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More than a year ago, the yet-to-be-released iPad was used at a German trade show by Medtronic, a giant in the biomedical industry.  The company used the tablet to display sales figures and other business information.  Medtronic still uses mobile technology, and in fact created an application which delivers critically important real-time patient status updates [...]

The “Dell Streak,” the first-ever smartphone/tablet hybrid device, was introduced by Dell in June 2010.  The company now offers two versions of this Android-based unit – one with a five-inch touchscreen and one with a seven-inch touchscreen.  The Streak was given mixed reviews upon its introduction, and it has not been commercially successful. To some [...]