Sentences with phrase «general purpose device»

I've stuck with Logitech for my mousing needs as I need a more general purpose device for work.

That hasn't stopped hackers from looking for ways to run custom code on the NOOK Tablet to make it into more of a general purpose device.

The petition argues that «many view the absence of robust communication tools on e-readers as a welcome break from distraction rather than as a limitation,» and that the mandate to make devices accessible to disabled people would «convert e-readers into something they are not: a general purpose device.»

As a general purpose device — a tablet is superior.

«I'm not going to build a general purpose device, simply because it is a 5 - inch touchscreen,» he said, referring to the wide array of fairly standardized touchscreen smartphones in the market right now.

This is for dedicated eBook Readers, not for general purpose devices, which is in the more general category Hardware.

Not exact matches

Relying on a general purpose QMS for your medical device quality system leaves you exposed to compliance complexities and regulatory roulette.

In addition, the gallant troops made heavy seizures with the destruction of 1 vehicle bound Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) belonging to the terrorists and capture of 1 Buffalo Gun truck mounted with Long Barrel Shilka Gun, 2 General Purpose Machine Gun, 1 PKM Gun, mortar tubes, 3 AK - 47 rifles, 2 FN rifles, 1 G3 rifle.

With a map like this, the team also suggest it may be possible to build a «general - purpose language decoder», a device that can infer what someone hears or says using fMRI data alone.

While our previous manuscript (Gilja et al., 2015) showed improved continuous control performance over earlier approaches, as the reviewer points out, the current study adds a parallel decoding method to enable discrete selection (the HMM), which is a critical step in developing point - and - click interfaces that would be suitable to control a general purpose computing device.

If you want to get into reading ebooks, it's a very legitimate question as to whether you should spend your money on a device that does only one thing — or whether it would be much more cost - effective to get a general - purpose device like an iPad or an Android tablet instead.

A special application that enables a general - purpose device such as a mobile phone, PC or tablet to act like a specialised e-book reader.

As you can see from the links, other members of the tablet community have found these devices lacking for general purpose use.

I really do prefer to have reading be a function of a device which I can do other things on, but none of the current of general - purpose gizmos are anywhere near the battery life of th

The laptop is the last general - purpose mobile device left out there and unless you're a full bore Open Source user, your laptop is barely your own to begin with.

The Kindle is obviously not for everyone — it's not even a great distraction-less ereader (that crown would go to the e-ink Kindle Paperwhite)-- but as a general - purpose media device, it's great.

The second, and more pertinent observation for the purpose of this post, is the need for manufacturers to differentiate and create a unique identity for their mobile devices (and gadgets in general).

Indeed, consumers seem to be rejecting the Amazon - centric approach of the Fire tablets and phones in favor of general - purpose devices, analysts say.

Coming to the tablets themselves, both the Galapagos seems to be made more for e-book reading than anything else, which is in contrast to the iPad that it intends to rival and which is more of a general purpose mobile computing device.

My concern here is with the broad ecosystem of electronic reading platforms — ranging from dedicated devices like the Kindle and the Nook to software that runs on general - purpose laptops and tablet computers — that provide content to these platforms, such as Amazon and OverDrive, and with the publishing industry.

Those devices are produced by other companies and are the headache and expense (R & D, warehousing, marketing) of those companies.If the Amazon tablets aren't inherently profitable (something more than 10 %, let's say), then what is the purpose of Amazon allowing this to become just another general - purpose Android tablet on the market?

But I think the general - purpose devices will win the day because I think people just probably aren't willing to pay for a dedicated device.»

For software that can be used on general purpose mobile devices to make them function as an eBook reader see eBook software.

But Mr. Weiner also says that first, iRex, Amazon and the entire e-reading category have an even more significant problem: savvy consumers may hold off on buying devices to see whether Apple enters the market with a more general - purpose tablet computer.

«But I think the general - purpose devices will win the day.

The Kindle was not conceived as a general - purpose computing device, and Amazon.com does not intend it to become one.

I think I agree with almost everything you said and purely from the hardware and reading perspective, I think that the Kobo One (in the premium range) and Nook Glowlight 3 (in general purpose / mid range) are the best devices on the market today.

My own view is that general purpose tablets will continue to pressure eInk «reading - centric» devices.

«Today's tablet market is largely dominated by general - purpose devices.

The one hope that I see for the dedicated e-readers, and Nook already has the foundation to pull it off, is to give up being single - purpose devices and join the general purpose tablet revolution.

But it's definitely one of the cheapest general purpose Android tablets available in the US... even if that isn't how the company is marketing the device.

The CJEU adopted the opinion of the Advocate General in this case, stating that the intended purpose of the software (i.e., whether its purpose falls within a medical purpose as prescribed by the regulations) and the function that the software performs on the data (i.e., analytics, learning and decision - making) are key tests in determining whether the relevant software is a medical device or not.

In the cases I reviewed here, every official in the justice system failed the test — a governing body of the legal profession that released documents to the police without a warrant, a judge who granted a wiretap authorization with a general warrant to search mobile devices without limitation other than a temporal one and a Crown attorney who released privileged information after presumptively reviewing it for disclosure purposes under the Stinchcombe regime.

Fitbit's CEO James Park is also quite confident about the fact that a stylish and well - designed device, which will offer both general purpose function with a focus on health and fitness just like their fitness wearable does.

Although it could be argued that AR / MR makes for a better general - purpose computing experience, its adoption is so far hobbled by the lack of commercial devices.

Since Estimote's mesh networking is built - on low - energy Bluetooth, that lends it compatibility with any modern smartphone app, and the beacons» general purpose input / output ports mean that you can use the mesh network to access third - party devices.

That's considerably lower than the $ 230 for last year's 16 GB tablet, and it's close enough to the price of a standard Echo that you might prefer to buy this if you're more interested in a general - purpose device than music quality.

When those movements are in the form of steps rather than cycles or lunges, Fitbit is king, and, joining a blossoming device range that includes the smartwatch inspired Fitbit Ionic and Fitbit Blaze, along with the general - purpose Fitbit Charge 2 is this, the small, slim and surprisingly well - rounded Fitbit Alta HR.