However, sketches from the patent application show that the Smart Cover could charge the iPad while the case is being used as a stand to prop the device upward.

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He was simply forced to stand there, like a menacing prop, surrounded by the still hooded special-forces team, with his chafed wrists handcuffed behind his back.

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Sale prop Stuart Turner will also join England on stand-by, replacing Bristol's Darren Compton who flew out as temporary cover in the immediate aftermath of skipper Phil Vickery's two-match ban for tripping USA centre Paul Emerick.

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Thankfully, Toshiba is shipping the Excite 13, which runs on Google's Android 4.0 operating system, with a stand that will relieve owners from having to hold, or prop up, the large device themselves.

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Stand-off Danny Orr set up half-back partner Brad Davis and prop Dean Sampson also went over for the Tigers, but in the end Wigan were worthy winners of a superbly entertaining match.

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Prop Sam Burgess, who scored one try and had another disallowed, was one of the stand-outs but he blamed basic errors for their defeat.

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