Those have surged on the back of mobile and affordable Web-surfing and entertainment displays.
The built-in touchpad makes web-surfing a pleasure, while channel and volume buttons are on the edge for easy access.
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Such a gizmo sounds an awful lot like the tablet-sized, Web-surfing touch-screen gizmo some speculate Apple is working on.
Instead of ever more powerful machines, consumers will want cheaper, lightweight Linux-based laptops that function mostly as Web-surfing vehicles.
That vague limit often resulted in users seeing their Web-surfing slowed after they had only used around two gigabytes of data.
But UMPCs cost nearly twice what the Foleo will sell for, making Palm's 2.5-pound Web-surfing and phone-syncing device seem like a bargain.
It was the kind of place where I should have a clear shot to half a dozen cell phone towers, and five bars of call-making, web-surfing smartphone goodness.
Wireless still lags wire line in quality, reliability and Web-surfing.
What's more, without turning on the PC, users can connect a keyboard and mouse to the Personal Smart TV and navigate the Home Dashboard for a full web-surfing experience.
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Before, students had to make one of two choices: to practice constant vigilance and maintenance of their public profiles online or risk exposing their sharing, web-surfing habits and communication with friends to their professors, employers and parents.
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Today's consumers use the Internet in their own particular way for e-mail, web-surfing and so on, but, the bulls argue, tomorrow's will think of it more as a form of interactive television, with many people watching the same material.
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Pinched wallets are putting the so-called feature phone--which includes a camera, Bluetooth, text messaging and Web surfing capabilities--at risk, says Avi Greengart, research director of mobile devices at Current Analysis.
Others who have studied the issue say the problem may lie as much in the act of watching TV--or playing videogames or surfing the Web--as opposed to playing outside.
Smart phones will have color screens that, when held close to the eye, create the illusion of an 18- to 24-inch computer screen suitable for Web surfing and viewing high-resolution pictures.
As a 13 year-old surfing the web from his bedroom, Zach Sims, now the 22 year-old CEO of Codecademy, spotted easy money.
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There will be demand for basic, isolated entry-level models for many years to come, especially in developing countries, where AA-powered gadgets are still the norm and surfing the web means a 20-minute trek to an internet cafe, where browsing and social updates are billed by the minute.
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Dedicated devices are simpler and you'll be able to afford many of them for e-mail, Web surfing and so on.
During basic testing of real-world use (web surfing, multimedia playback, word processing, etc.), it was as zippy as we could hope.
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Web surfing on an EV-DO connection may not quite rival a home broadband experience, but it's often more than adequate for most Web tasks.
With over a million pixels in your hand, text is sharper, high-definition movies are more vivid, and the responsive touchscreen makes switching between apps, flicking through ebooks or surfing the web buttery-smooth.
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The hiccups for Windows 8, however, have spotlighted the sometimes-awkward fit when software is grafted onto both a tablet computer used for watching movies and surfing the Web, and on a 27-inch desktop computer primarily for workplace functions.
Though these handsets appeal to large numbers of consumers, carriers typically give them less support because music-listening and photo-snapping aren't as profitable as e-mailing or surfing the Web.
Its sleek wide-screen display--uncluttered by an ugly chiclet-style keyboard--is ideal for surfing the Web or watching videos.
Surfing the web on an e-reader is still kind of a last-ditch solution, something you might do should your computer, tablet and phone all explode simultaneously.
Think of it: behind every iPhone is a user tapping into the 3G network for Web surfing and, increasingly, high-bandwidth applications such as HD video streaming.
Unknown to users, the worm connects their PC to a custom IRC channel when they are logged on to a remote server while surfing the Web or reading e-mail.
Wi-Fi is much more than just Web surfing from a park bench or coffee shop.
The nettops feature an Intel Atom processor, making them ideal for performing basic functions like web surfing, downloading content and producing Internet-based documents.
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