One of the curiosities of so-called connected TVs, which directly plug into the Internet to access web applications and services, is that they rely on external camera attachments to support video calls.

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The Mogul doesn't look quite as futuristic or elegant as the iPhone, but it has some features Apple's phone lacks, like a removable battery, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for thumbing messages, access to a "third-generation" (3G) Internet connection for fast mobile Web access and downloadable software applications that let you turn your smart phone into a mini computer.

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He views video calls as a likely culprit because video, particularly streaming video, takes up far more bandwidth than other Internet applications, such as web searches and email.

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With 1080p resolution, the ZT60 series comes with advanced features for connectivity including My Home Screen, Swipe and Share 2.0, Touch Pad Controller, three HDMI and three USB connectors, along with VIERA ConnectTM, allowing consumers to connect to applications through the internet via built in Wireless LAN and Web Browser. 2D-3D conversion transforms 2D content to 3D images in real-time.

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Amazon's Web Services, which pipe applications, processing and storage over the Internet, may eventually let companies escape the confines of their data centers and pay for cheap, scalable processing and storage as easily as they pay for water or electricity.

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Amazon's (nasdaq: AMZN - news - people ) Web Services, which pipe applications, processing and storage over the Internet, may eventually let companies escape the confines of their data centers and pay for cheap, scalable processing and storage as easily as they pay for water or electricity.

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Adobe is seeing increasing pricing of its rich Internet apps that are used by Web developers to create rich media web applications such as online games and interactive visualizations and are superior to typical HTML applications because they allow faster task completion, do not require opening up of multiple applications and are less-error prone.

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