In addition, the drive offers device sleep (DEVSLP), which increases system battery life while maintaining system responsiveness.
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Developer support is critical, and developer enthusiasm is a catalyst, as the apps drive mobile device adoption and developers make the apps happen.
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When employees use personal tablets for work, can the IT staff remotely wipe the hard drive if the device gets stolen?
Key to the device is what's missing: Instead of the optical drive built into most other portable devices, the MacBook Air can wirelessly borrow another device's optical drive, so that it can access software or data stored on a disk.
At the 2011 CES Kingston announced an external solid state drive (SSD) device offering up to 32 GB of external storage available to an iPad through a WiFi connection.
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This means that advertisers can use mobile to activate other forms of media, such as TV and out-of-home, or it can be a key device to drive tune-in, product research, or immediate purchase.
Postscript to the iPad versus iPhone debate: On Thanksgiving Day Henderson thought that it was possible the iPad would trump the iPhone and wind up being the mobile device to drive the most traffic to the retail web.
Configurable triggers such as removal or tampering of the drive, removal of device from a resting GPS point, cellular telephone call, or even a change in temperature will release a "chemical mist" into the drive (not the computer) destroying it layer by layer.
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The wireless industry will welcome Clearwire to the LTE world with open arms because the industry believes that a common radio standard across the globe will continue to drive down chip, device, and cell-site costs, and make it easier to roam around the world.
"The All-in-One Mobile Companion is perfect for travelers and mobile professionals, allowing people to access content on an external hard drive or thumb drive from any mobile device, as well as sync videos, music and photos, automatically, " said Daniel Kelley, associate vice president of marketing, D-Link North America.
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The model has even been stretched to other industries, including a credit card that offers discounts linked to well-being and car insurance that offers cheaper petrol to people who drive safely (a telemetric device installed in your car monitors aggressive driving, like harsh acceleration or sharp cornering).
The new Transformer USB cable instantly turns any competitor's external hard drive into a Clickfree automatic backup device, completely eliminating the hassle and confusion of installing and configuring backup software.
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Under its shiny new skin, new hardware and software, such as a slimmed down version of Apple's OS X operating system and a flash memory drive, instead of the current iPod's mechanical hard drive, could keep the new device thin and light.
When I do drive, it syncs to my Entune device and recognizes me.
Though many iPod owners use the device as a portable hard drive--which it is--the iPod was built for music.
Along with seamlessly running all PC applications consumers can now direct and drive all of their content from any device through the IN Media tablet PC including their high definition television.
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However, as good as 802.11n is, few if any unlicensed wireless technologies are completely immune to interference and range limitations, which is why the inclusion of a hard drive is a great boon for this device class.
Nokia Drive delivers a full-fledged personal navigation device (PND) with free, turn-by-turn navigation and dedicated in-car-user-interface.
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Run a little piece of software and the device will show up as another drive, as if it was internal or connected via USB.
They call this thing ChatPerf, and it's a thumb-drive-sized atomizer that plugs into your mobile device so it can be triggered to release specific odors on command.
During their test drive, the team at Trusted Reviews found the device to work quite well -- mostly due to its 2, 000dpi laser sensor -- although they thought that the top-mounted buttons were somewhat difficult to access, and joystick mode can't be used to manipulate the Z-axis.
Jack McKee, who is also a DUP councillor, found the device on the front step of his Shanlee Drive home in Larne on Saturday.
Pop it out and the device, which is shaped like a thumb drive, plugs into an HDMI port and requires no external power.
Gates showed a prototype device that is a 20-gigabyte hard drive with a small video screen, suitable for storing and playing music and TV shows.
Perfect for users demanding high performance and high capacity from their portable storage device, the G-Technology G-DRIVE mini features a sleek compact and durable all-aluminum enclosure and storage capacities up to 1TB using HGST Travelstar 7, 200 RPM drives.
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One potential device for computer users is a USB-compatible drive often called a pen.
Apple and other smartphone device makers will increasingly rely on China growth to drive sales this year, according to market research firm Canalys.
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While this device is busy copying your CDs to the hard drive, it's surfing the Internet to find the CD title and playlist information, which it automatically assigns to each CD and displays on your TV screen.
Plug the device into the mains, a router and a hard drive, and it becomes a personal storage cloud.
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