Its ultra-bright OLED screen makes the display easily visible in day or nighttime conditions and shows steps, stairs distance, calories, activity minutes, time and trophies.

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Among the giant hotels lining the harbour near the convention centre, the newest is the bright white, ultra-modern 1, 190-room Hilton San Diego Bayfront, which opened in December 2008.

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Without question, the future of ultra-luxury is extremely bright.

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The display self-adjusts to become an ultra-high contrast e-book reader in bright sunlight, and a bright full-color backlit display in normal light.

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