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#1: Yeah, the pinup gatefold form-factor is similar ... but that's neglecting the "infinite depth of field" effect that he's getting out of these panoramics, since he's able to focus separately on near and far field.
Cooksey-Talbott's Vertical Panorama Landscapes - Boing Boing 2009
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What's your favourite kind of small form-factor computer?
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This week history repeats itself: a "new" iPhone which has the same form-factor as its predecessor but with an "S" added, again, for speed.
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Those who answered Yes were told that a Netbook was a low-spec small form-factor laptop but with just enough horsepower to do email and browse the web, etc.
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The other was the Amazon Kindle, an "E-Ink" - based e-book reader that, like its competition, the Sony Reader, delivers long battery life and superb screen quality in a slim and sexy form-factor that is just about the right size to slip into a large-ish coat pocket.
Archive 2008-03-01 Grace Lee 2008
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The other was the Amazon Kindle, an "E-Ink" - based e-book reader that, like its competition, the Sony Reader, delivers long battery life and superb screen quality in a slim and sexy form-factor that is just about the right size to slip into a large-ish coat pocket.
Cory Doctorow: Put Not Your Faith In Ebook Readers (Locus) Grace Lee 2008
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And since it already had an operating system for its touch-screen iPhone, it was pretty easy to extend that to a larger screen with a similar form-factor.
Larry Magid: Apple Proves That Innovation Pays Off, Even When Copied 2010
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Q3SQ1: Would you want to buy a tablet form-factor computer in the future?
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And since it already had an operating system for its touch-screen iPhone, it was pretty easy to extend that to a larger screen with a similar form-factor.
Larry Magid: Apple Proves That Innovation Pays Off, Even When Copied 2010
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Note that the survey is looking only at credit card form-factor cash, not IC chips embedded into mobile phones.
Jubjub commented on the word form-factor
I get the form, but why the factor?
November 12, 2009