And, quite possibly, we are about to head for another great hallmark of technology transitions, standards wars, where customers try to figure out which company is likely to survive, and which of those likely survivors wants to lock them into an expensive proprietary range of products.
"The Intel Atom processor represents a hallmark in technology innovation, enabling users to gain unhindered access to the rich, visually-compelling Internet in handheld devices," said Pankaj Kedia, director of global ecosystem programs in Intel Corporation's Ultra Mobility Group.
Wal-mart is another hallmark user of technology at both ends.
On the other hand, while the improved performances, reliability, scalability, and mobility support are the hallmark of LTE technology, it is challenging to obtain stringent latency requirements over the cellular connection especially in the presence of higher cellular network traffic load.
Speed, instant gratification, accessibility — these are a few of the appealing hallmarks of digital technology.
From Star Trek to Iron Man, speaking to your computer is one of those hallmarks of future technology, and Microsoft is determined to bring it into your living room.
Still, squabbles over the control of standards have long been a hallmark of high-technology industries, and the failure of the talks between Microsoft and AOL was viewed as part of that tradition.
That age had been seen by many as one of the "hallmarks" of stone technology, according to Britt Bousman, an archaeologist at Texas State University in San Marcos, who was not part of the study.
