The resort covered Mr. Box's expenses and lodging while he was in town.

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It ensures all the expected services are covered out of the box, and there is little confusion on the part of the user, but it does make the apps bundled in the SmartWatch feel a bit tired.

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Bernier, who works in Florida, routinely sticks his arm in the box, tightly covered except for one small window of inviting flesh.

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That pays for the high-tech printing, hand-binding and a presentation box that's covered in goatskin and linen.

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However, beware of fingerprint streaks -- specifically, the palmrest gets covered pretty quickly, though thankfully, Samsung includes a cloth in its high-end box.

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In contrast, the Slingbox 500 is not a box, but rather, some amorphous shape we're pretty sure we never covered in high school geometry.

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