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Practically Laptops

                             MEMORY, DISPLAY,
MODEL AND PRICE          WEIGHT, AND BATTERY LIFE

CLIO, VADEM*          16 Mb; 9.4 in. color, 640x480
TRIPAD, Sharp         touch-sensitive; 3.2 lb.;
Electronics           and 12 hr.
$999

JORNADA 820,          16 Mb; 8.2 in. color, 640x480,
Hewlett-Packard       2.5 lb.; and 10 hr.
$999

MOBILON PRO,          16 Mb; 8.2 in., 640x480,
Sharp                 touch-sensitive; 2.7 lb.;
Electronics           and 8 hr.
$900

MODEL AND PRICE                      THE SKINNY

CLIO, VADEM*          Unique pivoting screen design allows the
TRIPAD, Sharp         Clio/Tri Pad to be to be used as a conventional
Electronics           notebook, a presentation unit, or a tablet.
$999                  Built-in handwriting-recognition software.

JORNADA 820,          The lightest of the HPC Pros. Uses laptop-
Hewlett-Packard       style touchpad instead of stylus and touch-
$999                  sensitive screen.

MOBILON PRO,          The least expensive  of the HPC Pro models.
Sharp                 Conventional design like the Jornada, but
Electronics           uses stylus and touch screen instead of touch
$900                  pad.

ALL HPC PRO MODELS USE THE WINDOWS CE 3.0 OPERATING SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDES 
POCKET WORD, POCKET EXCEL, POCKET POWERPOINT, POCKET EXCESS, POCKET INTERNET 
EXPLORER, AND POCKET OUTLOOK *VADEM MANUFACTURES THE SHARP TRIPAD
DATA: MANUFACTURERS, BUSINESS WEEK


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