In set-tops, text and graphics streams can degrade because they must first travel through coaxial cables designed to carry video.

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But now, every one of the major tablet makers boasts high-definition screens that ratchet up not just the quality of video and snazzy graphics but the way text appears in reading apps.

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In the set-top approach, text and graphics streams can degrade because they first must travel through coaxial cables designed to carry video.

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The latest attempt--a joint venture with Sony--produced a sleek model with a built-in camera and the ability to combine text, graphics, photos and audio clips, but Ericsson has lost market share.

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Both systems also support the HD Radio Artist Experience feature, which allows the user to view album art, station logos or other broadcast related graphics in addition to the displayed text information (when available).

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Working with a nonprofit organization that helps poor women find jobs, Medhi has designed a job-board Web site that uses maps to illustrate where the jobs are and graphics and icons in place of text for the job descriptions.

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You can set up your home page, displaying just about whatever kinds of text and pictures and graphics you'd like, in Soho or Paris.

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Told through photos, video, graphics and magazine-style text, the piece was lauded in the industry as setting a new standard for multimedia journalism.

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In the 1990s, if you wanted a website that was more than static text and graphics, you typically had buy and maintain your own servers.

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