboard including Windows 8
shortcuts (combined with the function
keys) and three mouse buttons located below the space bar.
There are two user - definable
shortcut keys which
offer up the camera and voice control by default and are easily switched to those apps you want, be it Twitter, Facebook or a particular email account.
The Flight also
offers one - touch access to favourites and
shortcuts, as well as a built - in HTML browser, any -
key answer, an MP3 player, pre-loaded games, voice recognition, and multi-party calling capability.
Though it suffers from some of the same drawbacks as Apple's
offering, it's still the clear winner, with handy
shortcut keys, backlighting and a more comfortable typing experience.
While EMUI isn't necessarily my cup of tea it does
offer some nice features such as quick access
shortcuts on the lock screen, a theme engine, and the ability to use the fingerprint sensor to navigate via swipe gestures in place of the on - screen navigation
keys.
BlackBerry's KeyOne
offers an excellent keyboard, where every
key can act like
shortcuts for apps and actions.