Of course, by Android's nature, it's easy to gum up the works by installing too many apps trying to do too many things at once -- but with a few of our essentials installed and the device fully synced to our Google account, everything sped right along.

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Sun, of course, is touting Java's cross-platform nature in the active appliance arena.

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Neither Smith nor Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Tracy Billingsley would disclose the nature of Gotti's illness or course of treatment.

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And, of course, you have to respond to - it's just the nature of the beast.

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