Sentences with phrase «by competing devices»

Price was arguably the most significant factor driving Kindle Fire sales, however the budget tablet has since been overshadowed by competing devices with superior specs for the same price.

Not exact matches

She's competing against WattUp from Silicon Valley's Energous Corp., which beams a 5.8 GHz radio frequency that wireless devices convert into DC power, and may debut in early 2016 in devices developed by SK Telesys (a Korean rival of Samsung) and manufactured by Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn.

While several competing smartphones have introduced new hardware to complement the AI, like how several smartphones now use dual - camera setups to support Portrait Mode features, Google's devices have the same function, but are powered strictly by software.

Instead of competing by building new features or devices, they are fighting through litigation.»

In other words, OEMs should be free to build all kinds of devices — devices with keyboards, without keyboards, with front - facing cameras, two inches, three inches, four inches — that operators should be able to compete on the strength and coverage of their network — 2G, 3G, 4G, LTE, CDMA — and that in the end, with innovation coming at every layer, it would be the consumer who would be able to benefit by getting the best device on the best network for them.

I'm so sick of people telling those of us who are disgruntled fans to relax and give this club time to correct itself... for anyone who believes that taking a wait - and - see approach is appropriate at this juncture they should take a good long look at themselves in the mirror because they are a big part of the problem... no other «big» club's fans would stand for this shit for nearly as long as we have... think about it, we've witnessed a changing of the guard at every major club in England, Spain, France and Germany in the last several years because those «big» clubs failed to live up to expectations (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern, PSG, Chelsea, ManU, ManCity etc...)... for some reason, many fans have become as fragile as our current manager, believing that there couldn't possibly be a suitable replacement, even though everyone of these clubs have found multiple replacements and still achieved far more than our club... this mindset has been created by an organization that has been milking it's fans, telling countless lies (no world class players available) and lowering expectations every since they rolled out the biggest lie of all: that we couldn't spend because of the new stadium but once it was paid off we could compete with any team in the world... this organization is rotting from the inside out and if we don't demand that those in charge put soccer first this despicable behaviour won't end with Wenger's ridiculous 2 year contract... I think the real fear isn't that a suitable replacement doesn't exist, but that this organization is so money hungry and poorly mismanaged that we will sink even lower by choosing our next coach the same way they choose our players, on the cheap... even so, we need to see what mustache will do if left to his own devices so he will have to show his true colours... only then can we purge this club and start anew

While there are certainly some exciting Android tablets currently on the market, these devices are only starting to compete with Apple's iPad 2 entry price of $ 499 (and they'll need to not only compete, but beat that price by a lot to get significant tablet traction).

The bookseller revealed in its second quarter earnings report Tuesday that revenue from its Nook devices and digital content declined by 32 % from the same period a year earlier, due to lower demand and repeated price cuts to compete with others like Amazon.

We really thought the fact that the screen is so much smaller meant it couldn't compete with the iPad Air for watching video, but we were surprised by just how well it works as a device to consume media.

Just as ebook distributors competed for readers by offering the best in content, pricing, devices, and compatibility, digital magazine providers are also upping the ante when it comes to vying for consumer loyalty.

We are threatened by the market establishing a new cultural precedence in which books become bound to our devices, unable to be shared, and unable to be moved over to a new device or competing system.

Rainie tells me that the e-reading trend may become more democratized as cheaper devices continue to enter the market, an area led by Amazon and its Kindle Fire range but also complemented by other OEMs developing both Android and Windows 8 devices to compete against the premium - priced iPad from Apple.

Digital rights management (DRM) is a class of controversial technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders, and individuals with the intent to control the use of digital content and devices after sale; there are, however, many competing definitions.

«As the market - leading semiconductor vendor for eReaders and other smart mobile devices, Freescale is closely attuned to the needs of our OEM partners, who must bring to market not only a compelling device but also the right applications, backed by content that suits the tastes and preferences of their customers,» said Ken Obuszewski product marketing director for Freescale's Multimedia Applications Division «Integrating Kobo's exceptional eReading experience will help our OEM customers more easily compete and succeed in today's competitive market.»

Amazon did the smart play by not quickly rushing out a device to compete and instead built up a massive ecosystem that a tablet can tap into.

Having something a little larger makes sense and would allow them to compete with the bigger devices being offered by the likes of Samsung, LG, HTC, and Sony (but if there are more than 2 size options available, I'll be losing more than a few betting pools I'm participating in).

The US newspaper says «a person with direct knowledge of the project» revealed that the Taiwanese manufacturer wants to release a super-cheap device to compete with Apple and Google, with their iPad mini and Nexus 7 tablets - the latter of which is made by Acer rival Asus.

Many speculate that after Sony Ericsson was acquired fully by Sony, that the Xperia PLAY line was intentionally abandoned, including its ICS upgrade, in order to prevent the device (s) from competing with Sony's PlayStation Vita.

In certain cases, you can't read the electronic book you buy from one store on a device supported by a competing store.

Several years ago, Barnes & Noble tried to compete directly with Amazon's tablets by designing their own NOOK devices.

You can have as many browser windows open as you want (you're limited only by the available memory), and you can still save pages for offline viewing (say, while in flight)-- a huge boon that Palm OS devices have always had, and that competing devices lack.

They intend to undercut the local market by offering their device for $ 115 and compete against Sony and devices made by Positivo Alfa that cost triple the cost of the Kindle.

I wonder what could happen if the Big Five publishers of the Anglo - Saxon world banded together like this to form an Alliance to defy Amazon, produce their own eReaders, develop their own software, and build up a robust ecosystem, to directly compete with Amazon, whom they so loathe yet can't live without... Off course the devices, software, and ecosystem would have to be absolutely top notch to make people actually consider leaving Amazon (the Big Five might want to capitalise on AudioBooks by making eReaders that allow you to plug in a headphone).

One elephant in the room is the major players in the digital content space like Apple and Amazon who, for a long time now, have competed using a model where customers are locked - in to the content channels built by these mammoth corporations and the devices used to consume it.

While previously dismissed by analysts as a relatively stolid niche market, the popularity of e-readers during the 2009 holiday season - combined with the high - profile release of the Apple iPad, which features a baked - in e-reader-has led to something of an arms race between competing products: as soon as one device undergoes a software or hardware update, it seems, the others feel duty - bound to introduce a new feature of their own.

However, it seems strange to me that companies like B&N & Kobo try to compete with Amazon by imitating the least desirable of Amazons practices — in house formats, closed garden devices etc..

This means any Amazon - made smartphone would have to compete directly with other Android devices, and it's said that part of the reason why the company has taken so long to get its phone to market is because many manufacturers have signed agreements to only produce Android products approved by Google.

At an annual meeting of Amazon shareholders on 25 May 2010, CEO Jeff Bezos responded to a shareholder who asked about the iPad by saying, «The Kindle will compete with these LCD devices like the iPad by being a very focused product.

Third largest carrier in the US, Sprint is also one of the many carriers who has been working hard to woe customers by offering latest devices to compete rivals in today's competitive market.

Of course, Windows RT isn't really trying to compete with Android, it's trying to challenge Apple's iPad by bringing Windows productivity to the low - power tablet realm, and this device starts $ 100 higher than the latest iPad as well.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has announced plans to replace existing BlackBerry smartphones in use by employees with iPhones and other competing devices.

The Kindle Fire has proven more than anything previously that there is room for more than one big name in the marketplace by overtaking even the most established competing Android devices in a matter of months and setting the new standard for tablet pricing.

Instead of going after Apple by building a product that competed with the iPad, Amazon went in the other direction, creating a reading device that is light - weight, relatively simple to use and most importantly, inexpensive.

If you are competing in the flagship space... Then you should be prepared to be judged by the standards that the best devices have set.

By connecting two to four Bluetooth game controllers, players can compete shoulder to shoulder to shoulder on a single device in Beach Buggy Racing's thrilling Split Screen game mode.

While the consoles compete for the living room, Sony is bypassing consoles by streaming directly from the television and other internet - connected devices beyond PlayStation consoles.

In these combined arms scenarios, we're paradropping an important device over a random area on the map, and three teams need to compete by picking up the device and taking it back to their base.

The reasons for that are varied but include: use of mobile devices for shorter periods of time, rather than desktops for longer durations; increasing «background noise» on social media caused by many brands competing for attention; and ever - changing algorithms that adjust how, when and to whom posts appear.

The traditional «huge but bounded» closed contractual universe of credit card companies, banks and merchants is not easily replicable for competing and technologically incompatible payment mechanisms launched by telecoms, device manufacturers, social media giants, innovative merchants and garage - based startups.

In this recent Statement of Objections, the Commission alleges that Google has breached EU antitrust rules by: requiring manufacturers to pre-install Google Search and Google's Chrome browser and requiring them to set Google Search as default search service on their devices, as a condition to license certain Google proprietary apps; preventing manufacturers from selling smart mobile devices running on competing operating systems based on the Android open source code; giving financial incentives to manufacturers and mobile network operators on condition that they exclusively pre-install Google Search on their devices.

Google actions were made available for Android and iPhone smartphones today, following an announcement by the company that 100 million devices currently support the assistant competing with Bixby, Cortana, and other intelligent assistants.

Startup firm «designed by m» has released a series of iOS device screen protectors called mPact Glass, an anti-scratch tempered glass shield that supposedly boasts higher light transmission than competing products.

According to research, by 2022 devices running Google Assistant are going to be much more prevalent in the smartphone market than those running competing native voice assistants like Apple's Siri or Samsung's Bixby, according to Strategy Analytics.

There's also Google's new ARCore technology, which is poised to compete with Apple's ARKit by enabling developers to create all kinds of cool AR experiences for your Android devices.

ARKit, Apple's competing mobile AR platform, is capable of running on any iOS device powered by Apple's A9, A10 or A11 processor.

Black Shark had confirmed via its official Weibo (Chinese social network) page, that the device will be fueled by the Snapdragon 845 64 - bit octa - core processor, while the device is expected to compete with -LSB-...]

While its beautiful design, gorgeous Quad HD display, smooth performance, fluid software experience, and decent camera isn't above and beyond what is expected from a current generation high - end flagship, the fact that it is significantly cheaper than the devices it directly competes with is what makes the Axon Phone by ZTE a no brainer.

While Amazon is inherently poised to dominate e-commerce integration, Google seems to be making sure they are able to compete by offering some level of feature parity across their wide range of Assistant - enabled devices.

It's worth noting that a premium Google device would not only compete against the iPhone, but also against high - end handsets made by Google's partners.

While that's an ambitious goal, the only way HTC will be able to compete with those devices is by offering a better software and camera experience at a lower price and a significant marketing budget.