Sentence examples for backing hardware from inspiring English sources

Anecdotally, there's another corollary trend in how investors are backing hardware companies.

Despite all the hype and heat around hardware right now, Renert reckons there are still plenty of investors who haven't yet got comfortable with backing hardware.

He said it's been a challenge to get money from Russian venture capitalists who are more interested in backing hardware than software, particularly clones of services that have been successful elsewhere.

Shenzhen Valley Ventures previously made investments from two funds, one which backs hardware companies anywhere in the world, and another that backs startups exclusively based in China.

Interestingly, however, according to a joint research project conducted by Kickstarter and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School a few years back, hardware projects apparently have a lower incidence of failure — at around 7percentt, versus the overall space's 9percentt.

Unfortunately, though, the Archos 5 Internet Tablet's 800×480 screen resolution and lack of dedicated Home and Back hardware buttons place it outside the list of compatible devices for the current version of Android (1.5) that it's running.

It'll have just a home and back hardware button, for instance, and Sense is getting a makeover with what looks like a focus on a live tile style interface that grabs content from your social networks, apps and media libraries.

The "pebble-like" seems like a blatant shot across the bow of Pebble, the Kickstarter-backed hardware startup that began building smartwatches under that name this past year, though it's probably meant on the surface to indicate the things will look somewhat like rocks.

It will also use the clout it gets from the NT operating system to win the backing of hardware firms.

Then permanently seal the openings with silicone caulking, caulk backing rod, hardware cloth, or heavy-duty netting.

We all came back with hardware.