No Wow factor was evinced during Internet surfing, either.

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We culled the various rules down into the three that were most common: Wow, No Surprises and Cheer.

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It's no doubt this lack of wow-factor hardware that has led Sammy to emphasize software progress instead, and indeed there are plenty of intriguing TouchWiz features that warrant further investigation on a finished handset -- assuming you're not a vanilla Android die-hard.

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Also, this is not WoW. There is no monthly subscription fee attached, so the F2P would just eliminate the need for retail sales altogether.

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There's no doubt the new Wembley has the 'wow' factor and I'm sure all the players will love playing there.

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Making people say "wow" was what catapulted Kumazaki Katsuhiko (No. 14) onto the Power 50 last year, and as the top-ranked Japanese.

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Longer term, the industry is dogged by concerns that there are no blockbuster new products like the anti-cholestrol drug Lipitor to wow investors.

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But that theory was quickly shot down in flames by a squadron of hacks keen to point out that Mr Zuma - a man of great personal charm who can also wow a crowd with his singing and dancing - is simply not much of a wordsmith and that no grander conclusions should be drawn.

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The Fitbug Wow Bluetooth-enable scales will connect to a similar list of iOS devices, although there's no word on Android compatibility yet.

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