The steel band around the middle and "glass weave" backplate actually gave the device a pleasantly premium feel in our hands.

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This will continue with the Panorama event - a steel band competition taking place in Hyde Park on the Saturday before the carnival.

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It kicks off with a beach party and culminates with a Caribbean-style Fat Tuesday of dinner, dancing and a live steel band on a white sand beach.

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Apple may likewise be going all old-school iPhone on us, with a modern twist: we could be reverting to an aluminum back with more receptive materials (likely glass) at the ends, just in a much thinner form that keeps the steel antenna band.

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The Pavilion bar serves afternoon tea, then segues into tropical cocktails as the evening settles in, the stars light up, and a steel-drum band takes the stage.

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That Dieter Rams-inspired look is still considered iconic in some circles, and Apple has often touted the steel outside antenna band as a selling point that it's unlikely to drop all that quickly.

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Interviewed by FORBES in Washington, Conn. while the band rehearsed for its recently opened Steel Wheels tour, Jagger and Richards revealed a sharply focused management style.

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Eventually, Springsteen and Lopez formed a band called Child, which they soon renamed Steel Mill.

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The company has created a slim bracelet, the UP band, that contains a wealth of sensors and a rechargeable battery all attached to a flexible steel frame enclosed in a special, rubber-like coating.

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