The HD2000A is in SANYO's signature vertical form factor while the FH1A is a traditional style camcorder shape (horizontal).

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Or is the BDA not playing fair by using those vertical relationships to form a de facto monopoly?

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That tail is useful because it adds depth to the OS, in the form of a vertical row of "cards" which appear when you long-press the home button, and which grow intelligently based on what Google can glean about your life.

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Participants place markers over randomly called numbers on the cards in an attempt to form a preselected pattern such as a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line, or all four corners.

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The most menacing of these is that posed by archrival Samsung, whose windfall profits from sales of memory chips and huge internal demand for advanced logic chips for Samsung-brand electronics products like smart phones give it sizeable advantages in the form of both financial firepower and in-house vertical integration.

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"We are now forging ahead to form a Chinese Tablet Alliance with several major Chinese partners both in the horizontal and vertical market segments to further develop, build and market this timely tablet, " added Sim.

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