After extensive testing, the Air Force decided the Apple (AAPL) iPad was the device of choice.
Further, viewing these shows has shifted from just the living room to the consumers' device of choice (TV, iPad, smartphone, etc.).
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On average, however, the device of choice for the stars is that gadget that once identified a corporate road warrior: the BlackBerry.
With all the hoopla around the iPhone 3G, the finger has taken center stage as the input device of choice on the go.
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To snag the Epic Citadel demo (for free) on your Android device of choice, head to Google's Play store or Amazon's App Store.
The device of choice for IT is the one on which nobody calls them for help, so the best of these platforms will be self-service enabled.
Without additional settings, however, the Z10 won't be my personal media device of choice unless I find solid third-party options to take the place of both players.
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Android and Windows will also join the ranks shortly, making managing your daily professional and personal to-dos incredibly easy, no matter what your device of choice may be.
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But can Nokia top RIM, which for all its problems, still is seen as the mobile device of choice for companies that want to make sure their employee communications are secure?
However, as digital course materials progress and achieve the full creative, open, interactive manifestation that they can, competition to be the device of choice for education will become more and more intense.
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Since its launch at Mobile World Congress (MWC) last year, Optimus L Series smartphones have become the device of choice for individuals around the world who favor a well-balanced smartphone with a unique design.
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The giants are able to use their scale to provide broader coverage and land access, sometimes exclusive, to the hottest devices, such as the iPhone and choice Android phones from device makers like HTC Corp.
"These new features bring instant, additional value to Slingbox 500 and Slingbox 350 customers at no extra cost and position Slingbox firmly as a device of choice in the living room, " said Sling Media's Senior Vice President and General Manager Raghu Tarra.
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But the policies that govern the use of the iPhone, at least in the U.S., make the device a risky choice to showcase some of these new apps.
This reinforces the company's open approach to payment acceptance, which gives businesses the freedom to accept new forms of payment and work with the traditional payment provider of their choice, all from one device.
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With effortless syncing and no limits to the number of photos that can be imported, consumers now have the freedom to use any device of their choice to play with all their photos anytime.
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Along with the previously available Glacier White, you can now help yourself to the unlocked GSM version of the device in your choice of Ruby Red or Cobalt Blue, a color that had previously launched in Latin America.
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As the perfect choice for users who want a device that can operate across multiple areas of their lives, the GALAXY Win offers intuitive solutions to enrich the smartphone user experience.
For over two years, Amazon has been building and introducing a wide selection of free "Buy Once, Read Everywhere" Kindle apps for iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry and Android-based devices that let customers read and sync their reading library, bookmarks, notes, and highlights with the device or platform of their choice.
Those features, along with a 3.2 megapixel camera, large keypad and powerful speakerphone, make the DuraPro a practical and reliable choice for consumers and business customers who need a device that can withstand harsh elements.
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Out-of-the-box, the LeafPresenter provides small and medium size businesses (SMBs) with a feature-rich mobile ordering and checkout device capable of accepting payments via their choice of processor or next-generation payment methods such as PayPal, LevelUp and other mobile wallets.
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Offered through Ford dealers across Europe, the USB Music Box enables drivers and their passengers to plug their MP3 player, or any USB mass storage device, into the car and listen to their choice of music in razor sharp quality.
For many people, Netflix was the first glimpse of a kind of content holy grail: limitless choice, all on demand, and available on any Internet-connected device.
The RT-N12HP is therefore a highly viable choice for homes and small businesses that want complete coverage via a single networking device.
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In your humble narrator's position, waiting a few months for a Haswell device, which promises significantly increased battery life might be a wise choice.
Packing four sensors into a housing smaller than an iPod Nano, the CORE 2 will be the smallest wearable multi-sensor device of its kind as well as the first to offer a choice of interchangeable jewelry- like faceplates, straps and cuffs for a fashion look.
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In this last example, control can be handled by only one device, the iPhone, but in the previous two, the user has a choice of smartphone platforms as well as browsers.
For that reason you may decide that a tablet, and especially the iPad or even the new Nexus 7 tablet (if you have a WiFi connection), is a far better choice as a communications tool when you are overseas if you do not need the convenience of a smaller device with its obvious limitations as far as screen size.
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Indeed, of the 12 percent of CE owners who reported putting a used CE device in the trash during the last 12 months, most cited convenience as the driving factor for their choice of removal.
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