Apple realized that the best approach was to make a device that was simple for mere mortals.
Cognizant that many consumers remain wary of 3D phones, LG sought to make the device attractive to skeptics.
Putting the design down on paper, Leibniz hired a Paris clockmaker to make the device a reality in 1674.
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Perhaps, but the past few months have taught me that excellent hardware alone doesn't make a device that's sufficient for enthusiasts.
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The court heard police searched Mr Williamson's home in 2010 and found equipment used to make the device in his garden shed.
How do you make this device be a really good phone?
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As an interactive window for iOS devices, a revamped nano could make the device even more palatable to those who purchased iOS products such as the iPad.
But the policies that govern the use of the iPhone, at least in the U.S., make the device a risky choice to showcase some of these new apps.
First, the STRIVA Core is a miniature battery-powered computer that functions as a web server coupled with an assortment of Wi-Fi components powerful enough to make any device wireless.
Although the representation in the patent drawings make the device look like a pair of classic Wayfarers, I think that is just considered as a generic description of an iconic eyeglass.
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The answer seems to be to make a device that isn't a replacement for your smartphone, but a clever companion, something that takes away the need to pull out your phone from your pocket or purse.
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The company hopes to make the device available by the end of 2011 at a price point lower than conventional night vision cameras, and says they will work with different lenses to improve long-range photography for the device.
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Samin Sharma, a cardiologist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, say she thinks most doctors would opt to use Cypher if it weren't for persistent manufacturing problems that can make the device harder for doctors to get.
While he's cryptic about what that means, he does note that there would be a shift away from valuing gross margins -- in other words, the company may take a hit on profits to make its device sales sing.
The X131e offers a number of customization options including custom colors, asset tagging services to help keep track of devices left on the school bus or classroom, and school logo etching to make every device unique to each education institution2.
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Plus, then Sling would have to get all icky on us with HDCP and stuff, which would make the device basically worthless anyway -- you think Blu-ray or HD DVD is going to allow your Slingbox Pro to access that content stream?
The app will offer several other features, including a "Virtual Leash" that alerts you when the sticker goes out of range -- a "Reverse Virtual Leash" will make the device (perhaps attached to your keys) beep, letting you know you've left your smartphone behind.
While LG appears to have addressed the technological challenges inherent in 3D phones, and has taken steps to provide Thrill owners with enough 3D content to make the device useful and entertaining, it still needs to contend with the third most-often cited objection to 3D phones: cost.
The relative absence of mobile announcements from the major players in the US market (even Sony, which debuted the Xperia Z, opted not to make the device a centerpiece of its press conference) allowed manufacturers like ZTE and Huawei, largely unknown in the States, to hog the mobile spotlight.
Recognizing that one laptop doesn't fit all, especially when it comes to schools, the ThinkPad X131e offers a number of customization options including custom colors, asset tagging services to help keep track of devices left on the school bus or in the classroom, and school logo etching to make every device unique to each educational institution2.
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Swiping a credit card through the phone to finalize a transaction make that mobile device even more indispensable.
But Motorola Mobility Chief Executive Sanjay Jha says the idea from the beginning was to make a health device.
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This led Cisco to make BYOD and device agnosticism available to every employee.
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Rescuers have long monitored patients' breathing tubes for carbon dioxide to make sure the device was correctly placed in the windpipe instead of the esophagus.
But given that his team is researching the nanotechnology that could make such a device possible, he clearly sees the Morph as more than just a fantasy.
What we need, I think, is to establish a patent baseline for each of these major types of digital devices, smartphones, tablets, music players, laptops, desktop computers, etc. that adjudicates the basic patents required to make a functional device.
It does make for a device that's easy to hold in one hand securely, with no worries about it slipping and falling, but it lacks the premium look and feel of the tapered carbon-fiber back on the 9900, and even the faux leather on the 9700.
If you decide to sell your device or trade it in, make sure you wipe the device (reset it to factory default) to avoid leaving personal data on the device.
"We didn't go out and try to make BlackBerry a consumer device, " he said.
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