Screen technology is what allows mobile device makers to increase the size of their phones (the development of phablets, for example) at better resolution with lower battery drain.
Jim did a great job of explaining what each of the mobile technologies really is and what the technology transition means to mobile carriers and device manufacturers not to mention potential pain points along the way.
The banks, meanwhile, haven't converted their card portfolios because they say that other technology, such as mobile-device payments, may leapfrog the need for the chip-enabled plastic.
Mr Clegg said he would be willing to accept changes to take account of new technology - such as ensuring each mobile device had its own unique IP address.
Even though Quanta makes laptops for PC heavyweights like Dell, HP, and IBM, that doesn't necessarily mean that they'll want to implement Quanta's integration technology (to say nothing of the countless mobile device manufacturers that would have to get behind this).
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The device also comes with NFC technology, enabling mobile payment support.
Meraki technology offers customers Wi-Fi, switching, security and mobile device management centrally managed from the cloud.
Some of the policies the Pentagon asked for proved impossible using iOS 4 and the Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution of Good Technology, said Rummel.
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Once the iPhone was introduced, with all the flair, style and beauty that are at the core of Apple, its success was driven not solely by technology but also by how technology was used to present a new view of what a mobile device could be.
It's not about the watch form factor, but creating a wearable mobile device that takes advantage of advances in mobile computing technology such as cheap sensors, better battery life and improved voice recognition.
Research In Motion, in the late '90s, developed some technology that would essentially just forward e-mail very, very quickly to a mobile device.
The device can also connect to the Home Sync technology that Samsung launched at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this year.
DeviceFidelity and Visa collaborated to combine Visa's contactless payment technology, Visa payWave, and In2Pay technology to transform a mobile phone with a microSD memory slot into a mobile contactless payment device.
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Technology even allows some of those clues to go straight to your cell phone or other mobile device.
Google's Android mobile-device software, which powers hundreds of different devices, supports this technology.
The ViewPad E70 brings advanced technology to consumers with rich features and premium value, for an extremely portable and affordable mobile entertainment device.
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With the GALAXY Camera (Wi-Fi), users can use the dual-band Wi-Fi technology embedded in the device to share photos with family and friends through email, social networks or mobile communication services like Samsung ChatON right from the device, as well as enjoy the luxury of backing-up pictures instantly to cloud services when connected.
The company's flagship device, VIVOplay, is the smallest commercially available mobile communications and location device designed to help families keep in touch in situations where existing location and communications technology fail.
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