The keyboard takes up half of the front face of the device, but its functionality is really limited.
On its front face, the 8X appears identical to the global version, bearing HTC's logo just beneath the earpiece.
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We do appreciate the relatively narrow bezel, though the backside and front face have a few too many glossy bits.
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Thankfully, much of that front face is dominated by the 8-inch screen -- the surrounding bezels are generous enough to accommodate thumbs without hampering the tablet's overall flair.
The pleasing, textured backplate ends abruptly on the edges instead of continuing to curve gently up to the front face, forming hard lines that dig into your palms.
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With the president giving him nothing and his leverage minimal, Mr. Boehner drained off his stature, and his party's, by being the out-front face dealing with the president's knuckleballs.
On the front face of the unit you've got your standard "back" and "forward" buttons plus a slider, which keeps it simple and works intuitively to navigate in and out of the menu hierarchies.
Once you've come down from the initial shock, HTC's subtle flairs begin to peek out, like the solid colored speaker grill that serves to break the front face's expanse of glass with a shock of vibrancy.
Even the usual array of Android capacitive buttons, each underscored by mostly dormant slivers of white light, and the notification light on the upper right manage to interrupt the unbroken black onyx lake this front face could've been.
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Whereas the Note 10.1 positioned its speakers on the front face (read: out of the way of consumers' hands), the Note 8.0's smaller size and portrait orientation mean users will have to be mindful about not covering the lower speaker when watching video in landscape.
Eventually, I found my arms reluctantly outstretched with a ludicrously large tourist map in front of my face.
He tented his hands in front of his face, as if they could shield him from seeing Bridey.
"On the day I got laid off I got a packet slapped in front of my face and that was it, " she says.
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Placing his hands in front of his face, like goggles, he pursues Ofelia with a shuffling gait, his outstretched fingers like grotesque eyelashes.
Imagine what those same people might experience after having a 3D map float in front of their face while walking through New York City.
He pressed several buttons to find out what news the shrill tones had in store for him, and he held it out in front of his face.
They got Shot-Jims down there, and if you can play at that level and beat a chump, right there on the corner in front of they face believe me, you can play.
In the meantime, you can improve the ventilation at your seat by turning on the overhead air vent to low and positioning the airflow to be slightly in front of your face.
During the chant they walk through the church towards the chancel, the singer carrying a sword in his or her hands, held upright in front of the face, while the altar boys or girls carry candles.
On a recent visit to the House of Blues and Jazz, the tall, blond hostess was dressed in a floor-length evening gown, with a bright red hat angled down the front of her face and an intriguing Russian accent.
While we admire the effort of those gaudy, unsightly microdisplay-equipped goggles to bring big screen theatrics to the front of your face, they aren't likely to win any style contests, nor help you garner any friendly attention.
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One day, not long after she had endured yet another session under the surgeon's knife, he took a mirror from her dressing table and thrust it in front of her face to reflect the livid scars and the bruising under her eyes.
Along with their two large compound eyes, they have three eyes on the front of their face between the compound eyes, and they have the ability to move their heads nearly completely around to see in all directions, giving them remarkable eyesight.
"It's very human - when you look at it, the full face is in front of you, you look straight into the eyes and face, " he said.
Members of the Nusra Front declined to meet face to face with CNN journalists.
In one video, he was sitting with bin Laden in front of a rock face in Afghanistan.
Floor plans also observed feng shui: Stairwells, for example, don't directly face the front door, for ideal energy-flow.
They would always push their luck, and after an armed confrontation they'd back down, losing more and more face in front of the locals.
The scientists found that parts of the spine thought to face the front of the animal, in fact faced the back - and vice versa.
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