Nintendo 3DS also enjoys some of the strongest third-party support of any system launch.
The real kicker was the amount of third-party support for the new handheld.
SAP's TomorrowNow offers third-party support for businesses that use PeopleSoft software.
The trend is driven by the fact that many SMBs and enterprises do not have core competencies in security and may be able to achieve more cost-effective and robust security through third-party support.
The Wii was plagued by a lack of third-party support and a problem with consoles gathering dust after their owners got tired of Wii Sports, but I think Nintendo is going to have an easier time with that this time around.
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As with any new mobile feature, third-party developer support will be crucial to success.
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After all, what earthly reason would the social network have for continuing third-party developer support of the product?
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Lastly, third-party RAW conversion support could be much improved.
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Indeed, Twitter will bear many of the support costs associated with any third-party paid Tweets, as Twitter receives support emails related to anything a user sees in a tweet stream.
Apple programs bundled with OS X, such as Mail, Calendar, FaceTime and the App Store, use Notifications right now, but the feature -- like several other Mountain Lion additions -- will really come into its own as third-party programs start to support it.
Support from third-party hardware manufacturers is already lined up, from the likes of Xi3, Alienware, Digital Storm, and more.
Google's service remains a much richer platform, with additional useful features, mobile apps and support from third-party apps and services.
Despite some solid games, the system never got much support from third-party developers and failed to attract enough gamers to legitimately challenge the still dominant Nintendo.
An open API allows third-party developers to design custom apps for Popslate -- including accelerometer support to interact with the backside screen by tapping on it.
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And in the computer industry, where success depends partly on support from third-party software developers and compatibility with other machines, low profits and low market share are as final as a pair of death knells.
That landmark device launched without support for third-party apps, as you might recall, and Steve Jobs famously told developers they could start creating applications months before the phone officially went on sale, because they were simply mobile websites.
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For example, because the device is also now jailbroken, if a third-party app crashes your iPhone, Apple will not likely support the device.
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Finally, Samsung has released version 2.2 of its S Pen SDK, which gives third-party developers the ability to beef up their apps with support for hovering, new brushes, special effects and context awareness.
Face.com has been providing its service to a number of third-party developers and the company said in its blog post that it will continue to support those developers after the acquisition.
Of course, RIM could just add IMAP support directly to its phones so that this whiz-bang tech would work with any third-party email service and wouldn't have to go through BIS in the process, but that would be crazy talk, right?
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