As a point scoring device in the sound-bite driven immediacy of a TV studio debate, it's quite useful.
With a feature called Nokia City Lens, users can point the device in any direction to receive real-time information for restaurants, bus stops, and other businesses.
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The limited camera (a rather basic 5 megapixel autofocus unit with an LED flash) and a paltry 4GB of onboard storage (mitigated by the 8S supporting a MicroSD for memory expansion) point to a device that has been built to carrier specifications and a specific price point.
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More and more merchants are using smartphones and tablets as their point of sale device.
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One sticking point was the device's surrounding bezel, which is prominent in one of Apple's design patents.
Payments company Square has launched Square Stand, which turns an iPad into a point of sale device.
At that point, the device can be used to skip and select, but also throws up autobiographical information, discographies and further recommended listening on the device screen.
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Well, the model number is a possible clue -- ASUS' Eee Slate B121 has a 12.1-inch panel, so P1801-T may point to this device having 18 inches of screen.
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The captured data is then encoded with GPS info and immediately sent to a call center or trusted friend, or stored for future transmission if a signal is not readily available (since you need to reenter a coverage area at some point for this device to be effective, we can safely rule out T-Mobile as a potential carrier).
Boston Scientific's next model will be the meeting point of the medical device and drug businesses.
After all, what's the point of a mobile device if people don't feel safe using it while they're mobile?
As exciting as the iPhone 5 is, there are definitely enough changes here that the ecosystem -- the main selling point of an iOS device -- will suffer some growing pains.
In response, he is boosting his FY 2013 unit forecast for the iPad to 94.2 million from 90.8 million, though with a lower ASP to reflect the likely lower price point for a smaller device.
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So, yes, every device represents a point in time and will be eclipsed by devices in the future.
Epocrates which provides clinical information to doctors on a mobile device at the point of care, has one of the most formidable networks of doctors.
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At the flagship Nordstrom store in downtown Seattle, most sales associates in these departments can be found armed with a mobile point-of-sale device and using them to checkout customers paying with plastic.
There is no device that exemplifies this point of view better than the iPhone. 3, 4, 5, whatever.
Clarity on this will not be had until we know the retail price point and the specifications for the device.
They would rather rely on a general-purpose and, from a copyright holder's point of view, highly untrustworthy device: the personal computer.
While sales were decent for the device, the price point, hardcore focus and lack of killer app games have failed to replicate the mainstream success of Nintendo DSi.
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However, it may be impossible for Microsoft to sell the device at any low price point without taking a loss.
The unconfirmed device looks fancy, but Apple has yet to explain how it can sell the iPad Mini when it already offers a device at every possible price point.
In 2003 Dr. Suellen Miller, a reproductive health expert at the University of California, San Francisco, read an article about the device, which by that point was being used for PPH in additional to trauma.
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Configurable triggers such as removal or tampering of the drive, removal of device from a resting GPS point, cellular telephone call, or even a change in temperature will release a "chemical mist" into the drive (not the computer) destroying it layer by layer.
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It's hard to say just how realistic that dream is at this point, of course -- the device is set to go up for order in the fall, and Pettis is the first to admit that the company still has a long way to go before the Digitizer is consumer-ready.
To call this a risky procedure would be an understatement, however -- venturing past a certain point raises the real possibility of bricking the device, and HTC's bootloader tool already puts limits on post-unlock support even when it's blessed by carriers.
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The companies used an unspecified infrared-equipped Palm device and a Toshiba Libretto, which beamed requests for check authorizations to a point-of-sale terminal, in this case a VeriFone Tranz 330 that was retrofitted with an infrared device from ACTiSYS and a custom cable from CrossCheck.
Such are the questions left to the experts at Caltech, which have just concocted a new device that can focus light to a point just a few nanometers wide.
As soon as you have more than one device in your life, they must necessarily point to you.
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At this point, Apple has the upper hand in both the device and applications arena, but Google is not done yet, nor is it done pushing network operators into submission.
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