What's the best
standalone device with a camera and microphone that I can use without having to go out and buy a camera - enabled smart TV?
Not exact matches
Modern internet - connected
devices like your smartphone or computer sync up
with other clocks over the web, whereas
standalone devices like digital watches or many battery - powered alarm clocks use a crystal oscillator.
The Echo Dot, a small
standalone device, comes paired up
with Alexa, allowing you to use voice commands to control smart
devices, send and receive messages, dictate notes, or get reminders.
The $ 99.99 Roku Ultra, a
standalone device that connects to your TV
with an HDMI cable, also looks competitive compared to the $ 179 Apple TV 4K.
While e-ink display technology may have lost its sheen
with the slow demise of
standalone ebook reading
devices and the growing number of tablets, e-ink is witnessing a resurgence of sorts
with smartwatches.
Surprisingly, companies such as Samsung promote this very trend of launching smartwatches that only function
with a specific smartphone brand, knowing that
standalone smartwatch
devices would have allowed for a vastly improved user experience.
The tablet has been priced at $ 700 when bought on a
standalone basis and a whooping $ 1000 when included
with other related accessories such as the media station into which the tablet is slotted for a virtual desktop
with phone, screen, ethernet ports, USB ports for keypad, headsets, and other
devices.
Otherwise, it could have been a
standalone tablet
device with the inner display remaining dormant when used as a tablet.
The new Panasonic tablet that is currently in development and was showcased as a prototype at the CES was billed as a
standalone device, but also seamlessly integrated
with the G and V series of Panasonic Viera line of televisions.
The description of some of the tablet
devices (both
standalone as well as those
with an attached keypad) can help consumers make a choice that fits their educational needs.
It adds email, calendar, and contact apps, finally making the PlayBook a functional
standalone device — before, if you didn't have a BlackBerry to connect to the PlayBook, there wasn't much you could do
with your tablet.
That's the official launcher from Google which ships
with Nexus
devices, but is also available as a
standalone app, to be downloaded and installed on any
device running on Android Jelly Bean and above.
A twin camera setup has been provided to the Galaxy Tab 2,
with a 8.0 Mega Pixel unit at the rear complete
with auto focus and LED Flash (fast approaching
standalone digital cameras here) along
with a more modest 2.0 Mega Pixel Camera on the front of the
device.
The game - changing Asus Eee Pad Transformer combined a great
standalone tablet
with a keyboard dock that not only let you type properly but also doubled the
device's battery life and gave you such connectivity gems as full - size USB ports and a regular SD card slot, essentially turning the tablet into a mini laptop that had a better screen and lasted longer on the go than any netbook.
With both browsers appearing on the Galaxy Nexus, we have a suspicion that Google will keep the stock Android browser in Jelly Bean, which will be modified by the likes of Samsung and HTC with updates to their devices, and continue to offer Chrome as a standalone browser app, as it currently
With both browsers appearing on the Galaxy Nexus, we have a suspicion that Google will keep the stock Android browser in Jelly Bean, which will be modified by the likes of Samsung and HTC
with updates to their devices, and continue to offer Chrome as a standalone browser app, as it currently
with updates to their
devices, and continue to offer Chrome as a
standalone browser app, as it currently is.
Asus also made public their Eee Pad MeMO 3D at the same event, which is a
standalone Android tablet
device with a 7 - inch multi-touch 3D screen that can display 3D images without the need for any glasses.
Windows 8 has been present on
standalone tablets so far, without much love for dual booting
devices with Android, for example.
It's average at best for an Android
device and its gamepad is hardly the ground - breaking bridge to finally melding the
standalone PlayStation
with a smartphone.
Well, the Dell Streak 7 being an Android 2.2 - powered tablet
with an NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, is actually a large smartphone
device that can hook up via 3G and make phone calls, although there is no official support for phone functionality since it is currently being offered by Dell and T - Mobile as a
standalone tablet
with 3G and Wi - Fi connectivity.
With a GPS receiver bundled into almost every smartphone out there, it is no surprise to find a number of software applications hoping to mimic the success of
standalone satnav
devices.
At $ 199
with its revised, polished operating system, the PlayBook is now a functional
standalone device.
Unlike their monochrome
standalone readers, which are cheaper and are designed purely for reading
with no tablet OS or apps present, hybrid
devices which are a little bit of both are hard to pin down.
The SE LiveView has a 1.3 - inch OEM display and can be worn as a watch or as a
standalone device, where the product is paired
with an Android 2.0 handset over Bluetooth and can display the happenings of the phone.
The Garminfone will include many of the features found on the company's
standalone GPS
device lineup including preloaded maps of North America, a database of nearly 6 million points of interest, and voice - guided navigation
with text - to - speech for directions.
Apart from that, when needed, you can remove your iPad Air 2 from the wireless keyboard for easy to hold, and the
standalone case protects your iPad from bumps and scratches, while the Bluetooth keyboard also allows to be connected
with other
devices.
The
device features Android 1.6 overlaid
with Garminâ $ ™ s own user interface commonly seen on its
standalone GPS
devices along
with 3G support, capacitive touch display, Bluetooth 2.1
with stereo audio support, Wi - Fi radio, HTML Web browser
with pinch - to - zoom support and a 3.0 megapixel camera
with autofocus and -LSB-...]
The
device features Android 1.6 overlaid
with Garminâ $ ™ s own user interface commonly seen on its
standalone GPS
devices along
with 3G support, capacitive touch display, Bluetooth 2.1
with stereo audio support, Wi - Fi radio, HTML Web browser
with pinch - to - zoom support and a 3.0 megapixel camera
with autofocus and digital zoom.
• PetCube — This
standalone device allows you to watch and interact
with your pet remotely — a baby monitor crossed
with a security
device.
And those
with iOS
devices, such as an iPad or iPhone, can now sign up for HBO's $ 15 per month
standalone streaming service, HBO Now, which will roll out to the general population in 90 days.
Whoever can come up
with such a
device that can be
standalone and PC powered will have the next «nintendo switch» on their hands.
With the One X you're getting a Blu - ray player that's pretty much on a par with a # 200 standalone dev
With the One X you're getting a Blu - ray player that's pretty much on a par
with a # 200 standalone dev
with a # 200
standalone device.
In the past
with Sony's PS2 and PS3 consoles, they built a huge audience just by virtue of those consoles doubling as DVD and Blu - ray players that were priced competitively
with standalone devices at launch.
We've previously covered a number of daylighting solutions, ranging from light shelves to computerized mirror arrays to mirrored sun - catchers and sun - tracker skylights, but a forthcoming
device, dubbed Lucy, looks to be one of the simplest
standalone solutions for illuminating dark rooms
with natural sunlight.
The Xoom might be a better
standalone device, but for a
device that plays nice
with everything else I own and doesn't force me to be an IT technician, its the iPad.
Audi displayed a webOS - based smartwatch — made in collaboration
with LG — at CES earlier this year, and the Watch Urbane LTE shares a few similarities
with that
device, including a three - button configuration, NFC and
standalone cellular connectivity.
But really that's where the similarities end — this is a new type of smartwatch from LG, a watch that can function as a
standalone mobile
device as well as pairing
with an Android phone to show you notifications, calls and other stuff.
«When you hold the remote it's rather difficult to reach the touch screen and some of the buttons
with your thumb... The smart home buttons on the bottom of the remote are a nice touch, but I feel they're a bit more of a novelty than a necessity since there are plenty of other
standalone switches & voice control
devices that can do the same job.»
The product is an extension of the smartphone, but it has the capability of running some
standalone apps, and — like all things introduced at CES — it has voice control functionality
with Amazon Alexa built into the
device.
That's regardless of whether you have a Sonos One
with Alexa built - in, or are using a
standalone device like an Echo Dot that's paired
with the Sonos system.
And 9to5Mac's Jeremy Horwitz writes that «if you want a deluxe - looking and - feeling solution, complete
with multi - orientation / multi-angle support, a
standalone case, backlit keys, and two -
device Bluetooth pairing, Ultimate Pro delivers plenty for the price.»
I had the Wemo at first since it was
standalone, but as my Home Automation grew, I ended up disconnecting these as I have setup the Wink hub
with more integration
with other
devices in one app.
Google said it was working
with both HTC and Lenovo to deliver the first
standalone VR
devices later this year, based on the Google Daydream technology.
Likewise, most carriers offer
standalone MiFi
devices that give you a portable hotspot you can share
with multiple
devices.
This year, at Google IO 2017, it was made obvious that said
device makers responded,
with dedicated,
standalone Daydream headsets in works by HTC and Lenovo.
Amazon's Alexa
devices were some of the most exciting tech products of 2016, and immediately there were rumors that Apple was planning to follow suit
with a
standalone Siri — possibly even
with the addition of facial recognition tech.
While the Gear VR relies on Samsung's high - end Galaxy phones for power and a display, HTC Americas president Jason Mackenzie confirmed that the HTC Vive will be a
standalone device that connects to your PC in a VR - focused interview
with Greenbot's Florence Ion.
We still don't have a specific release date or Canadian pricing, but
with Amazon still not revealing plans to bring any of its Echo
devices to Canada, Home's release north of the U.S. border marks the first IoT
standalone voice - activated assistant to be released in the Canadian market.
That said, the Sonos Playbar delivers great sound, super easy setup and it is excellent as both a TV speaker and a
standalone Sonos speaker, offering all the features that come
with the Sonos system, including brilliant app control, voice control via an Alexa - enabled
device and fantastic multi-room capabilities, as well as the additional TV functions.
You can choose lighting scenes that are for the Nanoleaf Light Panels, or more complex scenes that incorporate multiple HomeKit products.While designed to work
with the Nanoleaf Light Panels, the Bluetooth - enabled Remote is a
standalone device that works
with any HomeKit setup so long as you have a Home Hub, aka a Nanoleaf
Android Wear 2.0 brings
with it a ton of new features, such as
standalone apps, messaging tweaks, more Material Design and changes to notifications to make the
device less cluttered.