Pantech has also customized its web browser with tie-ins for Facebook and Twitter, along with pre-configured news categories that are powered by Yahoo.

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On the portal, the driver would identify the proper insurance and mobile carriers, and select a dashboard look from skins and styles pre-configured by the automaker.

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The phone is pre-configured with menus and bookmarks offered only by that particular operator, making it easy to download games and access news and other information.

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Automatic WiFi Security: The integrated router comes with wireless security turned on out-of-the-box, complete with a pre-configured network name and password, protecting home WiFi networks by default.

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The rest are automatic, such as clicking a pre-configured link or having the browser execute request within a web page (for example, requests to call images and additional content from third party sites).

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The all new MAINGEAR VYBE 15 is MAINGEAR's first 15-inch quickship notebook that offers four different pre-configured systems with different performance and price ranges for customers to select from, that ships in 24-48 hours of order confirmation.

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Some of the new offerings aren't so robust, sadly -- the UI's Team Fortress 2 and Battlefield 3 apps are little more than pre-configured profiles -- and not all of their toggles actually correspond to action in the game.

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The patches are also pre-programmed to recognize whether they are configured as a bag, a scarf or a pair of curtains and to execute functions accordingly.

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