But the plastic body felt a bit insubstantial to me and the mono speaker on the rear was only fair.
We got our hands on the black version and the plastic body certainly felt well built with nary a squeak.
Though the 101 XS' soft lines and plastic body don't provide much eye candy, we must say the device feels very good in the hand.
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Just like electrical wires, nerves have insulation - but instead of plastic, the body uses myelin.
The long, plastic-shelled body did a fine job of standing apart from the push toward all-screen slates that has gripped the vast majority of the industry over the past several years.
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Much of the tablet's body is white plastic, which certainly doesn't lend it a premium feel.
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He said went up to the flat and saw a body wrapped in plastic bags and bed linen.
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Vaguely reminiscent of the original's dash design, the Beetle deploys a body-colored plastic fascia on the dash and doors, matching a surround piece on the steering wheel.
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Indian Head, however, finding that the manufacturer of metal electrical conduit may have violated antitrust laws by recruiting hundreds of allies to pack a standard-setting body that banned plastic conduit from fire codes.
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Her body, covered by plastic bags and a quilt cover, was found by a man out walking his dog.
At one point, Anaya wears a black body stocking and a white plastic mask, and she looks like some legendary figure from a lyrical silent film.
Its body is constructed entirely of plastic, save the aluminum power button up top and volume rocker on the side, plus the sliver of metal serving as the earpiece grill.
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The body is still dominated by softly molded plastic, and the S 4 doesn't really advance the aesthetics of its predecessor the way competitors Apple, Sony and HTC have done with their latest phones.
Serious buyers cluster hungrily around the gallery directors, eager to nab their favourite pieces (the more experienced of them employ strategic body-blocking techniques: they hold plastic champagne glasses aloft and to one side, taking up more space and threatening to spill upon their competition).
The plastic was also a necessity after the all-metal body of the Transformer Prime resulted in widespread GPS and WiFi signal problems.
Its cars have always been built in Saturn-only factories, with body panels made of expensive, dent-resistant plastic.
The goal is to use flexible plastic circuits to recreate all the basic functions of the human body, from digestion to breathing and everything in between.
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Jackson, perhaps seeking to erase from his body the face of the father who beat him, underwent multiple plastic surgeries.
We now know that when plastic heats up, chemicals leach into the milk and are released into the body when the milk is consumed.
In place of those familiar plastic spheres are two big LCDs that comprise roughly a third of Furby's body.
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Located directly on the strip nestled between the top and bottom plastic pieces, the power button and volume rocker are set incredibly close to the body of the phone, which makes it more difficult to press.
The body of the controller is made of a rugged, if somewhat cheap-feeling plastic.
It's a smart use of materials to make the body seem a little more expensive and tactile given that it's just black plastic.
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Recent concerns about too-skinny models, increasing interest in exposing Photoshopped versions of already-beautiful people, and of course the constant use of celebrity plastic surgery as a topic for satire suggest that there is a broad undercurrent of distrust about body modification that places people too far outside a certain norm.
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Within a year Langer had invented a new plastic that used proteins to burrow holes big enough to release multiple drugs and cancer-fighting chemicals into the body.
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