My instinct is to be skeptical about a messaging system that requires me to give much thought to what sort of device the person on the other end is using.

我的直觉是，对于一个发个短信还得算计收信人使用的是什么设备的信息系统我是持怀疑态度的。

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In one of my earlier posts about the device Steve Jobs calls "magical," I had pointed out that the iPad would enable anywhere computing.

在我先前的一篇描述这个被Steve Jobs称为“神奇的”设备的博文里，我指出iPad会让随时随地使用电脑成为可能。

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My so-called poems are merely a device for introducing each character and focusing attention on him or her before beginning a longer story about them.

我那些所谓的诗歌仅仅是一种“工具”，能在一个长长的故事开始之前介绍一下人物，并且让大家把注意力集中到他(她)身上。

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We need to support the invention of empowering innovations, particularly within bioscience and our medical devices sectors, which I wrote about in my column with Kelvyn Cullimore and the Medical Device Manufacturing Association (MDMA) last week.

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And then of course, there is the fact that if you buy a book in the real world, it's going to sit around making you feel guilty all the time, but now I can buy as many books as I want, and they go on my device, and I never have to think about them again.

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For a reviewer like me, however, it's actually about twice as long as I typically spend with any given device as my daily driver.

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