All of the new features can be accessed by the driver via old - fashioned,
tactile buttons instead of the smooth - touch - style buttons Ford says some owners (and many reviewers) just couldn't agree with.
Not exact matches
Therefore, you'll now find 11
buttons and controls
instead of 27 along with a wider, 8 - inch touchscreen which comes to replace the old 7 - inch
tactile display.
I like that it has a knob,
instead of hard or soft
buttons, but didn't have the
tactile feel that I was looking for, just nearly imperceptible clicks, which made it hard to nail down a station.
It's fine when held in landscape mode — the rear edges can be used as a
tactile guide — but it's annoying when I want to quickly wake the tablet from sleep, but have to pick it up first to reach the back
instead of just tapping a
button on its side.
Instead, Samsung adds large,
tactile buttons that are super-easy to find, and adds a blue «Active» key on the left side that launces a handy Activity Zone app or launches the camera (or any other app you choose).
I prefer the Shield
buttons, with the standard layout, to the ASUS with more
tactile buttons but the order flipped so you often turn the power off
instead of adjusting the volume.
It's fine when held in landscape mode — the rear edges can be used as a
tactile guide — but it's annoying when I want to quickly wake the tablet from sleep, but have to pick it up first to reach the back
instead of just tapping a
button on its side.
However the home
button is not the more recent solid state kind, but
instead is of the conventional
tactile variety.
It's fine when held in landscape mode — the rear edges can be used as a
tactile guide — but it's annoying when I want to quickly wake it from sleep, but have to pick it up first to reach the back
instead of just tapping a
button on its side.
The right side houses the volume
buttons and the left houses
tactile volume rockers that are separate
instead of attached together.