Sentences with phrase «than a gimmick»

Here is what you need to know and understand about domain offerings — which are important and which are little more than a gimmick.

Then we have the touchpad which is far more than the gimmick many close to gaming thought it would be and is actually a welcome addition to the controls.

And still others think it's nothing more than a gimmick and a distraction.

Litanies of systems exist that utilize hard data rather than gimmicks, and these systems find inefficiencies in the market and exploit them.

But this Jason Reitman film, from a script by Diablo Cody, rambles without much purpose, before resolving in little better than a gimmick.

until they put together a cheap, affordable ebook reader for the masses it's going to be nothing more than a gimmick for the average person.

AC 4, Bioshock infinite, Gta 5 look amazing on the 360... I'd rather have good game play than gimmicks like kinect or snapping apps

It was fun to see a modern - day interpretation of a silent film, but it didn't bring much more to the table than that gimmick, and it doesn't hold a special place as a memorable and impactful movie the way its fellow nominees «The Tree of Life,» «Midnight in Paris,» and «Moneyball» do.

Parents in New York expect more from political leaders than gimmicks.

There are two big choreographed face - offs: a mid-film battle on a German airport runway with 12 differently - aligned combatants, and a climactic, more intimate (and genuinely painful) struggle which is more about character than gimmicks.

Patience and consistency are far better tools than the gimmicks and tricks being pushed by today's dog trainers and manufacturers of training aids.

It reminds us how far we've erred from the thrills of «run - and - gun» into pedestrian «stop - and - pop»; how we've lost the rhythm of the firstperson shooter; and how look and feel are still more important than gimmicks and Gamerscore.»

Maria Morganti is one of those rare artists fortunate enough to have developed a seemingly inexhaustible idiom that is wholly her own — more meaningful than a gimmick, yet simple enough to sustain infinite variation.

But while we've seen this sort of thing before, manufacturers have been refining their designs to build dual - camera systems that are more substance than gimmick, and for the past several weeks now we've been looking forward to Huawei kicking of the spring season of smartphone launches with a dual - camera model of its own: the P9.

The same sensor is found on Samsung's new Gear smart watch lineup and certainly makes more sense ona wearable device, but unfortunately it's nothing more than a gimmick on the Galaxy S5.

Although the idea of using touchless «3D» gestures to interact with a smartphone is enticing, the question of whether it is more than a gimmick constantly hounded the development process.

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Pac - Man Party focuses more on the mini-games rather than gimmicks, meaning that players will spend more time in games rather than having to browse through several pages of instructions.

«Samsung will have to prove that this is more than a gimmick for a select few consumers, and that most consumers can benefit from the technology.

This stands out better than any gimmick.»

It's becoming more than gimmicks and badges; it's actual improvement to the quality of work.

As it stands it is no more than a gimmick.

As much as I'm not looking forward to the converted 3D that I'll have to suffer through with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 1 I do see that movies in 3D can be more than a gimmick and can make the movie more entertaining than if I saw them just in 2D.

This tweaked perspective feels really cool for the first couple hours, but eventually the uniqueness fades and you realize that a shifted perspective is little more than a gimmick that adds nothing truly significant to the shooter genre.

What do you think, is Machete going to rule, or is it going to come off nothing more than a gimmick?

No story can keep a grim tone when it revolves around an animal (not even Robert Bresson's disillusioned Christian film Au hasard Balthazar), but it's still more than a gimmick.

«A muddled echo of several other films where the filmmakers treated their ideas as something more than a gimmick...»

Instead, it's a muddled echo of several other films where the filmmakers treated their ideas as something more than a gimmick...

More than gimmicks, these are HOOKS.

It's not much, but it helps to ground Happy Death Day in something more than a gimmick.

But we've got our fingers crossed that it'll be more than a gimmick, because one of the most exciting actors around, Tom Hardy, has the lead role, and will seemingly be on screen for every frame of the runtime.

Elsewhere, the Venice Days and Critics Week sidebars continue to be in great shape, and the new VR Competition proved to be far more than a gimmick.

Switching the gender of Prospero — an aging wizard who is also his author's last and fondest alter ego — is more than a gimmick.

Many have tried, but few have succeeded in delivering the goods in a way that ties in to the main themes of the story, and Ozon's method definitely feels like far more than a gimmick.

Those who view this motif as more than a gimmick should appreciate these long takes (most of which are not heard in the film), although they're sure to pose as something of an endurance challenge for those less enamored.

Proven more than a gimmick, gamification is claiming stakes as the must have addition for top - notch eLearning.

«If the pupil premium turns out to be a token amount of money compared to existing deprivation funding, extra funding on top of a smaller budget, or paid for by cutting other programmes that help the most disadvantaged children then this announcement may turn out to be little more than a gimmick.»

actually what makes a complete mockery of the rules for a hybrid are the Press to Pass Hypercar pretenses of being a hybrid that are in fact nothing more than a gimmick..

Unlike some semi-autos, where the manual shift is little more than a gimmick, the F - Type's gearbox combines the control, accuracy and punch of a double - clutch transmission with the smoothness of a traditional self - shifter.

The Zero Gravity technology Nissan notes is more than a gimmick; there is a feeling of orbiting above a typical seat's pressure points, all while being held gently in place by the side bolsters.

The interior of the XV Crosstrek is built with functionality and durability in mind rather than gimmicks and flash.

These are more than a gimmick — they really do make a noticeable impact on feel and fuel returns.

Although the book may prove too philosophical for some, Zevin offers readers more than a gimmick - driven novel of ideas: the world of Elsewhere is too tangible for that.

A lot of people responded rather negatively to my last post questioning whether Nokia had a tablet strategy and decrying the entire idea of the tablet market as little more than a gimmick — Too large to be a phone and marginally more functional but smaller than an even a netbook and significantly less productive.

However, we do wonder if waterproofing this tablet is anything more than a gimmick.

We're still not entirely sure the haptic feedback for turning through pages is more than a gimmick, but can see the allure it might have.

I'm not a big fan of these networks, as they are often little more than gimmicks, but some people might enjoy sharing pics and videos of their pets with other dog owners.

In some cases it may be no more than a gimmick, but clandestine dining has still become very much the fashion in Barcelona.