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Operations reports showed conclusively that the device was 99% reliable. I can think of only two incidents where the device was defective as to Fingerprint Identification. Anyway, secondary articles exist.
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This article is not at all about "hand held computers" in general. It is about a handheld computer developed by Harris and used in the 2010 census of the US. This does not appear to be a notable device, since only passing reference is made to it in a couple of references provided in the article.
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