If you want to touch base with me afterwards, we can look into it.

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Do I really want to open 4 different apps to see if anyone is trying to touch base with me.

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These devices range from the inventory trackers that drivers use to touch base with logistics centers, or mobile credit card scanners that are increasingly popping up at shops to allow customers to buy on-the-spot rather than lugging shopping carts into check-out lines.

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The machine has a 11.6 inch touch-screen display and when clicked into the base with its magnetically assisted latch, you have a full sized keyboard and a trackpad.

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"Accessory makers can reach virtually the entire installed base of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch owners with two products, determined by the connector, " the 30 pin or Lightning, said Charles Govin, an industry analyst with Forrester.

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How big a customer base can it build a relationship with, and keep in touch with, to become a central pillar in their lives?

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