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.
His track record, of course, has been mixed: In 2002, for instance, Gates premiered the Mira, the portable touch screen, which never launched, and SPOT, an ambitious plan to beam weather and stock quotes to wristwatches.
The Nuvi line of touch-screen portable travel assistants can play audiobooks, display photographs and calculate currency conversions.
The market in portable touch-screen devices has been dominated by news -- good and bad -- about Apple's new iPhone.
All manner of touchscreen, convertible, flippable, giant screen, small screen portable computers were on display - but nothing really stood out.
If it can't, ViewSonic may wind up with a bunch of cool-looking, sophisticated, portable flat-screen devices that no one wants to buy.
In all these instances if Google can liberate my field of view and give me a portable high resolution screen, I will buy Glass.
The portable dual-screen system lets users see 3D images without the use of special glasses, while providing them with a wide variety of gaming and entertainment options.
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Why put out a portable media player whose screen can't actually display video?
Sony shares have lost two-thirds of their value over the last five years, as the company has struggled to keep pace with new developments in portable music and flat-screen televisions.
As phones and tablets merge, manufacturers must find that sweet spot between a device that's easily portable and one with a screen big enough not to cause eyestrain after an hour or two.
With little choice as to whether to accede to fee increases the networks have been trying to broaden their rights and gain the ability to broadcast the games on any screen, including portable devices like laptop computers and tablet devices, allowing fans to watch NFL games away from their TVs via a paid application.
Tiny upstart Sling Media is now a veteran in this category, with a nearly two-year-old device that tosses video over the Web from a TV screen to a computer or portable device.
Do you prefer the small, ultra-portable 3DS, or does the increase in screen real estate make the XL more appealing?
The idea of gaming on an ultra-portable system with an 11.6-inch screen sounds great until you try it.
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That focus is a part of the mobile computing ethos espoused by CEO Thorsten Heins meant to have BB10 devices be users' personal, portable computing terminal that is simply plugged into a screen -- whether it's a desktop monitor, a car or somewhere else -- that delivers a uniform experience.
The Start screen is the main access point for your Portable Media Center.
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Touch screens have particular appeal in portable devices because virtual buttons and other controls appear on screen only when required.
Whereas tablet PCs are full-blown PCs that contain all their components inside the casing of a notebook-sized flat-screen display, smart displays are light, portable display screens that connect wirelessly to a PC, so a user can interact with the PC away from the desk for reading documents or surfing the Web.
The E101 boasts a ten-inch screen, while the E6, is the more portable sibling at six inches.
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The range's centrepiece is the stunning GTi8 which has an amazingly sharp high-resolution screen (1024 x 768), so users get a big screen experience from something that that's really portable.
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Light Blue Optics, a tiny technology company in Cambridge, England is developing a portable projector that can turn any flat surface into a touch screen and save our hands the hassle of holding anything.
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With a stunning 8-inch screen, the RCA Mobile TV Tablet is both a portable TV set and a fully functional high-definition Android touchscreen tablet with Wi-Fi, dual cameras, and GPS functionality.
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Adding to the experience are the free plastic buckets and spades for making sandcastles, portable goals for beach soccer, nets for volleyball and even giant touch-screen internet terminals on the boardwalk.
These products are intended for high performance notebooks (which often are the larger screen size 2.5-inch laptops that serve as semi-portable desktop computer).
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Meanwhile, an entire hall at CES is devoted to the latest in automotive technology, from portable navigation units to rear-mounted cameras which, with the help of a dashboard screen, allow the driver to see what's immediately behind his vehicle while backing up.
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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