While using
a handheld device increases the potential of being involved in an accident, hands - free devices are certainly not without risks.
Not exact matches
Drivers can expect
increased road patrols and sobriety checkpoints along roadways throughout the state, as well as a stepped - up effort to ticket distracted drivers using
handheld electronic
devices.
At the IBM Research Lab in Zurich, Peter Vettiger's nano - mechanics group invented Millipede, a
device that will
increase data storage capacity of cell phones and
handhelds.
IBM projects that it could, within the next decade, enable a
handheld device such as an mp3 player to store about 500,000 songs or 3,500 movies — 100 times more than is possible today — without
increasing the
device's cost or decreasing battery life.
Tablets and
handheld devices have also been a consideration for classrooms looking to
increase student engagement with the front - of - house display.
Sony is facing
increasing competition in the
handheld gaming space from the likes of Apple, which offers an excellent portable games experience on its iPhone and iPod touch
devices, as well as a host of downloadable applications for those gadgets, such as ebook readers.
Bedenk emphasized the importance of VR for
increasing the potential for indie developers, since almost all
handheld devices have appstores that facilitate publishing for them — making it much easier and intuitive to use than consoles or PCs.
It's support for an
increasing number of
devices including iOS has allowed studios globally to consider creating what Epic has coined «triple - A on mobile», bringing the polish of console quality to
handheld devices.
In 2015, the post office launched a «Trip Hazards» app on
handheld devices, after a 14 percent
increase in dog attacks in 2015.
New Legislation Makes Using
Handheld Electronic Devices while Driving a Primary Traffic Offense; Additional Regulation will
Increase Penalty from 2 Points to 3 Points for Cell Phone and Electronic
Device Usage While Driving
The Governor also announced today that he will
increase the penalty for using a cellular phone without a hands - free
device or a
handheld device while driving from two to three points through changes in state regulations.
The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended all states enact a total ban on the use of
handheld devices by drivers because an
increase the number of vehicle crashes attributed to distracted driving.