You cannot achieve the energy savings possible without having direct user control over what the glass is doing.
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For example, using a Web interface a mobile user can direct whether a call is put through or filed in an inbox.
Adding some simple brains to the antennas on both sides of the conversation can make the signals between the base station and the user more direct.
However, it is likely to use this feature to direct ads based on user interest and, in the process, charge a higher amount for these targeted ads.
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Using a feature called Nextel Direct Connect, a user can link up with a friend, family member or co-worker over a link that allows only one of them to speak at a time.
Former Windows Magazine editor Mike Elgan has referred to the new paradigm as "MPG" (multitouch, physics, gestures) However, while these user interfaces feature streamlined designs and more direct manipulation, they still form a bridge with the graphical user interface.
In either case, NSI recognizes the user as the direct owner of the domain name, which can be used to establish a company's online brand through URLs and e-mail addresses.
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Rather than a direct attempt by Facebook to monetize user data, this is, essentially, a design flaw on the Internet.
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Thanks to a dedicated exposure compensation dial, the MX-1 assures user-friendly, direct-access shift of the exposure compensation setting without the need to recall the menu screen.
The direct impact on average revenue per user is difficult to forecast as it could be a mixed bag depending on how the adoption of new pricing pans out.
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The receiver's on-screen user interface allows users direct access to Pandora, Rhapsody, Sirius Internet Radio, and vTuner streaming radio services, or to access MP3, WMA, FLAC, Lossless, Ogg Vorbis, and AAC files from any computer or storage device on the network.
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Backlit LCD displays direct light up through the display into the user's eyes.
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These devices provide direct attached storage that can be used to save user content, such as in a backup, to move content from place to place faster than a network allows or even for expanding the useful storage capacity for some common household devices such as some set top boxes or DVRs.
Especially with the disruption of having a new North American CEO taking the reins, the loss of its Mobile Solutions chief Anssi Vanjoki, and the addition of Palm's Peter Skillman who'll have direct say over the oh-so-critical MeeGo user experience.
Through its collection of user web searches, Google offers perhaps the best direct link into the minds of American consumers.
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Second, they have plenty of competition from direct offerings from other web-based companies with a broad user base like Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), and Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO), Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE), Priceline.com (NASDAQ:PCLN) and Travelzoo (TZOO).
In addition, ARCHOS has created a kid-friendly user interface with colored icons, home screen folders with direct access to games, entertainment, learning and puzzles and the top 28 kids' apps pre-loaded including Angry Birds, Pig Rush and Flight Frenzy.
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Here's the thing, though: for many, direct carrier billing could be a big part of that "seamless user experience" thing, and recognizing that, Nokia had planned to offer it from the get-go in the US (along with eight other countries) when it launches next month.
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By 2015 registered IT and application partners--such as one-tier agents, two-tier agents, system integrators (SIs), dealers and direct market resellers--will account for 39% of end-user-generated revenue in this market.
An attacker could even re-direct a request to transfer funds, while making it look to the app user like the transaction was proceeding unchanged.
Second, Groupon has plenty of competition from direct offerings from companies and from other web-based companies with a broad user base like Google(NASDAQ:GOOG), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), and Yahoo(NASDAQ:YHOO), Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE), Priceline.com(NYSE:PCLN) and Travelzoo (TZOO).
Second, they have plenty of competition from direct offerings from companies and from other web-based companies with a broad user base like Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), and Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO), Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE), Priceline.com (NYSE:PCLN) and Travelzoo (TZOO).
The original Maschine controller allows more direct hardware access to oft-used parameters and two separate LCD screens to keep the user tied into the software without glancing at it--the 12.6 x 11.6-inch footprint has plenty of space to keep the buttons and knobs intuitive without much fuss.
Direct operator billing will also reflect the same price points as current payment methods, ensuring a consistent user experience.
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The key is that direct dialogue translates into clearer marketing and better products because it makes everyone in the company accountable to the end user.
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