Sentences with phrase «tablet hardware without»

As I have written in this column multiple times over the last few months, just bringing out tablet hardware without a connection to great software and especially services is a non-starter for most of these vendors.

Not exact matches

Customers can view programs on their computer, tablet or smartphone, receiving the transmissions over the Internet without additional hardware.

The infotainment system is also upgraded with a new operating system that can be connected to smartphones and tablets via Bluetooth, which can be updated easily for new features and services without needing to change out hardware.

This makes Android tablets great for those who want a home - use tablet good at gaming and streaming video without some of the added enterprise - level features or hardware sported by the iPad.

The highly affordable price tag of just $ 159 almost makes it expendable, so parents are open to the idea of letting their kids play around with the device, even though the Amazon tablet is without any sort of special cladding to ensure the hardware remains safe in the hands of children.

The BlackBerry Developer team has now confirmed the rumors that the PlayBook tablet will be able to run BB10 OS without requiring any hardware modifications.

Microsoft will launch its own tablet device next week, entering the booming slate market without the help of a separate hardware manufacturer, it has been claimed.

The second tablet was shown without the accessories and gives you an indication on the core hardware design.

Physically, Toshiba Satellite U925t is look like a conventional tablet (without slide - out keyboard) with a big clear and crisp screen, but if you looking inside, the convertible table has pretty impressive hardware specifications.

Amazon apparently looks at Apple's iPad home button and thinks to have anything similar would be seen as «copying» the Cupertino hardware giant, when instead they should realize that it works, consumers like it and tablets without it are at a distinct disadvantage.

For users, this means a redesigned user interface, a new systemwide notification bar, an action bar for app control, multiple custom home screens, new keyboard, improved text selection and copy / paste, USB Media / Photo Transfer support which means easy drag and drop of media without pre-mounting devices, improved support for hardware keyboards and updated standard Browser, Camera, Gallery, Contacts and email apps to take advantage of larger tablet displays.

Taiwan's Asustek Computer has previewed a smartphone - tablet PC combo device that seeks to bring together the strengths of both devices without completely duplicating the hardware.

So far apps like Opera and Google Body are working magnificently on the Oak Trail tablet though there is a lot of room for improvement without hardware acceleration.

The fly in the «no hardware» ointment is that iOS remains a very popular mobile platform (approaching 40 % overall, and over 50 % share on tablets), but Apple effectively does not let ebook retailers link their branded reading app to a storefront without giving Apple a cut.

Apple has usually dominated cellular - equipped tablet sales because of its insistence that users have the option of buying the device contract - free and without having to go to the carrier to buy or set up the hardware first.

Android 4.0 marks a major shift in the way the operating system works as the goal is to minimize fragmentation across devices while also providing a universal approach to app development, with apps and hardware developed around 4.0 expected to seamlessly scale from the current mobile phone and tablet hardware templates into the goal of a universal platform that can allow for apps to work across devices without the need to code for specific devices.

That said, the low price that Android tablet customers are coming to expect means that the potential for profit among hardware manufacturers without their own content hubs is shrinking at an alarming rate.

This ability is one that none of the other tablets so far announced have been able to brag about, and the Haptic actually enables it without the need for major hacking of the hardware and software.

Those other tablet makers may have superior hardware (and in the case of the Xoom, some superior software as well), but without that key component of sheer delight, the road for them is long and hard.

Although incorporating Google search on a Surface will undoubtedly rankle Microsoft's Bing team, the app could be the ticket for many tablet owners who live in Google's cloud without using its hardware.

Windows tablets are far more functional, have more flexibility and do things like screen mirroring to many TVs without extra hardware.

By offloading navigation to the apps on your phone or tablet, Chromecast enables cheap hardware without compromise.

The key difference with other programs is that the GPE hardware was not specifically designed for the task, but rather used the same design as OEM flagship phones or tablets, with manufacturers like Samsung and HTC providing a pure «Google Experience» without sticking their own alterations into the code.

But Google hasn't launched a Chrome OS tablet without a hardware keyboard — an acknowledgement that Android is still the best Google has to offer on a pure tablet.

Without powerful hardware, this would be just another tablet, and Razer isn't about «just another» anything.