Amongst the new features added is the ability to share chats between devices "in realtime, " allowing you to switch from PC to phone to iPad without losing the thread.
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The main problem: By loading music from a user's PC to a phone, the handset doesn't create any revenue-generating opportunity for the carriers.
We remain hopeful that once the 650 is out this problem will get solved (we're dying to find phone that's comparable to HP's h6315 Pocket PC Phone that we can use to make VoIP calls).
At its event, Google said its PC-to-phone call rates will be cheaper than those of providers of similar services.
They made 10 million PC-to-phone calls in the first six weeks.
This is an app that lets you use a PC to configure your phone more quickly, since you can type out your credentials on a full-sized keyboard.
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Digital Lifestyles tried one out, and came away impressed, both by the Siemens S440 handset they tried out (which, of course, still works without Skype), and by the M34, which, in addition to Skype, allows you to IM with your phone, and even control your PC to some extent (so that, for example, you can use your phone as an iTunes remote).
The update is also full of smaller touches, however, such as the ability to download podcasts to the phone over a wireless connection, rather than synching the phone to a PC or Mac running Apple's iTunes software.
Those digital assets will also create a "context" around you that will make it possible for your devices to know and recognize your preferences and needs, so that when you go to buy a new mobile phone or PC, everything you need to get up and running will be instantly on tap.
Besides if you have a Xscale Pocket PC phone, it's cool to say you Overclocked your Phone.
Indeed, even though tablet and smart phone sales surpassed PC sales over two years ago, there remain a significant amount of business processes that are best accomplished at something resembling a desk, using something that is much more akin to a PC than a phone or tablet.
Using the Windows "Play To" feature, users can select and send music wirelessly from any Windows PC, tablet or smart phone connected to their home network.
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You can also backup your phone to iTunes and restore it by connecting to you PC or Mac or backup to iCloud, but you had better do that before you drown your phone.
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Ubuntu uniquely gives handset OEMs and mobile operators the ability to converge phone, PC and thin client into a single enterprise superphone.
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That feature, designed to allow users to remotely access their video files via remote PC or phone, effectively cuts a hole in any firewall that would expose the device to attackers, too.
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And the developers have a choice to make the games specifically for all or just one of the four platforms (xbox, pc, tablet and phone) if they wish to.
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About 60% of TV viewing now involves simultaneous use of a PC, tablet or smart phone according to industry research.
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The release follows an earlier software tool that helped Android apps make the jump from a phone to a Windows PC.
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That would let you literally use your phone to power your PC.
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Another, called Kyte, created an addictive tool for anyone to produce and broadcast interactive video and photo channels to and from a PC or mobile phone.
I'll cop to being a PC addict, and yes, I have been known to pick up a mobile phone.
Unlike a PC, a mobile phone is hooked up to an accounting mechanism.
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If it can live up to the hype, users will be able to plug into the Net by PC or phone anywhere in the world and be greeted by name.
Windows Phone 7 Series also brings together a user's photos by integrating with the Web and PC, making the phone the ideal place to view a person's entire picture and video collection.
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For one, in order to receive an alert on your phone, letting you know someone picked up your PC, you'd have to be within Bluetooth range, which means if you're covering a tradeshow in Taipei and someone robs your apartment in New York, you'll be none the wiser.
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He said was about to go to a football match when he received a very emotional phone call from Pc Rathband's wife telling him his brother had been shot and he needed to come home.
As you listen on your tablet, PC, phone or TV, 1 your screen comes to life with artist photos, bios, cover art and discography.
Spurred by the early success of the Apple (AAPL) iPad, almost every PC, mobile phone and consumer electronics company has decided to just into the tablet market.
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In news from the media industry, whose fortunes are also tied to the consumer and broader economy, Modern Media of China said yesterday it would hook up with licensing partner Bloomberg to offer Businessweek via mobile phone and tablet PC (see related story here).
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The Amazon services, Amazon Cloud Drive, Amazon Cloud Player for Web and Amazon Cloud Player for Android, also let customers store music in the cloud and stream it to an Android phone or tablet or Mac or PC.
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