Finally, it will launch out of the gate running Android 4.1, and ship with black or white for color options.

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When he got off the airport train and was running toward the gate, "I was still like maybe 20 yards away when I heard the gate agent say, 'Mr. Drake, we've been expecting you, '" he said.

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Everything was going smoothly until I learned at the gate that my flight to Salt Lake City was running three hours late.

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With strong management, Delta got past the merger issues relatively smoothly and began not only running a good operation but also innovating, with iPads available free of charge in gate areas and Porsche shuttle service for premium passengers in Atlanta.

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Its commercials (like the video above) are filled with heart-tugging images: beaches and bayous, the arches of Utah, a fin-tailed convertible cruising a neon-lit street, a girl running through a field of goldenrod, a New Orleans brass band and a biker heading toward the Golden Gate.

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