My portable phone does that when I push a button in the base unit.
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Much as the iPod touch is billed primarily as a digital media player, the Movit mini is being billed primarily as a portable Skype phone, perhaps to avoid direct confrontation with Apple's iPod dominance.
"I called and told him, 'Joel, I'm calling you from a cellular phone, a real cellular phone, a handheld, portable, real cellular phone', " Cooper recalled.
He has carried a portable satellite video phone and a laptop to regularly blog to schoolchildren and push his green message.
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Connectivity to the outside world: There is only WiFi and Bluetooth with no LTE, 3G, or 4G access to any network unless you link through your phone or portable hotspot, which means running down two batteries at the same time and jeopardizing your ability to make and receive phone calls.
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Many people have said that iPod and iPhone were game changers by changing the portable music and mobile phone category forever.
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If you're savvy enough to want to use the Facebook Mobile app, we're guessing you're savvy enough to get it up and running on your phone or portable -- so buying an additional device for responding to friend requests seems a little silly.
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And how handy to have a portable way to look up phone numbers on the go, right?
We predict the future by dreaming big, but sometimes the small innovations and the transformation of something like a phone into a portable computer are what really change the world.
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Restrict your communications to when you have docked in port and utilize a local SIM card in your phone or in a portable hotspot terminal.
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Integrated touch sensor and solar panel configurations that may be used on portable devices, particularly handheld portable devices such as a media player or phone are disclosed.
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All three combine to represent the logical future of personal computing: surfing, shopping and downloading the Net from your car, cell phone and TV set, and from portable Internet appliances.
The company has spent several years developing a "portable people meter"--a cell-phone-sized device that panelists could carry with them and automatically record not only radio signals but television sound and even such other acoustic sources as music piped in at a grocery store.
Take care if you happen to travel through downtown San Francisco this week: The sidewalks are full of people walking with their heads down, eyes locked on their smart phone, Nintendo DS or Sony PlayStation Portable, deeply engrossed in a video game and not necessarily watching where they are going.
The sleek, durable design incorporates a certified portable secure element embedded into the microNFC card enabling the phone for payments.
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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.
Also, as a help to making plans and reservations while on the road, I took along a Tep portable wireless hotspot, having fallen victim to massive cell phone roaming charges in the past.
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Most people are already walking around with a portable personal billboard that also texts and if they are really retro, can be used for phone calls.
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Ultra-portable yet powerful and packed with features the new vjay for edition takes full advantage of the phone's widescreen aspect ratio (16:9) and replicates the wow factor of the existing iPad version on a palm-sized scale thanks to a dynamic user interface that automatically adapts to portrait and landscape orientation.
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This is the next marketplace target for portable consoles as kids cling to their Game Boys like pacifiers and casual gamers are satisfied with the cell phone gaming experience.
RIM's strategy is obviously riding on highly portable Adobe AIR apps and Flash support in the browser (much like Microsoft's Silverlight app strategy for Windows Phone 7), and we look forward to seeing just how well that playbook plays out in the PlayBook.
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