Sentences with phrase «function than a tablet»

The ereader has a different function than a tablet or a smartphone.

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While these devices can function as simple viewing screens, smartphones and tablets can be more than a portable television.

With Google, Internet Movie Database and Wikipedia at our beck and call via smart phones, tablets and laptops, the once essential function of committing facts to memory has become little more than a flashback to flash cards.

(Its real function is so much more than aesthetic, of course — charge it and it will save the day whenever you need to power up your laptop, phone, or tablet in a pinch.)

The tablet may well function perfectly well on its own terms, Haimson said, but she contends that Amplify's goal is less about helping schoolchildren than about turning a profit.

The ereaders need updates far less than tablets do since their function is far more limited, requiring less complex code needing to be optimized for better performance & battery life, and less added features to remain relatively fresh and keep up with their (also limited) competition.

It has some problems with responsiveness (program function, not touch screen responsiveness) but not more than other Android tablets I've tested.

These photo and video functions can be used in an emergency, but having a full 8 - megapixel sensor, while this is much more than the average tablet, that itself doesn't add to the quality of the images.

BlackBerry Passport also comes with a touch - enabled keyboard that lets you perform many touch functions right on the keyboard; BlackBerry Blend which allows you to access messages and content from your BlackBerry smartphone on your computer and tablet; a text and voice BlackBerry Assistant to help you accomplish tasks quickly and easily; a high quality phone call experience and more than a full day of battery life.

The tablet will also do more than just function as an e-book reader, since it will boast of front and rear facign cameras (the latter to perform video chats we presume), HDMI output and a microphone.

By definition (and again excluding phone - function apps), the BlackBerry PlayBook will support more apps than almost any Android tablet or smartphone.

As you can see, these are more laptop prices than tablet ones, and the Surface Pro 3 goes up against the MacBook Air and the new MacBook Pro than it does the iPad, although it functions like a tablet too.

The ViewPad 10e felt good in my hand and with a cost less than $ 300 it is a device I would think of for an Android tablet where you didn't have a need for high end gaming and other advanced function.

Enhancements to the Kindle Fire's core functions — reading books and watching movies purchased from Amazon's vast content store — have make consuming media on the tablet more enjoyable than before.

Thousands and thousands of smartphone Android apps will function on the tablet, but when it's often patently clear than they weren't remotely designed for the device you're using the result is disheartening.

Trade books, mass - market books, textbooks, magazines, newspapers, and children's books all look and function better on the Nook Tablet than on the Kindle Fire.

For tablets to gain traction, device manufacturers are going to have to convince you to fork over your hard - earned cash for a device that has more uses than an e-reader, but is similar in function to laptops, smartphones, and netbooks.

That's a different coversation (of course, my argument is no tablet should cost more than $ 500 no matter what the function).

Led by Apple's iPad and including several promised machines based on Google's Android OS, the tablets offer many more functions than e-readers but are heavier, have much shorter battery life and are typically more difficult to read for long periods of time.

The Microsoft Surface RT is a tablet that functions more as a shrunk - down notebook, rather than a blown - up smartphone.

Motorola says than an upgrade for this will come later on, but we kind off miss the point of not granting access to one of the basic functions of any tablet out there.

The gaming world is changing: tablets are being used more and more for gaming, consoles are developing more functions than just gaming, Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) is trying to combine the home console and travel console, and more games are becoming available for download.

For example, drones could be required to be incapable of operating higher than a prescribed height (say 400 feet), to operate within the sight of the operator, to land gently if they lose contact with the controlling tablet, and even — given that they operate with geolocation functions — stay a certain distance away from airports.

The included camera UI is no different than that of other Samsung - branded tablets and smartphones, though it does offer up Share shot and Buddy photo share — two smart functions that debuted on the Galaxy S III and which send photos to other devices via WiFi Direct.

At $ 250, the Nucleus is on the expensive side for a smart home device, but it's cheaper and easier to use than most tablets, since it doesn't have most tablet functions.

There's more than one way to get to the shutdown function — the first method, which is mostly useful for a tablet user, is to move your mouse to the upper right - hand corner to trigger the Charms menu (or you can use Win + C) and then find the Settings button on there.

The design is definitely a new take on where to store the Samsung stylus pen, though many critics would rather see Samsung actually focus on designing a better stylus for function rather than style for both their tablet and smartphone.

Of course, any computer can connect to a television and run Steam through Valve's «Big Picture» function, but this tablet is much smaller than a desktop PC.

You can also send browser pages direct to your TV and with Chromecast support being very simple, you can expect to see the Cast function added to many services, so moving from your smartphone or tablet to your TV will be simpler than ever.

If your tablet uses a custom Recovery image than you already know what it does, but users that are beginners might not know that with this installed on their device they can basically gain access to tons of feature and functions.