It features improved performance throughout the system, including faster orientation changes, faster responses when switching between recent apps, and smoother and more consistent rendering across the system through v-sync and triple buffering.

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On the iPhone, the system only reveals its rendering of your dictation after you've tapped on a "Done" button.

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The V-chip, imposed on TV makers in 1996 to let parents block raunchy shows, is a flop in the marketplace (parental groups claim the rating system is inaccurate, rendering the chip moot).

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The system, which combines light, colour and rendering in one, was used in the likes of Shrek and Madagascar.

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