Nintendo has attracted a lot of attention for the device, which is capable of 3D gameplay without the use of special glasses.

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It has since come to our attention that the device may lack Wi-Fi support, which is about the dumbest move Sony could have made (especially when it is trying to push digital downloads and other online features).

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The success quickly attracted attention in the medical device sector, including a few opportunistic deal-makers.

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The animated executive then turned his attention to tablet-device makers, which are ramping up production in advance of the holiday season.

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"Walking meetings result in undivided attention because the mobile device isn't within eyesight, tempting you to step away from the moment, " she says.

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Brin noted that every day with Glass was a learning experience and said that the attention garnered by the device in it first few months of existence had been crazy.

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And because Glass is a wearable device that calls attention to itself, you early ambassadors have to be on extremely good behavior.

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The launch of the iPad will speed up this experimentation, but it is not the only device to catch publishers' attention.

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But the rapidly growing mobile device market has attracted the attention of a diverse set of semiconductor manufacturers, who are all vying for a greater chunk of the rapidly growing business in the coming years.

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But the rapidly growing mobile device market has attracted the attention of a diverse set of semiconductor manufacturers who are all vying for a greater chunk of the high-growth, high-margin business in the coming years.

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The article (hat tip to Drug and Device Law for bringing it to my attention) offers a fascinating tour through a little-scrutinized arm of the legal industry in which lawyers with little or no courtroom experience use advertising to draw in unsophisticated clients and process their claims at industrial levels of efficiency.

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So forgive me if I'm being small-minded, but Bruce Tognazzini's speculative manifesto about an Apple iWatch fails to make a convincing futurist case for the imagined device -- despite whipping up a whirlwind of attention.

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Unlike picking up an Android or iOS handset, getting started with BlackBerry OS 10 does require some time, and careful attention to the tutorials given to you when you first start the device will be required.

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Turning our attention to tablets, Samsung is said to be prepping a 7-inch device with a front-facing camera (something we're expecting to see on pretty much all high-end smartphones and tablets going forward).

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Every iPhone launch goes through three phases: the warm glow of initial adoption, followed by close attention to flaws and, eventually, acceptance of what it's like to live with the device day to day.

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