Second, we believe the company could expand its MFi program that licenses hardware manufacturers the ability to make products that connect to iOS devices.
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They can thus be found inside network routers, telecoms switches, mobile-phone base stations and many other devices that need both the processing speed of specialist hardware and the ability to respond to changing standards.
But Le Meur points to the ability of hardware creations to entirely disrupt supply chains.
Of course, Sony exiting the hardware business might cripple their ability to continue making great titles.
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The limited ability to introduce major hardware improvements puts more pressure on Samsung to address one of its biggest weaknesses in its fight against Apple: software.
One way is to apply the open source software process to hardware, driving down IT hardware costs while driving up the ability to customize IT infrastructure.
The hardware platform not only has the ability to placeshift content, making a live content stream available anywhere, but can also receive content and display it on the TV.
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The partnership announced today provides incredible scale, vast expertise in hardware and software innovation and a proven ability to execute.
Despite the company's ability to produce truly excellent hardware, it's so far been unable to capture the attention of consumers in the way that Samsung and Apple have.
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But perhaps most interesting of all is that Samsung will now give its customers the ability to upgrade their TV hardware with what they call a Smart Evolution Kit.
In addition, Mosoro is launching an easy to implement mCommerce Module for their SDK that enables app-developers the ability to sell relevant Bluetooth LE hardware and accessories directly to their customers from inside an app (in-app), bypassing traditional retail channels.
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Traditional PC gamers are used to paying a premium for computing power and the ability to constantly update and modify their hardware while consoles have historically attracted people looking for a cheaper, simpler and more stable platform on which to play games (the current generation of consoles have been around for six to seven years).
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The improved ability to scale infrastructure up or down to meet dynamically changing and new business needs increases business ability while shared IT infrastructure not only reduces hardware acquisition costs but also results in significant savings in IT staffing costs and data center space, power, and cooling.
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As valuable as is the tinkering with thermodynamics and mechanics, the revolution that the hardware suppliers are complicit in enabling comes from the addition and full integration of microprocessors--making dumb hardware smart, and most importantly, adding the native ability to connect to communications networks via BlueTooth and Zigbee, LONworks, Ethernet and the Internet.
"While the suite of in-flight communication hardware that we plan to launch this year will include the ability to place and receive phone calls, whether or not we actually activate voice calling depends on passenger feedback, " said airline spokesperson James Boyd.
Hardware sellers will get paid not for their silicon but for their ability to hide complexity from the customer.
You know, the kind of fragmentation that has already left users running not one, not two, not three, but four distinct versions of the little green guy (1.5, 1.6, 2.0, and 2.1) depending on a seemingly arbitrary formula of hardware, carrier, region, software customization, and manufacturers' ability to push updates in a timely fashion.
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Revealed in the Windows Logo Program Newsletter is the sad reality that the ability to test TV tuners and remotes is no longer included in Windows Hardware Certification Kit.
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IBM's services arm is keeping the hardware part of the company afloat: anyone can make a computer, but the ability to help a company use it is worth paying extra for.
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Apple controls the hardware and the mobile OS, and now with Passbook, it provides brand app developers the ability to link their products to a centralized and easy management of gift cards, coupons and tickets.
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Themost impressive feature of the massive system is its ability to install two power supplies, giving enthusiasts an unlimited level of power to handle the most intense hardware configurations.
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