Can the Apple Touch Sell the Tablet?

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	Can the Apple Touch Sell the Tablet?

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8-18-2009 5:47 PM

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The Mac and iPhone maker may join a host of tech players hoping to win big in tablet PCs, an area where some of the industry's biggest names have failed
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Apple may be at the forefront of a renewed effort to bring back the tablet. Electronics manufacturers across the tech landscape are hard at work on their own versions of these flat-screen computers that let users input information via touchscreen rather than keyboard.
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All these tablet hopefuls hope to succeed in an area where many tech titans have stumbled. Tablets have taken off in narrow niches, such as construction and nursing. <A href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?capId=2396031">Motion Computing</A> makes a rugged touchscreen device that can be dropped and sanitized; it goes for more than $2,000 a pop.
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