Only with the introduction over the next six months of the more powerful class of products based on Windows CE Handheld PC Professional Edition, does Sanchez see a viable product with a readable, typeable keyboard.

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By Pocket PC WM6 Professional standards, that's nothing new -- heck, HTC's own devices have had that trick up their sleeves for ages -- but never before in Smartphone trim.

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But the firm also notes that tablets are being considered as PC substitutes even in the professional market.

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For much of my professional career (IBM PC, Dell, Power Computing) I competed against Apple.

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Building on Fujitsu's long heritage of creating tablet PCs for professional and business users, the Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q550 Slate PC is a keyboard-less tablet PC that builds in security from the ground up, so that it meets the most stringent IT security requirements of governments and businesses.

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