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March 23, 2007

Tiny laptop is hard on eyes, wrists, thumbs

  • FlipStart is stuck somewhere between a smart phone and a laptop.
    • By JESSICA MINTZ
    AP Business Writer

    I was flipping TV channels the other night when an interview with a famous Microsoft programmer caught my eye. The show's hostess was clearly in awe, and since I write about the company, I wanted to jot down his surname. The problem? She never mentioned it.

    Instead of dashing into the next room, firing up the computer and searching the Web, I reached for the FlipStart, a miniature PC about the size of a pocket dictionary.


     
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