Unlike consumer grade smart phones that yield low performance and high failure rates when force-fit into line of business applications, the CS40 is built on Windows Embedded Handheld technologies including the Windows Mobile 6.5 platform and is designed for mobile professionals who need versatile and reliable access and acquisition of information in real-time, at the point of work.

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Keeping the ratings-magnet in house and happy is important for the Comcast-owned network, particularly at a time when its own future is in flux care of the looming NBC Universal acquisition.

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