And it is no small matter when, in just the last few years, Steve Jobs takes existing MP3 and mobile phone and tablet computer technology and pulls the iPod and iPhone and iPad out of his hat, or when Mark Zuckerberg takes capability already inherent in the European-born World Wide Web and conjures up Facebook while still in college.
Full-year sales to mobile phone and tablet computer applications grew 60%.
Founded in 1997, HTC began as one of many Taiwanese firms that design and make things that are sold under others' brands in its case, brands belonging to mobile-phone operators and computer-makers.
Apart from the fact that China is one of the largest markets for video games, OC3 Entertainment is developing affordable and easy to use versions of its product that will enable web designers, gamers, and casual computer and mobile phone users to bring life to their avatars.
The Anonymous document contains the names and workplaces of employees at dozens of community banks, credit unions and other lenders, as well as mobile phone numbers and what appear to be computer log-on names and passwords.
And since Bluetooth is compatible with just about every computer, tablet and mobile phone (not only the smart ones) these days, it's easy for friends or business associates to connect to the speakers, too.
With the HP DreamScreen's capabilities, it becomes the "fourth screen" in people's lives, extending the enjoyment of digital content beyond a computer, TV and mobile phone.
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Although she still goes to the office every day (on her bike), uses the elevator to get to the 43rd floor, turns on her computer and uses a mobile phone, she has had to redesign her whole life.
Taobao offered instant messaging and voice mail to mobile phones for buyers and sellers because Chinese users were cell-phone savvy rather than computer savvy.
Samsung Electronics' award-winners include products in the TV, home theater system, mobile phone, tablet, home appliance, server, software, and computer component categories.
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As a portable and truly personal computer, indeed, the mobile phone may turn out to be the credit card, or even identity card, of the future, making payments and opening doors.
Different industries are already converging on this market: mobile-phone makers are launching small laptops, known as netbooks, and computer-makers are moving into smart-phones.
Intermec, Inc. (NYSE:IN) today announced the CS40 - introducing the first rugged mobile computer with the size and styling of a smart phone.
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For extreme overclocking enthusiasts, they can use their mobile phone to monitor frequency, temperature and voltage parameters in real time while their computer is running full-screen testing software.
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Not all bitcoin transactions require a standard computer and if the mobile payment prognosticators are correct, the mobile phone equipped with applications like Bitcoin Android could end up originating the majority of bitcoin transactions.
The Mogul doesn't look quite as futuristic or elegant as the iPhone, but it has some features Apple's phone lacks, like a removable battery, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for thumbing messages, access to a "third-generation" (3G) Internet connection for fast mobile Web access and downloadable software applications that let you turn your smart phone into a mini computer.
On June 29, 2007, the company formerly known as Apple Computer introduced its combination of a pocket computer and a phone, a move that would do for the mobile phone what the iPod had done for the MP3 player.
Often this meant learning to exploit the latest laptop, cell phone, fax, Internet and other computer and communications technologies that make possible the mobile economy.
Both YottaMark and FoodLogiq offer systems that let shoppers type a text code into a mobile phone or home computer, or scan a bar-code using a phone's built-in camera, to find out when the tomatoes on the shelf were picked and which field they came from.
On April 17, it will introduce Microsoft's futuristic computer Surface at some of its stores to help consumers pick out the right mobile phone and accompanying applications.
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