We learned at Palm that the user doesn't want to take up all of their available memory on their basic device in order to bring on a dictionary.
He then held up what many would consider a basic modern device, but one that has sold 750 million units worldwide.
And there are many game developers today who first tinkered and programmed on this device using BASIC code, tape drives and floppy discs.
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Among them: I-Stat, owned by Abbott Laboratories (nyse: ABT - news - people ), which makes a handheld device for basic chemistry that uses so-called ion-selective membranes, and Cholestech (nasdaq: CTEC - news - people ), which has a lipids testing machine and relies on a glucometerlike optical reflection technology.
More broadly, the fact that any company can demand protection for the basic shape of a device, years before it had invented the actual device or technology, should not entitle that company to claim that it had patented the design for a smartphone any more than Richard Branson can patent business class travel in outer space.
In fact, it's far less sophisticated than you might expect -- the lightweight device reads out basic text, lets you skip through music tracks and, of course, displays the time.
Organizations need a mobile strategy that monitors and enforces device compliance changes beyond basic configuration.
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It may seem odd that as technology becomes more advanced, someone needs to introduce a new device in such a basic format.
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Well, we just got to see some prototypes of the device, including the basic CORE 2 band, its metal bracelet and swappable plastic face plate accessories, and learned a bit more about the device.
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What we need, I think, is to establish a patent baseline for each of these major types of digital devices, smartphones, tablets, music players, laptops, desktop computers, etc. that adjudicates the basic patents required to make a functional device.
There are impressive enhancements to all the core features of the device, but none of them change the basic experience.
In developing countries, where a phone is many people's first and only device, phones are being used to deliver basic heath care.
There are "free to air" services, which, like basic TV channels, can be picked up by any device with the right chip or receiver--no service provider necessary.
"The Motorola i296 is the perfect device for consumers looking for reliability with all the basic functions, " said Neil Lindsay, chief marketing officer, Boost Mobile.
The device, initially built to support data services on basic 2G phone networks, will be "relevant to 80% of the world, particularly in the emerging markets, " he said.
During the FDA review that included reports from 30 participants using the device, the agency found that most patients performed basic tasks, like touching a square in a white field, better with the Argus II than without it and that 19 of the participants experienced no adverse effects to the surgery.
This kind of basic user interface flub is exactly what's going to keep the device from the sought-after perception that it's a well thought out piece of equipment.
It effectively arrives as a basic tool for you to customise with apps to create the kind of mobile device that suits your lifestyle.
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It's not quite the same as the mystery device we saw sporting Firefox OS at CES, but its specs seem almost as basic.
That's the basic idea, which I think he transmits through maybe what could be seen as fairly obvious device, but I think it works tremendously well in this event.
Such a device would essentially be a smartbook, he noted, because it would share the same basic characteristics.
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Sony offers up a couple of possible examples, including a crudely scribbled map, a basic math equation and a drawing of a cup of coffee, all of which ship with the device like those pictures of happy families that come with department store picture frames.
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Cubby Basic provides users with a free, yet simple and secure cloud service for accessing information from virtually any device and sharing files with other people via the cloud, and includes 5GB of storage.
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The cloud space is dynamic and exciting, with the possibility of touching the lives of all computer and device users on the planet, as well as just about every organization that uses any kind of even basic technology.
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