But, a couple of weeks with the gorgeous, if questionably useful device, has started to produce some truly exciting results.
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Even with such a small number of electrodes that allowed for a small patch of vision, patients unexpectedly said they found the device useful by moving their heads back and forth and scanning the environment, said Dr. Greenberg.
While LG appears to have addressed the technological challenges inherent in 3D phones, and has taken steps to provide Thrill owners with enough 3D content to make the device useful and entertaining, it still needs to contend with the third most-often cited objection to 3D phones: cost.
He told Le Figaro newspaper in 2000 that the device was useful for loosening tongues and securing information which could save lives.
But carrier Sprint Nextel says the handset is equally useful as a business device and that companies and small businesses have been snapping up units.
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The original device was useful enough: It shipped with a built-in Apple apps for checking the Internet, weather, e-mail, texts, stocks, calendars and the time.
He hoped the device would be useful as evidence because it was discovered and did not engage.
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Professor Rees said the study showed that the device could be useful.
Maps are a highly useful feature on a mobile device, but Apple is going to fix the issues with its software, and in any case there are plenty of other apps and websites to turn to for directions for those who want another source.
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However, with Bluetooth, setting up this device to be somewhat useful just got a lot easier.
This new device could be a useful tool, providing a convenient way for children to stay in touch with their family.
Despite the fact that you'll almost exclusively be using apps purchased in the Windows Store, we'd add that the traditional Windows desktop on a tablet-type device can be enormously useful.
Take a look at the Spark Device project on Kickstarter (link at top of post) and imagine how useful it would be to control your lights with a simple device and app.
In addition to other possible uses, Patwari wants to conduct research with doctors to test his method as an infant-breathing monitor, and, if it proves useful, develop it as a medical device that would need federal approval.
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Others suggest that rather than a control device, the material might be useful to get a handle on population numbers.
This convenient mounting system allows for easy positioning of the device either on the windshield or the dash and the device orients the display with a useful flip-screen feature.
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You can also see a list of supported languages and check which processors are supported (this is especially useful if you have an ARM-based device running Windows RT and aren't sure it will run the same apps as an x86-based Windows 8 machine).
"Touch is intuitive and efficient if you're holding a device in your hands, but unless you're actually holding the device, it isn't that useful, " he said.
According to Ed Waugh, who designed the electronics for the water sampling device, the trials are "a useful way of getting a feel for the task".
This is most useful for those people who have more than one Razer device, obviously.
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So yeah, basically it's a dumb device piggybacking all your Treo's most useful feature -- its connectivity.
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Within the framework of Creative Cloud, a simple device like the Mighty pen becomes very powerful and useful.
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It was an okay device, when push came to shove, with useful features like a full-size USB port, 1080p output and pen support -- a rarity on Android tablets.
Any device which did indeed behave like this would undoubtedly be useful.
Finally, 4.1 (4.1.1, according to the device) of Android has come a long way in the useful little touches department.
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Most people consider the Kindle Fire HD a consumer device and it largely is, but I believe it makes a sweet, useful tablet for startups and small businesses.
It is useful to set out the key steps in the argument as it applies to new drug and device development.
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He was talking about the screen size necessary to display useful apps but he may have also had in mind the juicy margins Apple was getting on the bigger device.
"The cloak we demonstrated in 2006 as a kind of microwave device would be very poor, but this one gets us to something that could be potentially useful, " Prof Smith said.
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