Still, it weighs about the same as the XPS 12, despite having a larger footprint, and it also claims longer battery life. (We've yet to test it ourselves.) The Yoga also offers some things the XPS 12 doesn't -- namely, an HDMI port and memory card reader.

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Geared toward a younger (18 and under) demographic, MG will use Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and feature a four-inch screen, 1GB RAM, 4GB built-in memory, an SD port for additional storage options, a DebitSmart digital wallet system to pay for games, a 1.3MP front-facing camera, micro USB 2.0, and a TCC8925 Cortex A5 processor.

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Somehow, though, MSI squeezed in an Ethernet jack and full-sized HDMI socket, along with two USB 3.0 connections, an audio port and a memory card reader, tucked around back.

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The second scene that sticks in my memory was in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth where I was following the performance of my country's squad, the Ghana Black Stars.

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The precious little 4.3-inch Windows CE 5.0 (the photo shows XP but whatever) clamshell's got a 533MHz Samsung 2442A CPU, 128MB of SDRAM, between 1GB and 4GB of flash memory, and a USB 2.0 port on top of a host of optional features (GPS, DVB-T digital TV, WiFi, the ability to tell you the future).

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Dragon NaturallyOrganized understands phrases and stores them in Flash memory for download to a PC via the serial port.

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It is impossible to use a USB port for a printer, for a memory stick, to download pictures from a camera, etc.

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As with any typical download, the AppLink software can be stored on a USB memory stick, and then inserted and uploaded to the vehicle via the SYNC system's USB port.

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