They have an address book, a messaging system, games to play, photo and video galleries, Instagram, heck they even have Angry Birds, which seems to be the marker for a mobile platform nowadays.

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The company highlighted this point repeatedly, announcing partnerships, for instance, with Netflix and HuluPlus that let Xbox Kinect users control those video apps by waiving their hands and talking to the system to select and play movies.

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You will be able to stream Pandora and play music or video files residing on your smartphone or tablet onto the Model S system.

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An app-driven system, the VueZone allows the home owner to record and play video snippets from a phone and receive alerts as email or text messages.

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Marketing angle: "We're making the gorgeous Game Boy Micro for image-conscious folks who love video games, the ones who want the look of their system to be as cool as the games they play on it" according to George Harrison, Nintendo of America Sr.

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