As I heard about marginally useful features such as HDMI output and a complicated wireless file-sharing implementation, my worries that the company was headed down the wrong path were confirmed.

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It was an okay device, when push came to shove, with useful features like a full-size USB port, 1080p output and pen support -- a rarity on Android tablets.

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Forte features a colour OLED (Organic LED) display to indicate input and output signal levels, mic preamp gain and other useful information, with stylish motion graphics giving you detailed visual information.

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Also, the 500 adds an HDMI input and output to the mix -- these aren't very useful now, but more on that later.

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It could be useful to denote things such as the sun's mass (2.2 hellatons) and energy output (approximately 0.4 hellawatts).

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