RTC's new robot, named RIBA-II, overcomes these limitations with added power and functionality.

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It brings together phenomenal power and functionality, marked out by the fact it comes with two essential BBC apps and a killer EA Games title in Sims Freeplay.

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The Ascend G 330 follows hugely successful Ascend G 300 smartphone in Huawei's G-series smartphone family, designed for consumers looking for the kind of blockbusting power and functionality not delivered by entry-level smartphones.

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Unlike the batteries in traditional arms, which die quickly, a small canister of hydrogen peroxide concealed in the arm can last up to 18 hours, and provides about the same power and functionality of a human arm.

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It uses Bluetooth to harness the functionality and processing power of a smartphone to display its notifications.

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The calibre (cal FC-938) contains a new second time zone functionality and a 42-hour power reserve.

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"We're excited to present our latest Atlas 480GB mSATA solid state drive, demonstrating once again Mushkin's consistent ability to combine top performance, functionality, capacity, and low-power innovation, " said Brian Flood, Director of Product Development at Mushkin Inc.

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The functionality of tablets will improve and that tablets will need greater computing power.

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As processing power, graphics and touch-navigation continue to improve on mobile devices, many vendors are adding new functionality to their shrunken mobile solutions, rather than creating solutions designed from the ground-up for mobile devices.

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The power-saving technology described in this patent is trivial and contributes only a negligible reduction in power-consumption, so HTC has removed any allegedly corresponding functionality from all of its current German handsets as a precaution against any attempt by Nokia to extend the scope of the judgment unfairly.

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