1.   E-commerce also facilitates sales force automation by enabling salespeople to carry product and reference information in one portable device.

2.   The section for training in portable nuclear devices had been in the deep cellars of the monastery.

3.   Over the years, portable devices of greater and greater sophistication have been devised to facilitate easy and accurate recording of information at the point of collection.

4.   Already, along yet another digital frontier, two-way portable devices are taking over from desktop and laptop machines.

5.   Analysts said the maker of telecommunications equipment will likely cut earnings forecasts because of a drop in sales of portable devices such as phones.

6.   Analysts attributed the cut to a drop in sales of portable devices such as phones.

7.   Apple Computer Inc. introduced two new portable devices that are based on technology used in its Newton hand-held computer and aimed at the corporate and education markets.

8.   As a result, Bluetooth technology makes better sense for laptops, mobile phones and other portable devices.

9.   A portable device that looks like a television remote control but with slots at each end for cards to be inserted makes transactions possible anywhere.