Whereas tablet PCs are full-blown PCs that contain all their components inside the casing of a notebook-sized flat-screen display, smart displays are light, portable display screens that connect wirelessly to a PC, so a user can interact with the PC away from the desk for reading documents or surfing the Web.

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Unlike your flat screen at home, this display is equipped to withstand the impact of a 380-pound lineman.

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The Osaka-based maker of flat-screen TVs, liquid crystal display (LCD) panels and the Aquos brand of consumer electronics, is negotiating a tie-up with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, owned by Foxconn Technology Group.

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