Sentences with phrase «control over their hardware»

The Samsung for Nook line has been sold in all 600 bookselling locations for the last three years and it now looks like B&N wants more control over the hardware and it looks like they are... [Read more...]

The Samsung for Nook line has been sold in all 600 bookselling locations for the last three years and it now looks like B&N wants more control over the hardware and it looks like they are back in the tablet game, designing their own devices.

I disagree about more control over hardware, rather than proactively running in that direction for the reasons of pure «goodness» that should be in play, rather it is simply a financial move of self - defense.

On the other hand, the move aligns perfectly with both companies» similar designs of having control over the hardware and software, the entire user experience.

Having a dedicated team should give Google more control over the design and eventually a tighter control over hardware and software.

But in these phones, Google has no control over hardware.

It also paves the way for developing future Pixel phones within the company itself, ensuring even more control over the hardware and the Android software.

The Pixel smartphone line began last year as Google abandoned the Nexus brand, signaling its intention to exercise more control over hardware.

The new Pixels are Google's first smartphones — the company took more control over the hardware than it did with its earlier line of Nexus devices.

Apple's end - to - end control over its hardware pays dividends here, simplifying its implementations and allowing it to exert influence and control over what is otherwise a universal, albeit rather basic, wireless standard.

Valve can tread water by porting its own games to Linux and offering the cross-platform Steam in - home game streaming as a stopgap measure, but it's hard to imagine the SteamOS ecosystem thriving unless Valve exerts some control over the hardware experience to deliver a more streamlined message to consumers about why they should buy Steam Machines.

It's a hub for everything and enables users improved control over their hardware.

Not exact matches

If Google decides to invest in chip - making, it could gain more control over the fragmented Android hardware and software ecosystems.

By using its own processors, the company would have finer control over product development and would be able to better tune its software and hardware together.

On May 9, Putin signed the Strategy for the Development of an Information Society for 2017 — 2030.91 Based on the Russian government's desire to establish «sovereignty» over the Russian portion of the internet, the strategy postulates that Russia must have the capacity to produce its own software and hardware independently, with all core information infrastructure ultimately under state control.

Your funds are only truly safe when you have complete control over them through tools such as a hardware, desktop or mobile wallet.

The DanioVision Observation Chamber provides a complete testing environment: it contains all necessary hardware on the inside, keeping everything else out so you are in control over the experimental conditions.

Brown University researchers have developed software that lets users control robots over the internet with off - the - shelf virtual reality hardware.

Black is a no brainer when it comes to faking the I - didn't - just - roll - out - of - bed look, some simple slides make for the perfect fuss - free footwear and a little black bag with the all necessary gold hardware add a little bit of class to what would have been your otherwise simple & possibly scruffy outfit, depending on how much control you have over your hair.

With Metroid Prime 4 on Nintendo Switch on the horizon, considering the available features in the hardware, the question of controls and interface design looms over that generic logo we have been staring at since E3 2017.

As well as replacing the bulky and complex Active Body Control (ABC) suspension hardware with more straightforward coil - over damper units at the corners in the best motorsport tradition (ride height, wheel alignment and camber can all be adjusted for track work), AMG's engineers have plumped out the track by 97 mm at the front and 85 mm at the rear to exploit the new spring links, camber struts, pull / push rods and weight - optimised aluminium wheel carriers developed in conjunction with German motorsport specialists KW.

CPP's Complete Front Coil - Over Conversion Kits include dual - adjustable coilover shocks, spanner wrench and bearing kit, Totally Tubular upper and lower control arms, and all the mounting brackets and hardware for a simple bolt - on installation.

Hardware wise, the Colorado ZR2 has a wider track for better high - speed stability, a two - inch suspension lift over the stock Colorado, beefed up control arms and leaf springs, and ZR2 - specific bodywork that allows for greater approach and departure angles.

If Amazon had wanted to go head - to - head with Apple a few years ago — a giant who enjoyed monopoly control over both the online music business and the market for related hardware like the iPod — it might have offered record labels the opportunity to cut a deal that would have guaranteed them higher prices, just as Apple has done with publishers and the agency - pricing model.

Barnes and Noble is thought to control 25 % of the US market and generated over 3 billion dollars with Nook hardware and ebooks in 2012.

The response also did not elaborate on why the Xoom is being shipped with the 1x voice calling channel activated since tablets are usually shipped with data only hardware. This is not unprecedented for Verizon, as it has previously made arbitrary distinctions between hardware and software in order to exercise control over device sales and pricing, such as the Bluetooth profile incident with the Motorola V710.

Users have control over several capture modes and settings to take full advantage of their camera's hardware.

I really wish the company would offer some of this software for purchase for other devices through the Android Market, but since Archos has no control over what kind of hardware other device makers use, it's likely not going to happen anytime soon.

Both of us noticed that the Kindle application on iPad seemed to have a higher level of optimization for reading books under different ambient light conditions and would not exceed a certain level of brightness, whereas iBooks had full hardware control over the back - light and could push it all the way to the maximum luminosity.

Though still freer than Apple's total locked down model, there isn't a whole lot of difference between the actual control Apple exerts over their hardware and software, and the effective control Google exerts over Android based software and hardware by disallowing the use of their popular core apps to anyone who hasn't kissed their ring and paid tribute.

With an even greater control over Android, Google will be still vulnerable to penny - pinching OEMs, certifying the hardware as «upgradeable» for example.

Only Apple makes iPhones, so it has extremely tight control over how the software and hardware work together.

From a software standpoint, Android is probably going to be better for the more tech savvy advanced users who aren't afraid to experiment with different things, who want more control over their device, and want don't want to be locked into one brand for hardware.

The activation can be used on a limited amount of PCs, and can be deactivated through our online servers allowing the user full control over their license — should they need to re-install, swap machines or suffer a catastrophic hardware failure on their normal PC.

With a few pieces of hardware that can be purchased from store shelves, Parsec can be used to stream Nintendo Switch games over the Internet — and the person on the other end can take control of player two using an Xbox controller.

Nintendo has arguably been making unintuitive decisions with their hardware for over a decade; the decision to use a cartridge with the N64, the mini disc Gamecube, investing in technology that gamers didn't want with the Wii, the tablet control device of the Wii U.

But as some of the early attempts to bring it under control failed, such as the plan to have an anti-encryption «back door» built into the relevant hardware (the Clipper chip), naturally there was optimism that freedom of expression and participation would prevail over «the people who run things».

Microsoft paid $ 7.2 billion for Nokia's handset business (the deal hasn't closed quite yet) and, as a result, has more control over the destiny of Windows Phone hardware.

While Netflix can control its web and app offerings, Apple is the only company that has almost full control over both the hardware and software that its videos will appear on.

Apple's control over both its operating system and the hardware on which that software runs came up throughout the keynote.

If Spotify wants to have the leg - up over Pandora, it needs to have a concrete place in the homes of users, and the only way to really ensure that is to have its own hardware that it completely controls.

Hardware components like the display, Wi - Fi, and Bluetooth will use battery power as long as they're on, so this list of apps is only part of the picture — but it's a big one, and one you have a fair amount of control over.

Google has been asserting more control over design aspects of its own - brand hardware.

The move into hardware by Facebook is an attempt to ensure distribution and exert more control over the consumer relationship.

Google set out to exercise control over its software and hardware, and its effort is to be commended.

Those that do want to venture into further tinkering, however, will find that they have a lot of control over the OnePlus 3's hardware and software, virtue of OnePlus» openness to the development community.

At the moment, Bixby Voice's advantages over its competitors are debatable: it seems to be more tightly - integrated to phone hardware than Siri or Assistant, but its ability to control other apps is limited, as is its applications for more general web searches.

Apple could master the same, because it uses standard fingerprint scanner and also has control over the rest of the hardware apart from the software.

Console gamers who want granular control over their equalization could get a lot out of the Siberia 800, as could PC gamers who'd rather deal with audio hardware than audio software.

Therefore, I thought the Pixel 2 is a great place to start my experiment because it follows the same smartphone ethos that Apple swears by: total control over software and hardware.