Once you get past the unusual color choice, the first thing you'll notice is that the 1.25-inch LCD screen has a horizontal orientation rather than the vertical one you'll find on the iPod mini and most other MP3 players.

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We also recently launched the Latitude ST, a 10-inch Windows 7-based touch-screen tablet designed for vertical markets such as education, finance and healthcare in November of this year.

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Built from the ground up for the web, the 12.85-inch 3:2 ratio display claims to offer 18 percent more vertical space than 16:9 does.

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Iron tension rods spaced every 6 feet suspend burly 10-inch-square ceiling timbers from trusses above, freeing the work space from vertical support beams.

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