Much of the S4 unveiling, in fact, focused on the software features that launched with the device.
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What hit me more than the software features though, which have been criticized for their complexity, are two things.
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While technology implementations can also be pragmatic, it is relatively easier to plan the type of hardware, the software features and the capabilities that you need.
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It has the better software features, the stellar screen, and the unstoppable ecosystem.
The new software features a self-service portal that lets any user create an account, set up the amount of storage they need, and then start uploading files via the cloud with just a few clicks.
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The Sound Blaster Z incorporates all the hardware and software features of the Sound Blaster Zx except for the ACM.
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The Sound Blaster Zx incorporates all the hardware and software features of the Sound Blaster ZxR except for the DBpro daughter board.
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For increased data protection of backed-up files, the software also features an AES 256-bit government-grade encryption.
Also mentioned are the new software features, which include long-awaited additions like cross-game chat, and PSN Sony Entertainment Network accounts can now connect to Facebook.
While hardware manufacturers like Sony and Vizio have been hard at work making new Google TV devices, the folks in Mountain View have been in the lab cooking up new software features for the platform.
The ZPen also has no mouse mode and the software lacks a few features of the IOGEAR product, most important among these are searching for text in a note (promised as a free download coming soon), and another being the ability to quickly copy pieces of a note to the Clipboard.
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Then, when a someone using the software wants support or features for connecting the product to the world of commercial IT, a license is required.
But, said the spokesperson, added features to the software meant that users could start the download, and "forget about it".
Iwata also demonstrated several of the DS's new software titles featuring the innovative features of the DS: voice recognition, touch-screen control and, of course, WiFi.
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You'll also notice some strong similarities in the UI, though the iOS version has a few features the Android software doesn't have yet, such as the ability to share things on Twitter and Facebook.
Yet ESRI itself, until now focused mainly on high-end corporate and government clients, is responding to the Google excitement by making its latest software features available online to the mapping masses.
But he devoted the majority of his talk highlighting a few dozen software features developed for the phone.
In an interview at the company's headquarters here, Mr. Cook unveiled a new version of the company's Mac operating system that incorporates several features from the software that powers Apple's hit mobile devices.
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Creative Suite 5.5 had a hugely successful launch, and in the last quarter Adobe has added additional features and software to the Creative Suite.
There's also a new version of the FlipShare software, which features an automatic Magic Movie mode that'll trim and edit before shooting your video to Facebook, YouTube and MySpace.
This new reader will be lighter than the previous Cybook Odyssey (180g vs. 195g) and will offer new software features such as the PDF reflow, ability to reverse the page buttons function.
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Reading mode and Smart Remote are clearly the Note 8.0's two biggest software features, but to make the tab just a bit more alluring, Samsung's pre-loading two other applications suited to the Note 8.0's form and function.
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Pratap says the company will continue to add features and functionality to the software.
The other features could require software modifications if the court finds Samsung infringed them.
Will its onslaught of new software features send the phone to the top of the pack?
Most of Oracle's 15, 000 developers now work on new software, borrowing the best features the company acquired.
Feature Driven Development, another popular approach, contrasts with Scrum by defining the main features that a software product must have, prioritising them and then working doggedly through the list.
She closed out a launch where executives showed off a number of software features for the new BlackBerry 10 platform that had already been teased to the press over the last few months.
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Apple says the new software has 150 new features, among them an instant-messaging client called iChat that's compatible with America Online 's (nyse: AOL - news - people ) AOL Instant Messenger.
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