Starting last month, customers who order EchoStar satellite TV service can get--free--a DVR with 100 hours of storage (120 gigabytes) and a "30-second skip" button expressly designed for ad-zapping.

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You see, I'm a long-distance runner, a marathoner, and those pinchable, inline controls meant I could skip songs without feeling around for a button or taking my eyes off the road.

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Use the music control app to play, pause or skip tracks on your phone with the touch of a button.

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That button also lets you buy the book (in the case of a sample), skip to a specific page, bookmark, look up a word in the including Collins dictionary, view the book's table of contents, and adjust the font size -- there are eight font sizes in all.

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