He eventually became a camera assistant working on films ranging from Haunted Mansion to The Passion of the Christ before teaming up with Argy.

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Financial analysts worried that the aging glass-and-steel design would stunt sales, but the faster processor, better camera and Siri voice assistant -- plus the addition of a third major carrier, Sprint Nextel -- helped the smartphone maintain momentum.

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The universal communicator is a mobile phone that also has onboard personal digital assistant functions, a video camera, several different wireless technologies and can stream audio and video to other devices.

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Beck was able to get his equipment down to about 30 pounds with the new dry-plate method, needing only an assistant or two to help carry the camera and a big wooden tripod up a mountain.

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Beck took his last photo in Zermatt in 1890, the same day his nephew (and assistant) Eduard Goehrs, 27, and two guides climbed the Matterhorn with a camera.

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Curiously, the camera doesn't beep when turned on with the remote, so unless you have an assistant standing by to look at your little light it's awfully hard to tell whether you're recording.

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Their Diabetes Management Assistant (DIMA) is a wearable computer system with wireless communication including a glucose meter, digital camera and pedometer.

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