SpareOne, designed to be an ultimate safety and communication device, provides up to 15 years of battery life when stored unused (off, with plastic tab inserted) or 10 hours of talk time when in use.

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The patent wars roll on, with Apple winning another battle today in the German courts, ensuring that Samsung's Galaxy Tab will stay off the shelves in that country for the time being.

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The real-time poll, available only to Galaxy Tab users, peeled off a thin slice of TV feedback.

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To top off the rich entertainment experience, the ICONIA TAB A110 comes with a 2MP front-facing camera to engage in live chats with your friends.

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In their bid to simplify loading 35mm film, Kodak, Fuji and other photographic firms squared off the 35mm roll's lead-in tab so a modern SLR's motor-driven loading mechanism could grab the film's sprocket holes and wind it automatically onto the take-up spool.

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The pull-tab of a tallboy pulls half a finger off.

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Photographs show the violent force deformed the plane's fuselage, forced the tail wheel to deploy and likely resulted in the plane's trim tab -- a piece of the tail -- to fly off, the safety board said.

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