In spite of this, it became more frequently seen in the trendy parts of Shanghai and Beijing, and became popular among local Chinese, who now had more disposable income to spend than their parents, and wanted to have a flashy status symbol to show off to their friends.

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Air View is actually a fun feature to show off to friends, allowing you to wave your hand above the phone to answer it useful when cooking.

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If you have a hot product to show off to your friends, it gives you "a few brief moments of being a celebrity, " Yarrow said.

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Included are a customized suite of apps like Kids Cam, Music Studio and Draw that encourage children to develop creative capabilities, and show off their creative side to friends and family members with videos, pictures and songs.

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Bringing your friends home to show off a new Ham radio or your great-great-great grandfather's rebel flag probably won't boost your popularity in high school.

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Then there are the husbands who are small people, who must see their wives and children as subserviant, who have to be 'top dog' who only feel satisfaction at a family members accomplishments if they can show it off to their friends as if they have done it themselves.

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They proudly show off their imitation watches and invite friends to their simple digs.

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These are more about interaction than action: players either join their friends for an online game of poker or Scrabble, or to create and show off virtual pets, farms and mob families.

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