Tools and wizards gives you the ability to keep the network running, add a device without breaking it, share a printer, and documents and photos with other users on the network with a single click.
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Sony is not the first to release a water-protected model, but appears the company believe the feature will add to its device's appeal.
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The faster speed is making PC cards that support the G standard a popular add-on device for notebooks, and Netgear is among those offering them.
Integration may be implemented directly within the chipset, or it could be delivered through an add-on device, such as the Wireless Charging Card (WiCC) in the image above.
This one device can add security features to perhaps 10, 000 personal computers at once, dramatically cutting cost and time associated with securing PCs one at a time.
And that competition has forced these device makers to add appeal to existing technology.
Could it be that the OEM has finally earned the opportunity to add a higher-end device to the GSM giant's lineup?
Normally, Android tablets are kitted out with a micro SD card slot that allows the user to easily and cheaply add extra storage to the device.
While the public decides how to deal with Google Glass-wearing cyborgs walking among us, there are already startups trying to add facial recognition to the device.
Worse yet, few tech bloggers believe that Apple will add a Retina Display to the device, which is more expensive than a traditional display.
Students will realize substantial benefits from the bundle, which will add a physical keyboard to the device as well as a USB adapter that supports plugging in USB thumb drives as well as peripherals such USB mice.
But it is attacking with a radical business model: inexpensive flat-rate wireless data for any device (it plans to add voice service soon).
Launching in the coming weeks, the Roku Streaming Stick is an easy and cost-effective way for consumer electronics manufacturers to add the proven Roku streaming platform to a device that features Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL).
If you scale these communication patterns and now add to this, traffic which requires every device to talk to every other device across the whole switch network (which is often the case), multiple routes within the network are required to avoid congestion.
When deciding how to add social features, many of the app and device makers were influenced by the research of Stanford professor BJ Fogg, who studies behavioral motivation.
The key differences here -- aside from its boxier shape -- are the 2.5-inch display and the WiFi, which is built directly into the device, rather than relying on an add-on.
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For those using Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, Google has also built a Keep widget, which can be placed on your Android homescreen, or on your phone or tablet's lock screen, which would enable users to add a reminder without even having to unlock their device.
To the long list of great ideas gone bad, add the UV Waterworks--a simple, cheap device to purify filthy drinking water in poor countries.
Despite the fact that you'll almost exclusively be using apps purchased in the Windows Store, we'd add that the traditional Windows desktop on a tablet-type device can be enormously useful.
Infuse, Medtronic's spinal fusion device, was the first and only device to get what is called a new technology add-on payment, meaning that doctors could get extra money from Medicare to pay for it.
With the option to add multiple programmes to download at the same time, your device could be full of enough of your favourite BBC TV shows to be entertained on a 10-hour flight, there and back.
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And increasingly mobile device management (MDM) vendors have been looking to add this capability to their offerings.
Clients can choose to add hardware or subtract machines, like an extra server or storage device, in seconds.
While it isn't built into the hardware, it doesn't seem to add much to the weight or the thickness of the case and thus the device itself.
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More modern versions of the tool add in a laser beam projector, which allows builders to level out the device and "draw" a long line of light across a wall, indicating an exactly level surface.
You can add one more event to the increasingly crowded fall launch event calendar in the mobile device space.
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To add functionality, you can then use the large buttons at the base of the device to rotate through different mappings.
That's the upside to the rounded edges, of course, but for a 1.3-pound, 0.31-inch-thick device, the 101 is reassuringly sturdy (and hefty, we might add).
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While the strap on the back is an optional accessory, we see its appeal for securing the device in hand, and fully expect it'll be a popular add-on for enterprise customers.
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Flipboard says it expects to add some of these features, like the ability to use photos and videos stored on your device, in updates.
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