This he suggested, would provide a truly disruptive service beyond the existing mobile players, but one using existing cellphones.
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But most of the mobile players have always had theirs done out.
One answer: mobile players who play Diamond Dash (and connect with Facebook) are a remarkable eight times more likely to spend money in the game.
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In other words, mobile players spend more and play more.
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But most significantly, said David Cleveely, the founding director of Cambridge University's Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP), an opportunity for real disruptive competition among mobile players has been lost.
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Intel, the PC chipset giant whose core business has come under threat from the burgeoning demand for portable mobile devices, may be planning to open up its once exclusive fabrication plants to third-party mobile players.
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To make sure that the headphones are ready for use at any time, they have been fitted with a 3.5mm stereo jack, and the nominal impedance has been reduced for optimum connection to mobile players.
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One study pointed up mobile engaging players at a deeper level than consoles (arguable but directionally accurate).
The big mobile phone players are launching new handsets in the coming days which will be crucial in deciding who'll be top dog in this lucrative business - or, in some cases, whether they survive as a major player.
They include mobile phones, MP3 players, computer chips, hard drives, handheld computers, games consoles and satellite navigation equipment.
Back in the 1980s and early 1990s, the big three players in mobile technology were Ericsson, Nokia and Motorola.
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Mr Gates suggests that the convergence of mobile phones and music players (using his software, of course) could threaten the iPod's dominance.
Perhaps they can actively partner with the existing big players in mobile?
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Roxio Now has a catalog of over 10, 000 movies and TV programs available for download via digital TVs, Blu-Ray players and mobile phones.
Apple has enjoyed huge success without any major setbacks in the past decade as it came to dominate markets for music players and mobile phones.
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The hunt involves ferreting out a variety of answers and physical objects based on a series of clues, sent via text messages to players' mobile devices.
According to recently released Accenture research, tablets are growing faster than e-book readers, Blu-Ray players, mobile phones, smart phones, netbooks or any other gizmos on the market.
Computer-processing technology had become so widespread and inexpensive that DVD players and mobile phones had as much power as the PCs of just a few years ago.
All personal music players and mobile phones sold in the EU must now have a sound limit of 85 decibels (dB), but users can increase it to 100dB.
In a flurry of announcements, Japanese manufacturers including Toshiba and NEC said they'd soon be rolling out miniature fuel cells to power mobile phones, music players and laptops.
The Diablo-esque adventure found in the mobile game will allow players to use and permanently enhance their characters from Saga Kingdoms in various ways while on the go.
Songs, albums and folders can be selected through the steering wheel-mounted controls, while devices such as mobile phones, MP3 players and cameras will automatically recharge whenever they are connected.
The MV900F seamlessly interfaces with Samsung's line of SMART televisions, Blu-ray players, mobile PCs and smartphones for a truly unique and integrated ecosystem with painless sharing and synching across all devices.
Nethercutt, who previously ran sales for YouTube and AdMob, both of which were acquired by Google, says Mojiva is growing to challenge the largest players in mobile advertising, including Google and Apple.
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Nokia has been working with Wolfson Microelectronics of Edinburgh to produce a wireless headset for mobile phones and music players that uses ten MEMS microphones: two to record speech and eight to cancel noise.
At launch, Redbox Instant by Verizon will be offered via the Web, as well as through home entertainment, tablet and mobile devices, including players for iOS and Android, plus Samsung and LG TVs and Blu-Ray players, and Google TV.
Besides doing away with the need to use fiddly controls on handheld computers, mobile phones and music players, a speech-recognition chip would have other uses too: it could form the basis of a powerful, portable interpreting device, for example, or allow car drivers to change radio stations or operate navigation systems by speech alone.
It's worth mentioning that LG's bundled music and video players feature Dolby Mobile, if you're into audio enhancement.
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There will be a few large players in the mobile search space, and Yahoo should be one of them.
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What would the deal mean for the other players in the mobile industry?
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