We particularly enjoyed the flip cover, which latches on magnetically like Apple's Smart Cover and povides the same premium experience.

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The Protective Flip Cover comes in seven vibrant colors to customize the Galaxy Note II, including Titanium Gray, Marble White, Blue, Pink, Mint, Lime Green, and Orange.

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The panel, which bends and drapes over the edge of the device, demonstrated the ability to have a streaming ticker for stocks, texts, notifications and other apps -- even if your phone has a flip cover protecting it.

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Then you can flip the box over and pull the cover off.

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We're not exactly sure who this one is going to appeal to (supposedly this one is for the ladies), but the 7270 is one of Nokia's steadily number of flip-phones, and sports a stainless steel cover, a built-in FM tuner, a VGA quality digital camera, a 128x160 pixel main display, a smaller external display.

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In Europe, he said, authorities seem to be ready to go at the flip of a switch, but they may want the cover of an FTC action.

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The invitation, titled "The beat goes on, " includes an image of a man, in silhouette, dancing with an iPod on the cover of an album displayed in the style of Apple's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) "Cover Flow" feature, which allows users to flip through their music on their iPhones or desktop computers.

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Flip the device around, and there's a brushed-styled (but not finish) battery cover with a grill separating it from the chin.

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