Sentences with phrase «phones are used less»

E-book readers who own dedicated e-reading devices also tend to read e-books on them more frequently, while computers or cell phones are used less often, if ever.

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«The simple reality is that we as consumers use our phones more and more and our wallets and laptops less and less.

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By contrast, the fingerprint sensor on the Pixel 2 XL is a lot less picky, and those on previous OnePlus phones were easier to use because they were on the front.

And Face ID — which Apple touts as being less vulnerable to bad actors than its Touch ID fingerprint sensing — could be more secure than using a fingerprint sensor on a phone simply because such sensors tend to be so small that they require you to input several partial prints from the same finger.

At an age when telephones have given way to smartphones that are used less for phoning than for email, texting, and social media, the problem is exacerbated.

So nascent are the products and uses of the web medium (which has revolutionized personal computing and will soon make a similar imprint upon all phone and video engagement), and the tactical know - how among political operatives remains even less developed.

Sorra makes cutting edge «purple» LED lights that have more of a pure white color and have less of the health issues as typical «blue» LEDs that are used in everything from smart phones to TVs.

After surveying parents about their kids» technology and sleep habits, researchers found that using technology before bed was associated with less sleep, poorer sleep quality, more fatigue in the morning and — in the children that watched TV or used their cell phones before bed — higher body mass indexes (BMI).

Irregular background noise, wind and variable distance from mouth to microphone all make transcription perfection on a cell phone a towering task — and the results are much less accurate than what you would get using PC dictation software, which faces none of those difficulties.

One of the studies showed that it is highly distracting to use hands - free voice commands to dial phone numbers, call contacts, change music and send texts with Microsoft Cortana, Apple Siri and Google Now smartphone personal assistants, though Google Now was a bit less distracting than the others.

My previous all - time winner was a woman in Boston a few years back who had no choice but to use her knees and elbows to more or less guide her vehicle's trajectory along Storrow Drive, because her hands were busy holding the phone and writing notes recording key aspects of the conversation.

«As thermal cameras continue to get smaller and less expensive, we expect that phones, computers and augmented reality devices will one day incorporate thermal cameras that can be used for various applications,» said Nadia Bianchi - Berthouze from University College London, (UK) and leader of the research team.

The «t» sounds in the words «tea,» «tree,» and «but,» for instance, might be classified as separate phones, but a speech recognition system has to transcribe all of them using the letter «t.» And indeed, Belinkov and Glass found that lower levels of the network were better at recognizing phones than higher levels, where, presumably, the distinction is less important.

But he says they will be much less of a problem when people use the Integrated Services Digital Network which is now used mostly by businesses to carry sound, pictures and electronic data through normal phone lines.

Although the chips are useable, they are still less powerful than the current generation of flash, and Atwood says that he thinks they will be used largely to build new prototype servers, cell phones and digital video recorders.

I'm not suggesting we all enter a 12 - step program for our phone addictions — I'm not sure I could use mine less, even if I wanted to.

Use on mobile phone dating applications is not supposed to be hard and finally, should be less complicated in order to allow many users to join.

One guy I dated used to go weeks in between phone calls or texts, only to seem baffled when I was less than enthused to finally hear from him when he'd magically reappear.

By comparison, that latter characteristic is slightly less stereotypical than Terry (Jess Rowland), a Sheriff's deputy who has an application on his phone that lets him track down other gay men in the area (Again, his introductory scene goes on and on until it the stereotype becomes tiringly solidified), or a conversation between Charlie and Annie in which she explains why he shouldn't use one derogatory term — all the while comfortably saying it herself — by comparing it to another — all the while shortening it to «the N - word.»

Mettler also builds breaks into his class because, as he says, «If they know a break is coming up, they're less likely to use the phone for personal stuff during class time.

Likewise, using smart phones or other personal devices is less likely for drivers of manual shift vehicles.

I'm less enamored of CUE, the Cadillac User Interface, which still seems prettier than it is usable (form before function, in other words); I suspect with an hour or two of customization time, getting an owner's phone, radio presets, navigation settings and gauge preferences set, using CUE would become second nature, but for someone who's jumping in a car to drive for a day or two a simpler knob - based system like Mercedes» COMAND or Audi MMI is more intuitive.

It's less of a novelty for those of us who no longer use a phone as a phone.

Its even to the point where tmobile used to offer the two data plans even for the phone one slighty less for less usage 24.99 and 34.99 was for the unlimited data usage i think.

The phone is so small and easy to use with one hand with the trackpad as navigation that it just seems less efficient to move my finger onto the display and start swiping so instinctively I don't.

Six months later, the week before Black Friday, the Fire Phone is down to less than a third of its original price, and people who pick one up can even use it on T - Mobile.

prop to get the proper tablet UI, but that causes screen lag: /) instead of taking less than 5 minutes to edit the IF / ELSE series equivalents in the source to, without causing a performance hit, force the proper tablet UI — or 5 minutes on top of that to add a toggle to the settings so that people can choose their own preference («cos I hear some people actually like using a UI meant for 3 - 4 ″ phones on a device that's twice as large so that it's impossible to do quickly do everything with the thumb of the hand you're holding it with like the UI was designed for).

Other people have reported in blogs and / or forums that they got a lot less, but it's hard to comment on that without knowing how they use the phone, and what apps are running in the background.

Those were the essential pre requisites; now the general ones are referring to: a Windows running computer which must be near you; your Nexus 4 and its USB cable should also be near you as you will have to use them; on the computer and smartphone the antivirus tools must be deactivated; the USB debugging option from your device must be enabled; the Nexus 4 battery should be charged (if there is less than 50 % power left) and you shouldn't apply this step by step guide unless you own the LG Google Nexus 4 model number E960 phone.

The E-Ink screen weights less than 45g and is only 5 mm thick, so it sports a lightweight and ultra thin design, and using built - in Bluetooth technology, you can easily pair it with your Android phone and use it as the second screen for your smartphone in order that you can more conveniently check notifications and incoming calls, and the E-Ink screen brings you more comfortable reading experience or allows you to check your workout progress with ease.

Don't forget to plug in the charger if the battery status is currently showing less than 50 % power left — if your SGS5 gets turned off while you are using Odin, your phone might get bricked.

I don't need to type a mile a minute as I get onto my laptop enough and I don't need all the android apps as I will soon be driving behind the Moto Zoom and when that happens, i'll use the smart less and the phone more.

We found this and the additional weight of the phone meant that one - handed use was less comfortable than we were expecting.

The slightly slower user interface performance makes the phone a little less enjoyable to use (slow UI, jerky scrolling), but I think / hope that it will be improved down the road by a softwar e update (maybe...).

Easier on the eyes than an e-reader, in the right circumstances: While the e-ink of an e-reader customarily strains the eye much less than the LCD or OLED screen of a phone or tablet, there is one recent exception: phones and tablets that can use a «night shift» or «night mode» setting to change the color temperature of a display to something warmer.

Also, enable the USB debugging option on your phone and charge its battery if there is less than 60 % power left; in this way you can be sure that you can properly use your device and that nothing wrong will happen.

All this talk regarding 4G blackberries... Remember guys — One huge plus with BB is their data management... BB use much less DATA than all other smartphones, which also means the higher speed isn't as necessary because the content is scaled down / processed before it gets to your phone...

If you don't need built - in cellular connectivity (or you're content to use your phone as a hotspot) and don't mind the Amazon - centric approach, the Fire HD 10 offers similar performance to the Primetime for $ 50 less, making it our Editors» Choice.

The use of swype and increase in average screen size is making phones with physical keyboards less relevant.

Blackberry phones are more used at corporate companies and less used as a personal device.

The rear camera offers up average quality photo capture, returning reasonable results which we'd say are adequate for a tablet, given how we find ourselves using the tablet for ad hoc pictures much less frequently than a mobile phone.

E-ink displays may be easier on the eyes and less power - hungry than backlit LCDs used in most tablets and phones, but in the color department they're still playing catch - up.

More and more cell phone users are talking less and using text and data more.

I then pointed out to the incompetent fool on the phone that the salary they were using was for a job I only started in the middle of the year, so I would be earning less than half of the gross.

Would you rather take time off from work to go to a bank, sit in the waiting room to talk to the loan officer, meet with them, fill out a long application, and wait for your request to be processed... or hop online using your laptop, tablet, or even your phone, fill out a quick form, click submit, and have your answer in two minutes or less?

Vranakis says: «People should be considerate when talking business on a mobile phone whilst in certain holiday oriented locations; obviously using a PDA's email capabilities and texting is less intrusive.»

If you don't I'll just be angry and use my cell phone's less quick but free wifi instead.

, access to business facilities such as fax / phone, free wifi internet, the latest magazines and newspapers, showers (in the better lounges) and even conference / meeting rooms — and, if you're a smoker, some state that the smoking rooms in the VIP areas (where availavle) are much less grotty than those in economy, due to the fewer number of people using them.

Hotel Mandatory hotel imposed resort fee inclusions: • Resort fee of $ 15.00 per room / night (plus 6.5 % sales tax) covers • wireless Internet connectivity in sleeping rooms and most public areas of the resort, • use of fitness center and DVD library, • daily newspaper, • two (2) bottles of water in your guest room, • local and toll - free phone calls, • and use of tennis courts, bocce ball, shuffleboard and horseshoes at nearby (less than half - mile) Oceans Racquet & Recreation Center • Resort fee of $ 15.00 per room / night (plus 6.5 % sales tax) covers • wireless Internet connectivity in sleeping rooms and most public areas of the resort, • use of fitness center and DVD library, • daily newspaper, • two (2) bottles of water in your guest room, • local and toll - free phone calls, • and use of tennis courts, bocce ball, shuffleboard and horseshoes at nearby (less than half - mile) Oceans Racquet & Recreation Center The above list may not be comprehensive.