While the company's management has faltered lately, its founders, now at rival Handspring, have just announced another potential breakthrough: the Treo Communicator, which seamlessly combines a phone, organizer and wireless Internet device.
Apple is expected to emerge as a major supporter of Intel's whole " Menlow" Mobile Internet Device platform, which packages processor, graphics and connectivity into a small enough bundle to give iPhone-powering Samsung a run for its money in ultra mobile products -- and Intel has made it clear that it has its sights set on that very member of Apple's lineup wit.
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Yang said Proview started producing a device called Internet Personal Access Device in 2000 that looks like a small ordinary PC and uses touch-panel technology.
The company is working to allow any internet capable device to be remotely monitored and controlled from the site.
For starters, Corona is not just an Internet access device--as had been reported earlier--but is targeted more at internal corporate networks.
Still, for a young family member or as an Internet access device with a keyboard and a screen larger than a cell phone, the C7 represents an inexpensive alternative.
"By partnering with Roku, and developing a line of new Mitsubishi TVs that will support their new Roku Streaming Stick, we will be able to offer the best big screen TVs and the most powerful internet streaming device together, bringing web-based entertainment to a whole new level for our customers, " said James Chan, vice president of marketing, Mitsubishi Electric Visual Solutions America (MEVSA), Inc.
But a blank-check policy on letting any and every Internet-enabled device onto you corporate network?
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With an Internet-connected device, families, friends and colleagues can get together for free with messaging, voice and video.
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If you are not sure whether you can access the internet on your device, check with your mobile network provider.
The bilingual scheme, called Hwb, will allow users to access and share information and is to be accessible from any internet-enabled device.
Risks of soiling aside, parents also harbour worries over the safety of leaving children to enjoy playtime with a fully internet-enabled device.
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For many people, Netflix was the first glimpse of a kind of content holy grail: limitless choice, all on demand, and available on any Internet-connected device.
Customers can use Paga to send money to anyone in Nigeria either from their mobile phone or Internet-enabled device, or via any Paga agent across the country.
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Both prosumers and corporate customers alike can take advantage of this program which offers very competitive trade-in values in real-time from their existing smartphone or Internet-connected device.
The idea is that by using a wireless connection to the internet, the device can be a handy camera which makes use of translation resources on the net.
By accessing the Second Screen companion application on their Internet-connected device, consumers are able to dive deeper into the film by engaging with key elements of the movie.
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Nevertheless, Teletec is offering up a similar service which doesn't require a special phone, but instead utilizes any internet-connected device to display text that an "online operator" channels to their screen.
Interestingly, many users in emerging markets who will be buying a Firefox phone will not only be getting their first smartphone, but having their first real experiences of the Internet through that device.
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With every innovation that results in a new Internet-enabled device, things like picture frames, automobiles, televisions and home appliances, more IP addresses are used up. 4.3 billion addresses are simply not enough to meet growing consumer demand.
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That includes support for photos from Facebook, Picasa or Flickr (more services are also promised), a built-in Twitter client, a video inbox feature to receive videos shot with cellphones (or any other internet-connected device, for that matter), and even its own Gmail address to let anyone easily send photos straight to the frame.
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Then, just as an Internet user can hook any device they want up to their Internet connection, users will be able to use all sorts of devices on wireless networks.
Each device communicates to the Internet via WiFi and can be controlled via any iOS device (the company is also developing Android software) from anywhere on the planet.
What good would the Internet be if every device used a different method for exchanging information?
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Net platform, which is its strategy for delivering software as services available over the Internet from any computing device.
And advanced feature capabilities could be accessed by browsers to enhance your internet experiences, using device features such as cameras, GPS tracking, touch interaction, and many more.
This subtle war between native apps and web-based mobile search that has significant implications for revenue models of the large tech firms and indicates another area in which Apple could be disruptive, particularly as more people access the internet via a mobile device.
The touch screen device will allow internet video sharing sites such as YouTube to be viewed anywhere or time.
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