DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld) technology looks like being the favourite, set to overshadow current TV services rolling out on 3G networks.
Their findings will then be collated and analysed using handheld sensors and GPS technology.
It is a fitting tribute to an old technology that handheld clockwork devices, which were used long ago by sailors to find their positions at sea, could now, in a modern form, do the job once again.
Samsung uses the technology in its smartphones, and Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld console also utilises the thin, light technology.
Twelve NFL teams plan to use FanVision this fall, an interactive handheld wireless device, the technology of which is owned by Miami Dolphins chairman Stephen Ross.
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Dell predicted a growing shift from fixed to mobile computing, but said technology such as automotive and handheld devices and Web-enabled phones are a complement and not a replacement for the PC.
Though he has helped fuel the consumer craze, he laments the rise of handheld gadgetry: "The march of consumer technology will spell an end to tranquility, " he says.
Because of the differences in technology and controls we have got used to handheld games being quirky or scaled down versions of the console game.
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The Bluetooth technology replaces the need for a connection cord between the handheld and the phone.
As a result, all are feverishly licensing each other's technology so that they can combine the best of handset and handheld.
Such technology could be useful in power-sucking data centers and handheld devices with limited batter life, such as smartphone sand tablets, obviously.
Concerns about the safety of broadcasting police feeds have been amplified as technology has moved from clunky, home-bound radios to handheld radios, the Web and now mobile apps available on any smartphone.
It was a new technology right around the time when people were realizing they could make handheld computers with legible screen.
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New Zealand's Industrial Research looks to be attracting quite a bit of interest in its prototype handheld 3D scanner, snagging fellow New Zealanders Weta Digital to help put the technology through its paces and now hoping the police will hop on board to put the scanner to more grisly uses.
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The long-awaited technology is designed to replace cables and link notebooks, printers, mobile phones, handheld devices, and even car systems at data rates up to 1 megabit per second.
Sony is also developing technology that allows users to share content between devices, such as its PlayStation Vita handheld, which can transfer games back and forth to the PlayStation 3 or work as a controller in certain PS3 titles.
Herbig also quietly approved the plan to upgrade RemoteWare for handheld devices, fulfilling the dreams of veterans like Joseph Owen , 40, XcelleNet's chief technology officer.
Gaikai's technology is also being used to allow PS4 games to be streamed and played via the PlayStation Vita handheld console, which may boost its sales.
Credit the spread of home WiFi technology, which allows consumers to use wireless technology not only hook their television sets up to the Internet, but to link them to their handheld devices, said Paul Gray, DisplaySearch Director of TV Electronics Research.
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