Sentences with phrase «built reading device»

The device team has the job of making the most remarkable purpose - built reading device in the world.

I think that for serious readers, there will always be a place for a purpose - built reading device, because I think you'll be able to build a device which is lighter, which matters a lot to people, has better readability if what you're doing is reading is text.

SEATTLE --(BUSINESS WIRE) —Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today introduced Amazon Kindle DX, the new purpose - built reading device that offers Kindle's revolutionary wireless delivery and massive selection of content with a large 9.7 - inch electronic paper display, built - in PDF reader, auto - rotate capability, and storage for up to 3,500 books.

Briefly, Kindle is a purpose - built reading device with wireless access to more than 110,000 books, blogs, magazines, and newspapers.

«We're excited to introduce the best ever NOOK eReader to readers across the country, particularly those who have requested a great purpose - built reading device that is both durable and portable,» said Fred Argir, Chief Digital Officer at Barnes & Noble.

«The device team has the job of making the most remarkable purpose - built reading device in the world,» Mr. Bezos said.

Kindle with Global Wireless, Amazon's 6 - inch purpose - built reading device, was released in October 2009 and has already shipped to over 130 countries.

«Bezos insisted there is a market for «a purpose - built reading device,» as he calls it.

I like building a purpose - built reading device.

The price wars will be left to Amazon and B&N, and smaller eReader companies (Onyx might eventually be a good example of this) will start building higher quality devices meant for specific markets, and for people who still want a purpose - built reading device.

And then for the Kindle device, we want that to be the world's best purpose - built reading device.

«We're well - situated to be experts in purpose - built reading devices.»

He told me what the biggest surprise has been in the seven years since early design work began for the Kindle, and he explained why he thinks there will always be a role for purpose - built reading devices.

And so while I think the tablet, LCD devices like Kindle Fire will continue to get better and better and better, I think that purpose - built reading devices, like our electronic ink Kindle will also continue to get better and better and better.

Not exact matches

We want to make sure we're building a product that works no matter what device you're reading on.»

After reading a fundraising flyer about the blind, Banerjee felt inspired to turn a high - tech version of Legos, the toy building blocks, into a device that could print in Braille.

Researchers also had to build in a system to pull energy from incoming radio frequency waves to power the device enough to collect and transmit one glucose reading per second.

But if you think building a mind - reading device is tough, try marketing one.

The small puck - sized device can tell jokes, read books aloud, and comes with built - in parental controls.

In 2004, he set up a lab in Silicon Valley that would build Amazon's first piece of consumer hardware: a device for reading digital books.

And Amazon's built in this Whispersync system where you can read a book, you can start a book on a Kindle, and then move to an iPad and then move to your iPhone and then back to the Kindle, and every time you open one of those devices up, it remembers where you were, so it's a pretty good system that they've built.

A few decades later other physicists figured out how to build such a device for use as a powerful weapon or to read bar codes at grocery stores.

The main challenge in building such a device is to be able to read the data and manipulate it without disturbing the delicate quantum states of the atoms.

«The main hurdles are really to do with integration: how to build lots and lots of these racetracks and integrate them with read / write devices.»

The device reads vehicle data via an OBD - II interface that is already built in to every vehicle.

Computer scientist Yi - Kai Liu has devised a way to make a security device that has proved notoriously difficult to build — a «one - shot» memory unit, whose contents can be read only a single time.

Sydney team develops microcircuit based on Nobel Prize research Invention of the microwave circulator is part of a revolution in device engineering needed to build a large - scale quantum comp... Read more

When they're vanity projects built on such hoary devices as talking to off - stage characters or writing letters and reading them aloud, they can make theater feel like a dried - up old fossil.

Students who are re-emerging readers don't have the consistent habit or interest to read, and that has to be built, so being loaned a reading device means that an entire library is in their backpack at all times.

We've used this tool in the classroom as a fluency - building device, having students read the same passage multiple times, increasing their speed when they feel comfortable.

Students learn through the following tasks: - Gauging and collaborating previous knowledge through an interactive starter task; - Identifying the descriptive devices in sentences written about 19th Century characters; - Building close reading skills through a study of a fiction extract from Frankenstein - Answering exam - style questions interpreting and inferring the key meanings in the text; - Using models and templates to write extended analysis responses about the descriptive language used in the fiction extract; - Peer assessing their partners» learning attempts.

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For over two years, Amazon has been building and introducing a wide selection of free «Buy Once, Read Everywhere» Kindle apps for iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Android - based devices that let customers read and sync their reading library, bookmarks, notes, and highlights with the device or platform of their choRead Everywhere» Kindle apps for iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Android - based devices that let customers read and sync their reading library, bookmarks, notes, and highlights with the device or platform of their choread and sync their reading library, bookmarks, notes, and highlights with the device or platform of their choice.

In the days of digital technology, e-books, tablet reading devices and Kindle Direct Publishing (to name one distribution platform), paperback for indie authors was the one «as yet unconquered» land for self - published authors everywhere until about four years ago, when Amazon - owned print - on - demand company CreateSpace built traction and changed the playing field for indies everywhere.

The PRS - 700 is sleeker than the Kindle; faster processor speeds up the device; new touch - screen interface offers better ergonomics and is easier to use; with the addition of an optional memory card (SD or Memory Stick Pro), it's capable of storing thousands of electronic books; font size is adjustable; decent battery life; displays Word and PDF files (and zooms them), shows most image files, and plays MP3 and AAC audio; built - in LED lighting isn't great but allows you to read in the dark.

The document reads «partners who build and distribute devices to our specification» and gives Motorola as an example since they have complied with Google specs on previous devices.

It's something to watch while the jury is out on whether the killer ebook reader will be a purpose built device dedicated to reading, or a multi-purpose device that lets you read books, listen to music, surf the net, make phone calls, write your great novel and make your coffee.

Amazon and Barnes & Noble have always been good at building portable reading devices.

This capability may be built into the reading device but may need to be enabled specifically for each product as it can be disabled on some platforms by DRMs.

One of the most compelling aspects of this device is that it has Alexa built right into the remote, which will allow you to search for movies, music and the actors... [Read more...]

Critics might ask why the web browser is still described as «experimental» or why they're not interested in accommodating or developing multimedia e-books, but I think Bezos is right to focus on building the best reading device he can instead of trying to compete with devices like the iPad.

On a software level, Kobo is the only e-reader brand that has a read it later system built into their device, which allows you to send blog articles or longform journalism right to your device.

It's just another example of how we design and build new devices with a view to making our customers» reading lives easier and better.»

Not possible to share ebooks between devices, didn't want to use Amazon, so we had to build our own reading apps.

This display is also your main input device for the Alex — you can use it to navigate through your books from the main Library screen, navigate through the table of contents, add bookmarks and annotations, record your own voice notes, and even use Android's standard music player with the Alex's two built - in speakers to put on some reading music.

Absolutely Reserved the Original Layouts, No Debasement of Quality * As we all know that the crucial rules of typography control the experience that users have when reading articles on the different devices, It was essential that this program very focus the «Layout Quality» after conversion, so, after many regular updates, this program has been done an excellent job of building the layout structure, it can absolutely preserve all layouts, hyperlinks, graphics, fonts, size and more.

Whether they build an industry storefront or pursue other strategies, the overriding idea is to make the most of new reading devices — without letting the devices and their makers gain all the control.

Access to the Internet via built - in Wi - Fi opens up limitless opportunities not only for reading, but also for social networking using ReadRate service, pre-installed Dropbox and Send to PocketBook services allow to transfer content to the device without connecting to a PC.

However, those of you who are heavy Kindle users will be very pleased to know that Amazon is working on new typography for the device with a custom - built font that's great for reading.

It might seem more intuitive for a book app to launch on tablets before smartphones, but Van Lancker and his cofounders Eric Stromberg and Andrew Brown decided to focus on building their app for the phone first because they wanted to offer the reading experience wherever a mobile device can go.