The company, for example, has discussed new ways they could stream media companies' content, allowing a user to watch a video on a TV set, then pick up another device, such as a smartphone, and keep watching the video while on the move, one of the people familiar with the matter said.
As a bonus, Nubia will provide a pretty decent customer service: buyers can pay upon delivery and can also return within seven days with no questions asked -- someone will simply come and pick up the rejected device.
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While Sony holds the lead in deep, portable gaming for those who pick up the PlayStation Vita device, game experiences for smartphones and tablets are quickly becoming more immersive.
Whispersync for Games: can pick up games played on one device on another device.
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That merits an email like, "I'm stuck in the North Wing, " which sends Ms. Jones jogging over to pick up the 20-pound device and carry it back to her room, where the VGo can charge.
Users can, for example, write or edit a document on one device, put that device to sleep, open the same document on another device, and pick up where they left off, right down to the cursor position.
When the results were double-checked with a laboratory light microscope, the device had managed to pick up 70% of the samples with infections present - and 90% of the heavier infections.
That means they can be played on any device, and can even pick up a song or movie on a smartphone from where you left off on a personal computer.
It's not that Sprint's AIRAVE is minty fresh -- as a matter of fact, individuals in Indianapolis and Denver were able to pick one up last September -- but the device is brand new to the rest of the nation.
When my colleague Fred Allen went to a Best Buy store in Manhattan intending to pick up an iPad, no sooner had he located the device than an eager salesperson approached and tried to persuade him to buy an extra gadget that would give him perpetual 4G Internet access, with a monthly data plan.
This percentage is dipping a bit in 2012 as LTE external modems and media tablets with embedded LTE modules pick up, but LTE handsets will surpass 80-percent of device shipments during 2016.
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Even with the pick up in tablet usage at home, smartphones remain the No. 1 device that people turn to during the day.
Next to these, you'll find the metal modules, which are fastened to the device by two small screws (you'll want to pick up an eyeglass screwdriver kit).
In the meantime, there's always that low-tech fix if your beloved device has gone for an unplanned swim: Find a bowl and pick up a bag of rice.
Because the iPhone was such a new kind of device and people had no idea how it worked, the easiest way was to pick it up and use it.
Recently, Financial Times reviewed highly of Galaxy Note, commenting it as"a happy medium for consumers who want to carry just one device, rather than both a smartphone and a tablet and whatever other portable gadget they pick up on their way out".
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