To further placate customers that opt-in for the handset, as well as to make up for the glaring lack of Android 4.0, elements of that more advanced system have been incorporated into the Ion: a screenshot shortcut (visible on the power menu) and audio controls on its lockscreen (accessible by swiping the time display to the left).
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During the Ravens-Broncos games, you could clearly hear Manning on one side, and Ray Lewis on the other, coming through on the audio.
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Most of the ideas were pretty marginal--like automatic bowling-pin resetters--but in time the pair settled on a winner: an audio oscillator based on one of Hewlett's old college designs.
The BlackShark plugs directly into any device with a 3.5mm audio jack, offering compatibility with nearly every audio device on the market today.
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To start exploring the wide range of audio now on Flipboard, a new "Audio" category has been added to the Content Guide, which opens when a user taps on the red ribbon or magnifying glass in the top right corner of their Flipboard.
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Besides the addition of a built-in speaker, the main changes here involve screen size and battery life: the V30K sports a 3.5-inch TFT LCD (compared to the 2.5-incher on the S, though both share the same QVGA resolution) and promises up to 8 hours of video or 25 hours of audio playback on a full charge (as opposed to the meager 2.5 and 12 hour lifespans for video and audio, respectively, on the S).
It now sports two speakers in the back with audio enhanced with Dolby Digital Plus, which, according to Dolby Labs, optimizes audio based on the application being used.
Today from the E3 stage in Los Angeles, Microsoft announced plans to dramatically improve their HD video offering through a new technology that enables instant on 1080p streaming with 5.1 audio with Zune video on Xbox 360.
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You might think it would be easy to just play television audio on the radio.
One of the men seemed to be issuing a statement, but there was no audio on the tape.
Mercifully, you sometimes have to hit a start button to play the video, and, of course, turn your audio on.
Santos says the Beats deal, which attracted a flurry of attention in the mobile industry, points up the renewed interest in audio on phones.
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"Mikey Digital is the highest quality and most versatile solution for recording audio on-the-go with your iPhone or iPad, " said John Maier, CEO of Blue Microphones.
Surprise, surprise, Microsoft is using its new player in an effort to squeaze Real and make its own Windows Media format the standard for digital audio on the Web.
" Stop Making Sense " (Palm ): Pure delight from David Byrne and Talking Heads, and a reminder that the audio on DVD can be as stunning as the visuals.
Spectators watch the proceedings behind soundproof glass, and receive audio on a 40-second delay so that a court security officer can switch on a white noise machine while classified information is being discussed.
Because of the ability to share applications, home networks will eventually lead to new "lifestyle applications" -- including shared family scheduling, family messaging, distance learning, and multimedia entertainment applications such as multiplayer gaming and whole-house audio on demand, the companies said.
Some have even gone as far as to state that Sony's strategy of using MPEG-2 and uncompressed PCM audio on single-layer Blu-ray discs may have required too much video compression, resulting in early releases that don't match the sharpness of VC-1 encoded movies available on HD DVD.
Dual stereo speakers with Dolby Digital Plus audio-the standard in high-end audio-available exclusively on Kindle Fire HD.
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To support the intelligent audio applications on these smart mobile devices, the Sound BlasterAxx also features advanced Bluetooth wireless audio connectivity and a high-quality dual-microphone array.
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Fortunately, Pioneer was thoughtful enough to include an auxiliary audio input on both units, so 4900 owners can still plug in and play whatever audio device takes their fancy.
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Audio performance on the Statement D2v has been ramped up to meet the demands of emerging HD audio standards.
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Seven years ago now I sat in a meeting in Brussels where the EU had asked me to report on a small conference on the future of audio-visual media.
Relying on audio means the hoop can run for quite a while on just three AAA batteries, but it also limits the distance your iPad or iPhone can be from the toy to just 15 feet.
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During their debate, Mr Davies called on the Welsh Government to extend the companion bus pass, improve audio-visual information on public transport and promote staff awareness and training for disabled passenger requirements.
Our source says that the P1000 model is correct and that it will indeed feature "full phone functionality" albeit without a dedicated earpiece on the bezel -- for audio, you'll have to rely on a Bluetooth headset or the P1000's speaker.
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On the audio-only front, the 077 Reference preamplifier and 082 Classic integrated amplifier make their appearance on the cutsheet, but it's the 087 Classic surround processor that grabs our HD attention.
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Dolby's audio suite for Kindle Fire HD includes technology used to adjust volume, optimizes the audio profile automatically based on what a customer is doing.
If you don't choose a name, it will be named by default, imaginatively, "audio text, " "audio text 1, " and so on, incrementing each time you run the workflow script.
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There are also audio sensors on the underside of the bar, capable of responding to voice commands and remembering which player goes with which voice.
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