Sentences with phrase «purpose device»

While most analysts believe that the market for single purpose devices is shrinking and will continue to grow smaller, the Flex 2 is a good device given its size and form factor.

As a general purpose device — a tablet is superior.

People keep coming back to a single - purpose device for what represents a real sanctuary for reading.

Why would anyone buy a single - purpose device when you can read an e-book on a tablet, which does so much more?

There is no internet browser or email, it is a singular purpose device that features a small E Ink screen and a mechanical keyboard.

But it's also possible that tablets may simply evolve into single - purpose devices found in kitchens, schools and other situations where keyboards are cumbersome and large screens are preferred.

For a single - purpose device without additional features, the pricing just feels wrong.

It's one of the few single - purpose devices left in this world, and I've come to appreciate its narrow focus.

They are all super closed single purpose devices these days.

Of course, at this point in time I might be the minority when it comes to wanting a single - purpose device for games.

The question is only whether or not the producers can get bookworms and students to buy a single purpose device like an ereader - for that the producers must be able to give a good price compared to tablets.

LE: Do you think the appeal of purpose - driven eReaders is likely to diminish as the all - purpose devices get better and better at reading?

Potential Downside: Lose out on fringe readers, and users who want multiple purpose devices.

I sometimes wish that the Paperwhite was a little better for note - taking and could serve as a more general purpose device in the way a tablet can.

Wireless E-Readers — Single purpose devices intended for reading that mostly employ gray - scale electronic paper displays.

«It's a very compelling price point for someone who's looking for a single purpose device which has a rich functionality,» agreed Shawn DuBravac, chief economist with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).

Yet the Kindle is a single - purpose device with a grayscale screen.

A key problem is that there just aren't enough bookworms out there: ``... the majority of consumers don't care enough about reading or technology to invest in this type of single - purpose device at anything close to realistic prices.»

I would love to see Amazon create a Kindle Fire that would provide both an optimal reading experience and serve as a multi purpose device.

E-readers may have started out as single - purpose devices meant only for reading books, but they have since gained other capabilities.

«Fire has its own interfaces, but then it is a special - purpose device [for content consumption], while Alexa is intended to interface potentially with everything,» he told TechNewsWorld.

«Basic wearables started out as single - purpose devices tracking footsteps and are morphing into multi-purpose wearable devices, fusing together multiple health and fitness capabilities and smartphone notifications,» said Ramon Llamas, research manager covering wearable devices at IDC.

Undoubtedly Microsoft's leadership had a vision of a future where a user's cloud - based experiences would be served by a duo purpose device, whose hardware and software would conform to a user's needs.

In my opinion, single purpose devices like the Sony and Kindle Readers are all going to be replaced eventually by tablets and smart phones.

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Do you think the appeal of purpose - driven eReaders is likely to diminish as the all - purpose devices get better and better at reading?

«Console will have to be multiple purpose devices, though,» he sasy.

«What the iPhone did to music players, PCs, (video) cameras, GPS devices, voice recorders, etc., by converging them as software apps onto a single platform, Nutanix is doing that to single - purpose devices in the world of enterprise computing.»

But if a single purpose device is what you're looking for, give the iRex a chance.

«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.

The humble light - bulb may thus go from being a single - purpose device to something that delivers many services and features — much like the smartphone.

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.

«Single - purpose devices that allow readers to get lost in a book are as relevant as ever,» an Amazon representative told Tom's Guide.

Kobo will seek to reach the «avid reader» in the Indian market who, he believes, would like to read on a single - purpose device, i.e. an ereader.

Crippled by territorial license restrictions, digital rights management, and single - purpose devices and file formats that are simultaneously immature and already obsolescent, they are at a hopeless competitive disadvantage compared to full - fledged websites and even the humble PDF.

That's what all of the other Android tablet makers missed: people don't want general - purpose devices anymore or at least general - purpose devices in tablet form.

It's clear the iPad has more flexibility and a few advantages over these competing multipurpose and single - purpose devices, and the price is quite good.

The Kindle is also a singular purpose device, its aimed at people who like to read a lot of books and eliminates the constant barrage of status updates, notifications and emails that multipurpose tablets inundate you with.

We think we built a nice - very nice purpose book - purpose device, and that's - excuse me, that's purpose built for reading.

The Kindle is a «purpose device.»

It's cheaper and isn't a single purpose device.

As technology advances, single purpose devices are going to the wayside.

E-Readers are single purpose devices that excel at one thing, reading e-books.