The PlayPad is a travel-sized tablet controller with dual analog sliders, and includes a collapsible tablet stand and carrying case for console-like precision gaming on the go.

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An airplane adapter and a specially designed hard carrying case add to their on-the-go convenience.

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If your schedule is unpredictable, that may mean carrying a just-in-case snack in your purse or briefcase to stave off hunger.

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It is the one sales job worth yearning for -- carrying that battered sample case of memorable music around the country, to unpack in front of a different appreciative audience every night.

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Its accounting practices troubled Wall Street for years, while service breakdowns caused by under-investment in carrying capacity made Mr Case one of the most loathed men in America.

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Happily, though, you do get USB-to-Ethernet and micro-HDMI-to-VGA adapters, along with a carrying case and mouse, so hopefully there won't be any hard feelings.

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Her dedication to these women is such that she is on call 24-7 for them, carrying a pager in case someone has a crisis at any hour as long as she's in Atlanta.

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While he was up there, Mr. Taylor flashed a reference device -- a laptop hybrid with the keyboard and touchpad built into the carrying case.

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That's a job for the next human-carrying spacecraft to come along from the US. And I think in the case of this mission of Discovery, everyone was comfortable with where the risk numbers fell and they were ready to go.

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