The other major electronics manufacturers smelled an opportunity to get in on that action.
That invention has already had interest from a slew of major electronics and medical device companies.
Several major electronics manufacturers have already introduced tablets, some of which, like the PlayBook, target the corporate market.
All major electronics firms sell them, mainly as a matter of corporate pride: not to do so would be a sign of weakness.
After all, just about every major electronics brand manufactures in China, and it is far from clear that if you buy a rival phone or tablet it will have been made under better conditions.
After watching some of the life get sucked out of many of our favorite consumer electronics shows with major companies choosing to do their own thing in boutique events in fabulous cities around the world, we had our concerns about the 2013 iteration of Mobile World Congress.
DivX has long been a pioneer in bringing high-quality Internet video to consumer electronics, with over 250 million DivX devices shipped into the market from every major consumer electronics manufacturer.
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Apple is the only major consumer electronics company that has not adopted OLED technology.
Gaikai has recently inked deals with major consumer electronics brands like Samsung and LG to provide cloud gaming services for their Smart TVs and other devices.
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However, we're more inclined to believe that nowadays, no major consumer electronics manufacturer wants to be left behind on a new product category, even while we're still deep in rumor territory.
That trade show trio helps to keep the international airlines in business, but it doesn't do us much good at CES, when nearly every other consumer electronics category gets a major products boost.
In order to optimize personnel structure and assist employees to secure new opportunities outside the Company, early retirement programs will be implemented at Sony Corporation, Sony EMCS Corp. and other major consolidated electronics subsidiaries in Japan.
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Just over a year ago, Intel came to the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show with a major new plan: take on the ARM-based processors that have come to dominate the market for chips used to power smartphones.
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The weaker yen is a boon to Japan's major auto and electronics exporters.
Showrooming and changing customer preferences continued to be major factors for the electronics retail chain.
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Chinese electronics firm Huawei has launched two major mobile devices as it looks to muscle into Western markets.
Sharp Electronics is the latest electronics manufacturer in Wales to announce major cutbacks.
The electronics retailer this afternoon announced a major management overhaul, including the removal of the entire senior-most layer of U.S. operations.
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Graduating in 1979 with a double major in electrical and electronics engineering, Hukku spurned offers from brand-name companies, preferring to cut his teeth with software services pioneer Tata Consultancy Services.
While Hong Kong has continues its drawn-out debate over how it can carve a niche for its itself in the high-tech arena, Singapore has long been a major player in the electronics industry.
Among major tech exporters, Samsung Electronics fell 2.6% and LG Electronics lost 1.1%.
The other major player is Royal Philips Electronics (nyse: PHG - news - people ), with its no. 1 position in global lighting.
In addition to these two major planned campuses, Samsung Electronics is expanding its Open Innovation efforts with additional space that will allow for incubating and acquiring new technologies and working with early stage companies.
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Having LG Electronics supporting Google TV could be a major win for the TV-centric platform, but LG is also hedging its bets by supporting a rival consortium with TD Vision (which owns the Philips brand) and which seems to have support from Sharp Electronics.
Hon Hai is a major contractor for Apple and other electronics companies.
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"I believe we've got to find the right combination of incentives and initiatives to bridge this divide, " Clinton said Tuesday in a speech at COMDEX, a major trade show for computer and electronics products in Chicago.
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From quarterly losses to major hackings, the once-powerful electronics manufacturer is taking a beating in virtually every area in which it conducts business.
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This is the third consecutive year that Mulally has given a major keynote at CES. The consumer electronics show has become increasingly dominated by automotive gadgets, now accounting for perhaps a fifth of all products at the event.
The consumer electronics and entertainment industries are in the midst of a major paradigm shift in the realm of music.
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Observers were quick to call this early coverage optimistic but Hagan contends that Boingo will benefit from major trends in the wireless, cellular and consumer electronics industries.
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