An all-in-one, hybrid device is a much better investment in terms of portability and productivity.
Today's mobile workers have a new option: Honeywell's (NYSE: HON) first-ever rugged Enterprise Hybrid Device (EHD), the Dolphin 70e Black.
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Tablets lack the functionality of a full computer and leave many holes holes that I think a hybrid device like the Microsoft Surface will be able to fill.
Since the ARCHOS GamePad is effectively a portable gaming device and tablet hybrid, the company created a patented game recognition and mapping tool so that any game available on the Google Play store can be played using the GamePad.
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Thus the HDD spindle motors can be spun down more often resulting in reduced power usage in the computer the hybrid storage device is used in.
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Republic's phone is what it calls a "hybrid" device the main dialer and text-messaging modules have been configured to work on either Wi-Fi or the cellular network, without the need to launch an app.
While he was up there, Mr. Taylor flashed a reference device -- a laptop hybrid with the keyboard and touchpad built into the carrying case.
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The GT3 R Hybrid's flywheel device was built by Formula 1 constructor Williams as part of F1's pursuit of Kinetic Energy Storage Systems (KERS), which began in 2009.
Similarly, device manufacturers will also need to adjust their models to a hybrid world of consumer agency and the tempered benevolence of corporate IT.
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In addition to the petrol engine and electric motor, the LF-CC hybrid drive system further comprises a generator, a high-performance battery, a power split device which, via planetary reduction gears, combines and re-allocates power from the engine, electric motor and generator according to operational requirements, and a compact power control unit to govern the high speed interaction of the system components.
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The G2 Touch Hybrid Display contributed significantly to the design of the Optimus G as it reduced the thickness of the device enabling Optimus G to fit more comfortably in the hand.
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Players shoot their way through a gory post-apocalyptic landscape with the help of the new Wii U's tablet-controller hybrid, called the GamePad, whose onboard screen and buttons can be manipulated to act as a sonar device to find oncoming bad guys, among other things.
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