Some of its new grown-up features will make it a whole lot more attractive to business users.
Wu makes his case by bringing up features that are blocked by many carriers which come native with many handsets before being disabled by carriers.
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In the fall it will release new and spruced-up features on the Microsoft Network, the number two online service (with 8 million paying subscriptions to AOL's 34 million).
Aside from simply feeling more solid that the cheaper model, the SX500 also offers up features like Zoom Framing Assist, which can be accessed via a devoted button on the front of the camera, letting you zoom out to help find your shooting subject -- a function it performs quite quickly.
Bringing superb picture quality to the forefront of the home, VIZIO's new, sleek E-Series HDTV holiday line-up features large screen size classes of 70", 60" (E601i), 50" (E500i), and 42" (E420i) LED Smart TVs, perfect for a living room or master bedroom upgrade, and smaller screen size classes of 39" (E390), 32" (E320), 29" (E291) and 24" (E241) LED units, ideal for the kitchen, den or office.
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And when I brought up certain features I knew were available in this competing product I was met with stares.
When trading up from features phones to smartphones Americans have a slight preference for Windows over the iOS or Android.
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While GoogleDocs has done a wonderful job opening up collaboration features to consumer and SMB audiences, it still has not seen significant adoption for big business processes.
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The 2.75 million-euro event is the final Masters tournament of the year and boasts a line-up that features every top 15 player except the injured Andy Roddick.
This latest version of the BlackBerry 10 OS is souped up with features even the Z10 doesn't yet have, like new notification options for contacts and fine cursor control and navigation.
Mr. Brichter, whose design aesthetic is inspired by information theorists like Edward Tufte, a proponent of minimizing extraneous information in graphic designs, says he thinks up new features for apps based on how people move objects in the real world.
As to privacy concerns -- namely that the scanners could pick up private features of a person's body -- ter Horst said the scan results would first go through a computer, which would then flag any suspicious items to a human.
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MediaPortal settings can be configured more easily in 1.3 and the "My Videos" section has picked up some new features.
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Apple continues to unveil new versions of its iPhone and iPad, and come up with new features for its MacBooks.
Added up, the features make Highlight more of a social network.
It is difficult to continue to come up with new features and functions, especially when trying to outdo what you have done before.
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Half of all programming will be news bulletins, and the other half will be made up of news features and analysis, debates and documentaries.
Scientists who study phobias and dislikes have come up with several features of spiders that may be more relevant than their bites, including their unpredictable, darting movements.
With the Galaxy S4, Samsung has built up so many features that consumers will be spending far more time in apps designed by Samsung than with Google (not counting the core OS).
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.
It utilizes a phone's digital compass, and read out the direction the user is facing, something that is apparently very important when navigating through public transport, while the audio component opens up Google Map features in a non-visual way.
The Seagate Desktop SSHD features up to 2TB of massive capacity and 8GB of NAND Flash making it ideal for accelerating the most commonly used PC applications and delivering extreme desktop performance with all the storage capacity needed for any computing scenario.
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Two versions are offered: the BarkLimiter, which features a long-lasting (up to 10 months) user-replaceable battery, and the BarkLimiter Deluxe, which features a rechargeable battery that lasts up to three months.
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As the capabilities and features go up and up and up, the applications will keep growing.
"Unless Nintendo comes up with really unique features, the PlayStation will just swell the market, " said Mediaworks' director Kozo Takahashi.
Some (Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga) clock in at 14mm and others with more features range up to 20mm (HP Envy 14 Spectre).
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But this year companies like Sony, LG, Panasonic and Pioneer will try to one-up each other with features, rather than inches.
Ms. ADAMS: We did "Lift Him Up, " which features Pastor Donnie McClurkin and Mary Mary, and that was way too much fun.
Glacial hardware design progress aside, if Samsung manages to get these new features polished up and working flawlessly, the company might well have another bestseller.
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