It's newly-unveiled Custom Branded Device Program is being introduced just as prepaid carriers are beginning to see something of a resurgence.
Skype also built custom app for the device.
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He was, by turns, part of an air rescue squad during the Vietnam War, founder of what became the nation's largest custom-prosthetic-device company, a ski bum, a bureaucrat in the Carter Administration and a stockbroker for Prudential-Bache Securities.
The entire device rests on a custom-built, vibration-dampening table.
And Project SHIELD provides fidelity and dynamic range never before available on a portable device, through its custom, bass reflex, tuned port audio system -- with twice the low-frequency output of high-end laptops.
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The USB port is used for charging or file transfers, though you can also email files to your device (via the custom address each Kindle is assigned) or upload them through the Cloud Player service.
Parents are able to control the device from a simple, custom-designed smartphone app.
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The companies used an unspecified infrared-equipped Palm device and a Toshiba Libretto, which beamed requests for check authorizations to a point-of-sale terminal, in this case a VeriFone Tranz 330 that was retrofitted with an infrared device from ACTiSYS and a custom cable from CrossCheck.
For example, turning the device into portrait mode makes room for custom suggestions.
Vudu, a startup that had launched a similar a la carte device, has pushed deeper into the custom installation channel as of late.
Rather than fill the device with bloatware apps or overlay a custom UI, Sprint's installed a software button that takes you to a store exclusively designed for Sprint's new Android devices.
For companies, there is no upside , just extra work coding and testing their custom apps, and more time for training, device testing, deployment, assessing security risks, and overall managing the devices.
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We can serve up custom content through retargeting based on audience profiles, adapt for whatever device they are using, and deepen engagement by providing specific product or brand messages that align with their journey.
Because the code has been licensed under the Eclipse public license rather than the harder-core GPL, device manufacturers will be able to continue to tack on custom features and hardware support without open-sourcing it, which should make them less gun-shy about throwing weight behind the platform -- and considering how badly these guys need to get back into the spotlight, that's a good thing.
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To that end, Martijn, the UI designer, has dropped by Vimeo to provide us with a "sneak peek" at the device's operation, including some demos on iOS and a connected prototyping board, using a custom tool that sends designs to the Pebble screen from any graphics program in real-time (a feature that will reportedly also be available in the SDK).
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