They are more socially and globally connected through mobile Internet devices than any prior generation.
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De Lencquesaing says mobile Internet devices with larger screens up to 10 inches across are also on his radar.
Menlow chips, including one code-named "Silverthorne, " are being designed especially for "mobile Internet devices" and "ultra-mobile PCs, " according to Intel.
China has the largest Internet population globally and is a significant market for mobile internet devices like iPads and iPhones.
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Dr. Modi's vision enabled S Mobility to become one of the first and leading Mobile Internet devices providers in the nation.
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The boom in mobile Internet devices, apps, and content, however, is creating new bottlenecks, and policy has been slow to respond.
Past Intel-supported mobile Internet devices haven't exactly been a hit with consumers.
Today that includes everything from the traditional box in the corner of the living room to smartphones, laptops, netbooks, desktops and mobile internet devices.
Nordberg said Sony Ericsson is interested in mobile Internet devices, but wants to create something distinct from the tablet computers other electronics companies are making.
Dedicated to building exceptionally engineered PCs and mobile internet devices, Lenovo's business is built on product innovation, a highly-efficient global supply chain and strong strategic execution.
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After all, if the technology delivers everything the telecoms experts promise it will (see graphic), 3G handsets will be used primarily as mobile Internet devices, rather than as phones.
Its product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations, and a family of mobile internet devices, including tablets and smart phones.
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Rogers was the first in Canada to introduce LTE devices a year ago, and today, with six smartphones and mobile Internet devices, it has the largest selection of LTE devices in the country.
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Unfortunately, the plastic mock-up has always been a non-working, gutless model with little more than a glossy screen and backlight to demonstrate the form factor Intel's gunning for with its future Moorestown Mobile Internet Devices.
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The OEM business is expected to remain strong for the rest of the year, driven by new product cycles from manufacturers of smartphones, tablets, e-book readers and other mobile Internet devices that use flash-based storage solutions.
On Tuesday Maloney said more powerful microprocessors--like the company's Atom line of mobile processors (See: Intel, Nividia Fight Over Gadgets) and fast, wireless networks would fuel will interest in mobile Internet devices like netbooks and nettops.
Intel (15, INTC) has all but dispatched Advanced Micro Devices as a serious competitor in computers, and now with its Atom line of tiny, low-power-consumption chips based on the x86 architecture, is moving into netbook computers, mobile Internet devices and a wide range of other consumer gadgets.
"The notebook market is growing for at least the next two to three years, and with the entry of new mobile Internet devices, the market can easily double in size, changing the profile of the industry dramatically, " President Gianfranco Lanci of Acer said in a Reuters interview.
Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD - news - people ) as a serious competitor in computers, and now with its Atom line of tiny, low-power-consumption chips based on the x86 architecture, is moving into netbook computers, mobile Internet devices and a wide range of other consumer gadgets.
At CTIA Wireless, a major industry conference held earlier this week in Las Vegas, operators highlighted the importance of bringing broadband Internet speeds to mobile devices and improving the mobile Internet experience.
One in three global purchases on eBay involve a mobile touch point, and the growing popularity of mobile devices as Internet access points could see the ratio go up in the coming years.
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The spread of mobile devices and Internet usage means more users for games every day.
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They are much more likely to access the internet via mobile devices (which are ubiquitous in the emerging world) rather than PCs.
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Social networks like Facebook are reaching unprecedented numbers of users, due to the proliferation of the Internet and mobile devices across the globe.
This is troubling because as more users access the Internet via mobile devices, traffic growth to Baidu sites is likely to slow down.
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As is the case with free videos on YouTube, the pay channels will be available for viewing on computers, mobile devices and Internet-connected TVs.
As the International Data Corporation estimates, by 2015, more users will access the Internet through mobile devices than through personal computers or other wired devices.
But this will require more than just the development of technologies to display the Internet on mobile devices, some of which are already on the launch-pad.
This should be enough to cope with expected growth in the numbers of mobile devices, Internet-capable household appliances, and so on for the next few millennia.
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Representative Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is tapping Wu for advice on legislation that would make it illegal for phone companies to block access to the Internet on mobile devices.
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