It seems the debate, though, is now being framed around cost and convenience and not necessarily the environment.
Such text entry, while slow, trumps the pen in convenience in that it can be accomplished with the same hand that is holding the device.
Mobile payment is not just about convenience and saving a few seconds at the checkout register, it is an opportunity to leverage smart devices and smart software to reinvent how companies do business with their consumers.
While it is one of Coke's largest single customers, the convenience chain has a secret weapon.
It brings together the convenience and mobility expertise that RadioShack is known for, with the great value and best-in-class wireless services that Cricket delivers.
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For all its problems and expense, the millions who use it daily is a testament to its convenience and (on a good day) its speed.
For added convenience, it is powered by 4 AA batteries, eliminating the need to charge and re-charge the camera during travel.
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It is not a peace that has been committed to by the belligerents, but rather a convenience that has probably been forced upon the parties and is probably doomed to -- if not failure -- at least a very rocky road, which means a lot of casualties on the part of the peacekeepers.
"With more than 50 DLNA Certified AV systems, it is clear ONKYO realizes the significance of including the technology into our products to create ease and convenience for consumers, " said Nobuaki Okuda, CTO, Onkyo Corporation.
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This idea that the euro is a take-it-or-leave-it option, an arrangement of convenience rather than a fixed and irrevocable union, has been a staple for European leaders over the past few years.
Earlier this year, the American government asked the International Maritime Organisation, a London-based agency that is part of the United Nations, to help it penetrate the cloak of secrecy provided by flags of convenience.
According to NEC, that'll let them "cut dissipation for digital consumer electronics in the standby mode to just a few percent of what it is now, " and at no expense of convenience.
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Although details of the shooting remain murky, it is known that Martin ventured out from the Sanford home of his father's fiancee and went to a nearby convenience store, where he bought a bag of candy and an iced tea.
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