Even the lock screen is self-explanatory -- it's depicted as a light switch.
The problem is, this has led to even worse lock-in than normal.
And it was so hard to sell that folks kept on telling Charles that it was pointless even to lock up the plant at night, because nobody wanted the stuff.
Cloud-based offerings provide some freedom from these platform wars (although, even they present new lock-in scenarios).
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The tablet even features a display lock, which locks the tablet's display and buttons, allowing young children to enjoy videos or interactive books without interruption.
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Locking the back tire to prevent theft (if a lock is used at all) is a trick that definitely only works in Japan -- you can't leave a bike unattended for five minutes in New York City without it disappearing, even with a wheel lock.
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With the recent sell-off, we are able to lock in an even-lower bond price.
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In their dogged focus on selling more milk, dairy companies largely overlooked these highly profitable markets, even though they had the lock on the basic ingredient for many of them.
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The app can run in the background, and your lock screen wallpaper even turns into the current navigation step, so you won't be tempted to touch your phone and unlock the screen.
This makes the lock-in even stronger.
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Laptops are secured with far fewer steps and even greater security than a traditional cable lock.
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Roosevelt, and as of Super Tuesday, Clinton had a lock on the nomination without even calling himself a candidate.
And because this year, neither Obama nor McCain has a lock on Hispanic voters, even if it appears otherwise at the moment.
"People can lock in today's rate even if there are future increases, " Turner says.
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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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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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.
This is a huge step forward, and the app even helps the camera's GPS get a lock.
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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In this decade, private-equity fund managers have gathered billions even though investors who back such funds have to lock their capital away for up to ten years.
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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.
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.
It involved moving mountains and eradicating disease and inventing and constructing by far the hugest locks and lock gates ever conceived at the time and even a 1914 General Electric computer system to run it all.
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The portable programmer, which plugs into the DC port under the locks, can also open any door, even providing power through that port to trigger the mechanism of a door lock in which the battery has run out.
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The D3100 camera also uses Face Detection technology to lock focus on up to 35 human faces, a feat not even accomplished with consumer camcorders.
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We saw perfectly fine companies, such as Applied Materials, an arms supplier to the Web, suffer share price skids of 40%, even though any chowderhead could tell you that demand for chips is a mortal lock to quadruple over the next five years.
For those using Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, Google has also built a Keep widget, which can be placed on your Android homescreen, or on your phone or tablet's lock screen, which would enable users to add a reminder without even having to unlock their device.
These bugs allowed anyone who had access to your iPhone to bypass the lock screen and gain access to your stored photographs and contacts, and even make calls.
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