The problem is, this has led to even worse lock-in than normal.
Cloud-based offerings provide some freedom from these platform wars (although, even they present new lock-in scenarios).
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With the recent sell-off, we are able to lock in an even-lower bond price.
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And that is after signing a bunch more pre-paid supply chain agreements to lock-up the tablet market even more than they have already.
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Even the lock screen is self-explanatory -- it's depicted as a light switch.
This makes the lock-in even stronger.
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With Windows Phone 8, Live Apps such as Facebook can even deliver real-time information right to your lock screen with updated wallpaper.
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It also confirms the handheld's single account lock-down, noting that even your console's memory card is tied to your PSN account -- it simply won't work on your friend's Vita.
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Still earnest, even boyish in appearance, the CEO brushes a rebellious lock of reddish-brown hair from his forehead as he outlines the vulnerabilities of the mobile Internet.
Paul, who is close friends with Anthony, had long looked like a lock for the Knicks and was even a part of a now-famous wedding toast in which Anthony discussed the scenario.
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But these refashioned Knicks are not very fun to watch, and nowhere near a lock as a playoff team, not even in a junk division where the sub-.500, paleozoic Celtics sit in second place.
From the sidelines of the soccer field to bird-watching on a riverboat, engage AF Tracking technology to lock focus on your fast-moving subjects and keep them in focus, even while they move in and out of the frame.
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It will gain a fixed-line arm, but that is no recompense for what it will give up: its lock on the massive mobile market, encompassing two-thirds of Chinese customers and an even higher share of new subscribers.
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