Small form-factor design, allowing the My Book AV DVR expander to fit neatly in entertainment centers.
Utilizing the 7mm 2.5inch form-factor, the PX03AN series drives also offer power-loss protection.
The problem with small form-factor PCs like Bolt, however, has traditionally been overheating.
The internal drives feature a Serial ATA (SATA) interface and standard 5.25-inch form-factor for easy installation inside a desktop PC.
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We'd assume so, given the software and form-factor of the demo device.
Featuring a slim 7mm 2.5inch industry-standard form-factor, all capacities offer power-loss protection.
Designed for simplified system integration, the small form-factor module contains all circuitry and firmware necessary to quickly add WirelessHD capability to smartphones and tablets.
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This time, I took along a new Sony nex-5r, with a stunning 16 MP APS-C sensor, a small form-factor, and a light weight body.
The company's breakthrough solution, the Nectar Mobile Power System, delivers the only viable small form-factor battery replacement that provides the enormous run-time improvements demanded by today's CE devices.
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It's still unclear whether the reported device takes on the traditional netbook form-factor, goes convertible like the T91, or is a 9.7-inch slate like a giant iPod touch.
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While its direct competitor, the Nokia 8210 series, was intended as a stylish high-end phone, it uses a forgettable bar form-factor with interchangeable covers just like many of its contemporaries.
Canon also plans to release a handful of accessories, including a few unique concepts for wearing the camera around your neck, playing off of the model's compact form-factor and light weight.
That email hasn't led to a smaller form-factor iPad to date, but with rumors heating up around an upcoming " iPad Mini, " it's possible that Apple's compact tablet could one day arrive.
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With all this talk about small-form-factor PCs going on, not to mention the Vista-equipped computer bandwagon that's steaming through today, Lenovo apparently figured it might as well hop on.
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As game consoles like PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 begin to slowly exhale their last breath, boutique PC companies like Digital Storm are aggressively marketing small form-factor gaming PCs to replace them in your office or living room.
They are using the unique advancements of the AMD Embedded G-Series APU to develop a brand new generation of highly differentiated, energy-efficient, small form-factor embedded systems that can deliver the vivid visual experience expected in our always-connected world.
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Capable of delivering 5-to-50 watts of power, the new wireless charging spots use the same form-factor as the thousands already employed in public venues ensuring universal compatibility, while charging devices of various power levels at up to 93% efficiency.
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Though it's not due until the 4th quarter, we got to play around with it for a little while we were into the swivel form-factor, but on the by and by the phone felt a little toyish, by no means as robust as the s710a.
In truth, no one really knows if Apple plans to introduced a smaller form-factor iPad (Well, I assume Tim Cook knows, actually.) But if they do decide to jump into the market with an iPad Mini to complete with the Amazon Kindle Fire, the Google Nexus 7 and other smaller tablets, you can safely bet that they will sell a ton of them.
Whitman says their view is that they now have the opportunity to compete in a multi-form factor, multi-OS, multi-chipset world.
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Notebook computers are the fastest-growing form factor in computer sales--versus desktop computers and servers--and are also AMD's weakest category.
With industry-wide challenges in scaling current areal density technologies, this new platform allows HGST to design seven-platter drives in a standard 3.5-inch form factor that will cost-effectively extend the capacity and cost-per-gigabyte curve for many product generations to come.
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Carrying a 4 x 4-inch form factor between a Raspberry Pi and mini-ITX board, it'll be equipped with a Core i3 Ivy Bridge processor, HD 4000 graphics, two SoDIMM sockets, an mSATA slot for an SSD drive, three USB ports, one HDMI port and a mini-PCI slot for wireless connectivity.
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The latest generation tri-band wireless networking card will be available in two options: the QCA9006NFC next-generation form factor (NGFF) and the QCA9006WBD half-mini card (HMC) specification.
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As part of the cross-form factor convergence, Unity will be getting a rewrite entirely in QT and QML (the current version uses a Nux-based shell on the desktop).
That'll pit it against offerings from VIA and others, while offering considerably more oomph in a similar form factor -- though a mini-server slaying Core i5 option originally proposed by Intel was dropped.
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Speaking of the sensor, we got a chance to do a brief comparison between the A99 and Sony's RX1 compact that packs the same full-frame CMOS. As you can see in our sample shot, the sensor does its job regardless of form factor -- you'd be hard pressed to determine which pictures were produced with the DSLR and which came from the compact camera.
Based on the incredibly compact Pico-ITX form factor, measuring 10 cm x 7.2 cm, the VIA EPIA-P910 Pico-ITX combines a 1.0GHz VIA QuadCore E-Series processor and the latest VIA VX11H MSP to offer superior computing performance for ultra compact systems.
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The most prominent feature of this new model is its Sidekick-like form factor, although the U140 eschews the swivel screen for one that slides up to a 30-degree angle at the touch of a button -- all the better to watch programs from its integrated satellite DMB receiver (complete with TV-OUT).
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