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By Julian Goldsmith

Published: 15 February 2008 16:51 GMT

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This rugged tablet PC from WebDT is so tough it will sustain a drop from four feet. It has no moving parts and storage is Flash-based.

It supports Windows CE and XP. One of the new applications in development is planogram software used to stack shelves to the optimum selling ability.

Tesco is using 7,000 of the units for its picking operations.

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