This is an application, so most of what today's filing tells us is certainly not set in stone, but new ideas include a "kinetic energy gathering component" within the band -- like the trickle charge feature found on watches -- to pump energy back into the device.
That merits an email like, "I'm stuck in the North Wing, " which sends Ms. Jones jogging over to pick up the 20-pound device and carry it back to her room, where the VGo can charge.
The long lead-time for the 10-inch, Windows 7 tablet means that Dell will likely miss the opportunity to sell the device as a back-to-school item, though it would make the important holiday season.
As we mentioned earlier, the only writing on the front is Samsung's logo, with carrier branding pushed to the top-center portion of the back, just below the device's 8-megapixel camera.
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The rounded, almost kid-friendly edges aren't the markings of a high-end product either, but Archos tempers the cheap materials with a stainless steel frame that surrounds the 10.1-inch display and carries through to the back of the device.
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As it's not geared for general consumer use, so it's not the thinnest, sleekest or best-looking device, and the back doesn't even seem to snap completely shut.
Part of me wonders if Sony could squeeze a second screen on the back of the device if they ever decide to do a gee-whizz handset?
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In addition, the device has the ability to measure, record and stream back in real-time data to flight controllers on Earth, giving doctors better insight into the crew's exercise.
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The lightweight device features an ergonomic form with a soft-touch back that's comfortable to hold for hours.
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Sun was actually supposed to launch the device in July, but had to scale back due to lack of top-tier customers.
Epstein predicted that this machine would take the industry by storm and change the dynamics of back-list sales and distribution, among other things (needless to say, the Kindle was the device that would eventually do those things and not the Espresso Machine).
The big goal is to push all the heavy back-end work forward to front-line workers, often as a "dashboard" on a handheld device.
The new Kindle may sport 2 gigs of storage--far more than the 256 megabytes in the last version--but given that both Kindles can store data on the Internet and wirelessly download it back to the device, Kindle 2's capacity of 1, 500 books is largely overkill.
We'll get to display quality in a minute, but it's worth mentioning here that the kickstand tilts the tablet back at an angle that requires you to keep the device pretty distant from your body -- otherwise, you won't have the best view of the screen.
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