Sentences with phrase «generation of devices does»

He puts forth the idea that wearables are more like MP3 players: you can tell that early products are «transformative», but the first generation of devices doesn't live up to the category's potential.

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It's a device the company admits is geared toward those of a certain generation who want to learn how to play an instrument but probably don't want to invest the time or money to do so.

A room - temperature superconductor would enable robust energy storage devices, MRI machines that don't require liquid helium coolant and a new generation of levitating trains.

«The goal of assembling such a database is to try to understand, based on all the work that's been done so far, whether we can project certain phenomena to next - generation devices like ITER,» Myers said.

Maintaining Apple's lead in tablet devices is the job of the third - generation iPad, a product that doesn't mess with success.

Today, we look at the two of the latest generation devices that do an amazing job at reading PDF files.

What kind of optics does that present to someone who is sitting on the fence, debating whether to buy this device, the Onyx device or wait until a next generation device is put out?

With each new device generation new problems are being introduced, and considering that we are now looking at fifth or sixth generation devices, one can quickly get lost in the maze of dos and donts of eBook formatting.

You only think it does, but with five or more generations of eBook devices in the market by now, each with different limitations, quirks and firmware bugs, no word processor exporter will be able to produce an eBook that works reliable on all these platforms.

Including a frontlight (e-readers tend to have «frontlights» rather than backlights) on an e-ink screen this big seems like it would have been technically prohibitive so I don't blame them for not putting in a light, though I really hope the next generation of the device has a frontlight.

For a honest consideration of what their carbon footprint is one has to consider the full cycle: not just the materials (and what's required to obtain them), the generated byproducts and required energy that goes into manufacturing them, but also in using those devices (they don't run on air) and ultimately disposing them in a world where the usage lifespan we give to gadgets is progressively shorter, as we substitute them earlier for their fancier newer generations.

All the arguments that the new generation of blackberry devices won't have apps will probe to be wrong, developers got a sudden interest after seeing what they can do with the tools rim is giving us

On the back of the device on a slanted edge are the two stereo speakers, which is refreshing since the Amazon Kindle 4th generation was billed as budget reader and did not have any audio functionality at all.

With the BlackBerry Curve 3G and BlackBerry Pearl 3G, RIM did the right thing in my opinion - they made it clear to owners that they had a uniquely different device from previous generations, and gave it a name that refers to multiple devices within that generation of device (the Curve 3G 9300/9330 and Pearl 3G 9100/9105).

My main complaint with the saturated ereader market in general is that there are three or four devices that do things perfectly while the competition seems an entire generation or more behind yet keeps the prices of current - gen products.

Even with the debut of last year's 7 - inch iPad mini, a device that shares several of the same parts with the second - generation full - sized iPad, the company still designed a similar experience at a more affordable price point that didn't severely compromise things for the user.

They're a bit harder to press now but given how they're set into the sides of the device, they should not have the same problem the first generation devices did with the buttons cracking under extensive use.

Samsung has done incredibly well with their Galaxy range of smartphones, with the Samsung Galaxy S II being one of the most popular Android handsets available.We recently heard that the next generation Samsung Galaxy S smartphone would be unveiled at MWC 2012 next month, the Samsung Galaxy S III and also heard that the device would go on sale in April.

The main problem is all of their new e-readers have different sized screens and feature higher resolution screens than the previous generation devices did.

«We've really been working to tailor the experience of our tablets,» said Rory Read, the President and Chief Operating Officer at Lenovo, «Some of the early - generation Android devices were a little ahead of their time, and what we're doing here is making sure [our tablets] are strong.

Sizing is clearly an issue for some but within the bounds of the size of the device, Nokia have done an incredible job and married it with a software stack that is fit for the next - generation of «computing - first» handhelds for both the geek and consumer community.

Of course, there are things that upgraded e-readers might be better at doing than the current generation of deviceOf course, there are things that upgraded e-readers might be better at doing than the current generation of deviceof devices.

Now I don't if it the Onyx was already in development at that time and we just got lucky, or if RIM was inspired by our name game and used it for a device (that would be pretty sweet), but either way it seems fitting that the BlackBerry Onyx is the device that can basically be seen as the next generation / upgrade of the BlackBerry Bold (as far as it's the next / best all in one BlackBerry).

It still hasn't, but the company did reveal today that the latest version of the device, the Wi - Fi only, third - generation Kindle, is Amazon's best - selling product ever.

I don't want to harp on this unnecessarily excessively, but it also appears as if Amazon has long forgotten its pledge to bring KF8 support to the Kindle 3 generation of devices.

Amazon offers two different Fire TV streaming devices these days: the dongle - like Fire TV with 4K Ultra HD and the second generation Fire TV Stick.Both of which come with an Alexa Voice Remote, so not only do they access streaming services including BBC... Read more

With Lenovo moving on to its latest generation of tablets, it seems the company did not want to completely abandon those that bought its first generation tablet completely and instead came up with a compromise, but whether the compromise is suitable depends on your personal feelings regarding the lack of long - term device support as a result of flashing the build.

What this does mean is that Tracfone is making an effort to offer higher - end devices on its various brands, but with the availability of BYOD services on Net10, StraightTalk and Simple Mobile which allow current generation devices without needing to wait for branded devices, the draw of the Samsung Galaxy S II will be limited to those looking for a high - end device without the extra configuration work of the BYOD program.

In some ways it's almost better to think of the 7840 as a reference device for Intel to show off just what this generation of Atom can do.

Related to this is a degree of quirkiness, meaning that some features (like tables or special symbols) display differently on first or second generation Kindle Fires and older Kindle eReaders than they do on the most recent generation of Kindle devices.

The Kindle E-reader device mode does not support preview of books in the older generation Mobi 7 format.

That makes for a pixel density of 163 ppi, which as you might guess doesn't seem too terrific next to devices like the Nexus 7 or Kindle Fire HD (each 216 ppi), Nook Color HD (243 ppi), or the big daddy 4th generation iPad (264 ppi).

So why exactly did the Xperia Play fail, knowing it had a generation of loyal fans at its disposal and knowing the device could also double - up as a phone?

I found that With my first generation fire most of the books I download form other sites need converted I use the method you did above to download then I use Calibre a free converter tool to convert and send my book to the device.

In the past, we've speculated that Amazon's next generation e-ink Kindlewill include a touch screen and do away with the built - in keyboard to shrink the size of the device.

This device could be the bridge that a lot of people are looking for, that don't want a big, unwieldy device that comes with a lot of baggage like the iPad, but is more than just a scaled down computer like a netbook or limited like the current generation e-readers.

While I'll go on record saying the Xbox 360 is the only console of the current generation I do not currently own, one thing I will always give Microsoft credit for, it's having built an impressive and inviting online interface, and their means to expand their offerings through new devices like Smart Glass is far ahead of it's competition.

Iranian - born, London - based Shirazeh Houshiary does not belong to the older generation of artists included in that show, but her work reflects the Persian tradition of using the written word as a formal device.

I was trying to estimate the mining footprints of solar and nuclear, and came up with some very tentative rough estimates that ore input for solar energy might have an energy density (per unit mass) ~ 5 to 80 times coal, while nuclear (convential US fuel cycle) may be ~ 20 times coal — on the solar side, this doesn't include some balance of system components, and on the nuclear side, it only includes the U, but on the solar side, the actual energy density could get much higher with recycling of the same material into multiple successive generations of solar energy devices, and on the nuclear side, breeder reactors.

Another way - the only way for devices that can not be powered via a direct mechanical connection because they do not rely on rotary motion - is to make the generation of electricity more efficient.

«Long, fiber - based solar cells give us the potential to do something we couldn't really do before: We can take the silicon fibers and weave them together into a fabric with a wide range of applications such as power generation, battery charging, chemical sensing, and biomedical devices,» said John Badding, a professor of chemistry at Penn State University and the lead researcher on the project.

The latest generation of consoles use as much energy in standby mode as when they're being played and that's caused by settings that don't actually allow the device to go into sleep mode, keeping them ready to fire right back up when you want to play another game.

The two chambers separate the two processes of generation of electrons through photosynthesis and the conversion of those electrons to electricity, which in previous devices has be done in a single unit.

The same could be true of the next generation of lawyers and their current legal research professors.2 We have likely reached a point at which our frames of reference diverge sufficiently that we don't share a common reference point for approaching the structure of legal research.3 Arguably, the tech - saturated millennials need a solid research foundation more than any generation before them.4 Yet many of them regard our legal research instruction as cumbersome or outdated.5 Having grown up using intuitive electronic devices, and using them to good advantage, 6 many modern law students resist legal research methods that require rigidity, formality, or — worst of all — a trip to a print library.7 Indeed, many of them are downright «mistrustful both of physical libraries and of those who extol their virtues.»

App development could be more difficult (and costly) since multiple phone manufacturers adapt the OS to devices with different hardware, screens and so forth, issues which do not plague generations of Apple's iPhone / iPod Touch devices.

Image via Benjamin GeskinAs for the 9.7 - inch iPad refresh, the Japanese - language tech blog reckons the sixth - generation device will go on sale in the third quarter.Mac Otakara doesn't provide any clues as to the sources of its information, but the iPhone X rumor tallies with another one that emerged just last week, courtesy of Benjamin Geskin.

Note: The Plex app requires the new fourth generation Apple TV, as Apple does not make the app store available on older models of the device.

According to Bogdanovich's complaint, he and other iPhone users never agreed to Apple's decision to cap the processing power of older devices and doing so lowers the value and functionality of the previous generation handsets.

If you don't need high - end graphics or CPU performance, don't care about a fancy display, find first - generation Touch ID just fine for signing in, don't take a ton of iPad photos or FaceTime, want a Wi - Fi only device, and plan to use Apple Pencil, the 2018 iPad is a great upgrade.

Samsung's next generation of premium Android flagship devices have arrived, but do they beat Google?