Palm -- The company was a pioneer in the world of portable digital gadgets but has floundered in recent years.
The Sansa Connect has done more than any major portable digital music player to date to showcase the advantages of subscription services.
Last week's column examined some of the new capabilities of the Sansa Connect, a portable digital audio player designed for an always-connected world.
It takes some obvious design cues from a certain very popular portable digital music player and sports two relatively large speakers flanking a multi-line LCD.
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Ms. Hummel is afraid that the Windows technology is a flash in the pan given her recollection of Microsoft's feeble attempt to take on Apple's iPod with its Zune portable digital-music player.
Its small but loyal following has unlimited access to Emusic's collection of jazz, punk and industrial tracks, which can be streamed, burned and downloaded to both PCs and portable digital music devices.
" Furthermore, the plaintiff claims that Apple willfully disabled embedded support for rival formats, and stated that it was "in possession of monopoly power in the portable digital media player market, the online music market and the online video market.
However, should customers embrace the playback capabilities that marginal component costs will soon make a standard feature of their handsets, Apple will need to take a more active role if it wants to preserve the portable digital music experience it has executed so well.
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Colleges are one potential market for the new keys, which essentially translate the identity information stored on traditional badges into portable, digital form.
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And as with the flexible circuitry, this technology has commercial applications on its own, in devices such as portable computers or digital cameras.
Combining this incredible zoom and high-image quality will allow photographers of all levels to capture great photos or 1080p Full HD video up close and at a distance, all in one portable, powerful digital camera.
Well, the Canon 5D Mark II, a 27-inch Dell display, a 1TB Western Digital portable hard drive and a handsome discount on Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 all visit the list.
Secure, prerecorded digital music for portable MP3 music players is only one obvious application.
To the public, NAND-type flash memory is most familiar in the form of memory cards or sticks used in digital cameras or portable music players.
But as more portable devices--like digital cameras and camcorders--come with FireWire capacity, the Windows machine cartel may consider small concessions too keep the high-end digerati happy.
Imagine a beautiful portable screen that can display digital pictures from its iPhoto application in a small package, like a photo album that everyone in a room can pass around.
The storage disk will also be used in future generations of digital audio devices for portable MP3 players.
Users can easily watch videos, share and view photos, and listen to music right on the big screen, no matter if the files are stored on a digital camera, a portable drive, a networked PC or elsewhere.
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Headquartered in South Korea, iriver is widely known for its digital audio players and other portable media devices.
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The second electronic device may be a portable electronic device, such as a digital media player, that includes a voice user interface.
Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. designs and manufactures semiconductors for the digital multimedia market, from portable devices such as smart phones to high-end graphics cards and large, high-definition displays.
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Investors would shy away from "green" solution to instead focus on so-called "smart" products and technologies, such as digital assistants - ranging from portable screens to vehicles or robots - that help individuals in their everyday lives.
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The pico-presenter can be connected to, and project content from laptops, smartphones, digital cameras, games consoles and portable media players.
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Demand is also being driven by the proliferation of portable consumer electronic devices such as music players, digital cameras, video recorders, and handheld gaming consoles.
"PlayStation 2 defined digital entertainment.... PlayStation Portable, the next revolution!"
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With a built-in fold-away antenna, touch sensitive TV controls, superior battery life of up to 3.5 hours, it doubles as a LED digital picture frame and provides the ultimate portable TV experience to enjoy TV on the go.
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And in October it licensed its name to be used on consumer digital cameras, pocket video cameras, and portable projectors.
Huaqi claims that Aigo is China's biggest-selling make of MP3 player, as well as the leader in mobile storage (memory sticks and portable hard drives) and number four or five in digital cameras.
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Eastman Kodak Company and JK Imaging, Ltd. today announced that they have entered into a multi-year agreement for JK Imaging to license the Kodak brand name for certain consumer products, including digital cameras, pocket video cameras, and portable projectors.
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