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The new smartphones, always-on portable Internet devices that are part cellphone, part computer, change the rules of the game in computing because computing speed — at which Intel excelled — is no longer the most important factor.
Amid signs that the market for electronic books is finally gaining momentum, Amazon could face stiff competition not only from other electronic reading devices, such as Sony's e-Reader, but also from increasingly capable smart phones and other portable Internet devices.
The thing about portable internet devices is that, oftentimes, they don't have useable keyboards.
Austin, Tex.-based chipmaker Cirrus Logic specializes in semiconductors used for computer audio applications and portable Internet devices such as MP3 players and e-books.
And manufacturers are releasing a growing number of wi-fi devices, from laptops to cellphones to portable Internet devices, further boosting use.
The idea is to shift computing intelligence away from individual computers to the network, where the applications can be readily accessed by a new generation of inexpensive, portable Internet devices.
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Apparently some users have set them up as file servers, you can use them as a portable internet device, the options are endless.
Your phone's integrated browser sucks, but you don't have to use it, except to download Opera Mini, which, once installed, makes your phone quite usable as a portable Internet device.
Advanced Micro hopes Alchemy's chips will help it gain ground in the emerging market for portable Internet access devices, where it faces stiff competition.
One example is AudioFeast, which offers portable Internet radio service for MP3 players and mobile devices and raised $10 million in a recent round of financing.
By putting together functionality that used to be separate in one device, the tablet is simultaneously changing the value equations customers place on portable computers, internet access devices, video cameras, photo displays, and GPS systems, among many others.
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