Thin client devices depending upon on-line applications and on-line storage to do work and require constant connectivity.

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This will be a benefit to tablet and other thin client devices that depend upon access to inexpensive on-line services, including storage.

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At the same time thin client mobile devices such as tablet computers and smart phones are all the rage and are impacting sales of notebook computers.

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Even with the growth of thin client mobile devices such as tablet computers and smart phones and the use of content only borrowed from the web rather than copied our total storage requirements are growing.

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Besides consumer products and technologies, Philips also showed products for corporate users, including the new NetDisplay line of thin-client devices, which include a 15.1-inch flat panel LCD color display with a built-in processor and video core.

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