The combined measurement is more relevant to smaller, flexible devices, like notebook computers, portable media players and smart phones.

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Phones, tablets, notebook computers and other portable devices have become critical parts of many daily lives.

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Whereas tablet PCs are full-blown PCs that contain all their components inside the casing of a notebook-sized flat-screen display, smart displays are light, portable display screens that connect wirelessly to a PC, so a user can interact with the PC away from the desk for reading documents or surfing the Web.

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