Free calls and texts over WiFi using your home number via the Xfinify Connect Mobile app.

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With the Xfinity Connect Mobile app, you can also forward calls to iPads and iPod touches.

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Other functions not specific to the hybrid drive will also be available as options for other Panamera models via the Porsche Car Connect mobile app.

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You can now also connect them to your smartphone via Bluetooth so the Garmin Connect Mobile app can add some additional features, including live web tracking if you know anyone that wants to watch you two-wheeling around a 2D map.

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They can connect their Samsung TV to a Samsung smartphone via a mobile Fitness app, or connect to a WiFi-enabled scale to manage their weight goals.

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More than half of Tumblr's users connect through the mobile app and engage in an average of seven visits per day.

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The Panamera S E-Hybrid also includes an entirely new range of convenience functions which can be activated and operated by Porsche Car Connect, a mobile app available for Android and iOS-powered devices.

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"For more than a year our customers have been able to watch live linear channels via the iPad inside the home, " Esser said, referring to Cox TV Connect, the company's proprietary app which allows customers to experience live TV on their mobile devices.

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One company offers a mobile app that uses freely available Federal data about health care facilities, along with other information, to connect patients to local health care providers.

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