The concept may sound a little gimmicky (and it does include the requisite in-app purchase options as well) but the characters themselves don't feel gimmicky at all.
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" An IndyCar driver told me the change felt "gimmicky.
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It needs to prove it's not just a gimmicky crossover.
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"You lucked out with your gimmicky character," one tells him.
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Pontypool is a gimmicky film, but one that mostly works.
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It's gimmicky, to be sure, but there's logic to it.
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It's totally a gimmicky ad, but it's a fun one.
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The band started seeming gimmicky, and even a bit basic.
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Speaking of gimmicky, the S20 range can shoot 203K video.
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At one point, "Mosaic" nods at its own gimmicky nature.
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Maybe it's gimmicky, but I would want that on stage.
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But the animated scenes are often gimmicky, crass or even offensive.
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The name is adorable and on-brand without being too gimmicky.
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Gimmicky though it may sound, Foster's endeavor is an earnest one.
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Super Bowl season is among us, which means gimmicky marketing abounds.
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Searching isn't gimmicky, and isn't a cliché teen horror flick, either.
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For a long, long while it's going to feel fairly gimmicky.
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Like OnePlus, Motorola and others, Huawei embraces gimmicky gestures and shortcuts.
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However, AR has issues with execution, which tends to feel gimmicky.
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The new tournaments have been written off as gimmicky by critics.
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He wrote popular self-help books, and developed gimmicky diet products.
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There are some gimmicky Sharper Image-reject gifts in the collections.
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This $10 nail polish holder looks gimmicky, but it's actually useful.
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A gimmicky-seeming nail polish holder they'll actually wind up using
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Giving up on gimmicky secrecy doesn't mean giving up on intrigue.
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And the gizmo is clearly more gimmicky accessory than truly necessary.
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Most of them come off as gimmicky attempts at self-promotion.
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"The Skyjacker's Tale" could stand to lose its gimmicky re-enactments.
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It is the risk of being labeled gimmicky or a sellout.
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"There are so many brands now, more gimmicky things," he said.
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The whole thing is a gimmicky way to sell a rain jacket.
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Well, that's certainly one vision for the future, albeit a gimmicky one.
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It's pretty gimmicky, but at least HTC tried to create something novel.
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Some of this still feels gimmicky, but that's not Caavo's fault, necessarily.
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Even its gimmicky "Edge Sense" feature doesn't tarnish the U11's shine.
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Tinder's Swipe the Vote was a particularly interesting — if somewhat gimmicky — innovation.
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But, preview or not, the feature is already more impressive than gimmicky.
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Some people are too susceptible to them, while others find them gimmicky.
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This time around, Sony isn't overdoing it with a gimmicky 4K screen.
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This $7 nail polish holder looks gimmicky, but it's actually pretty useful.
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It's a risky tactic, one that could easily feel gimmicky or unconvincing.
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Noelle's CGI reindeer pet feels like gimmicky fodder to keep kids' interest.
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It managed to be intellectual without being arcane, contemporary without being gimmicky.
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"Him never singing felt a little dated and gimmicky," Mr. Elliott said.
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But Hanse said the ninth hole at Erin Hills was not gimmicky.
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Marvel has tried more gimmicky tie-ins, both on- and off-screen.
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It's also just an inauthentic song with a gimmicky, uber-repetitive hook.
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When Samsung first introduced the feature, I thought it was really gimmicky.
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Erotic, highly romantic or gimmicky, the piece never left a viewer indifferent.
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Google, a longtime fan of gimmicky April Fools' jokes, overreached this year.
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In fact, after a while, a few of them feel pretty gimmicky.
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But the longer Carpool Karaoke sticks around, the more gimmicky it gets.
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What about snakes on stage or is that considered a bit too gimmicky?
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The most impressive part of the modules is how they don't feel gimmicky.
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Anyway, sometimes you hear about citizen science projects that feel a little gimmicky.
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There are no rewards and no gimmicky incentives for the campaign — just impact.
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Beginning in late 2015, sales of gimmicky books full of complicated illustrations skyrocketed.
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It's a quirk of longform network TV storytelling that feels frustrating and gimmicky.
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Beyond the cameras, the phone doesn't have a whole lot of gimmicky features.
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Only a sport as gimmicky as baseball could come up with such assclownery.
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"The send blindly feature is kind of a fun, gimmicky thing," admits Barnard.
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Which is why anything vaguely theatrical is just seen as lavish and gimmicky.
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The app is a video messaging platform without any filters or gimmicky enhancements.
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There's no point in putting a twist on it just to seem gimmicky.
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Reviewers criticized LG's Air Motion for being gimmicky, useless, or difficult to use.
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" In similar vein, CFA survey respondents called capital gains treatment "gimmicky" and "aristocratic.
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Popsockets: Collapsible Grip, $9.99Popsocket Grips look gimmicky, but they're a legitimately helpful tool.
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I live in Hong Kong, a place where gimmicky foods are practically inescapable.
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The other most gimmicky, cool, new thing is what happens when you die.
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It's gimmicky and requires whoever has the print to actually download the app.
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It did have a gimmicky feel to it, especially coming moments after Sen.
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It's a little gimmicky, for sure, although not entirely antithetical to reality TV programming.
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But the resulting computers—though beautiful—are expensive and the Touch Bar is gimmicky.
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You probably think this is all pretty gimmicky, and honestly, you're not really wrong.
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It sounds a little gimmicky, but it really worked and showed his product worked.
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BlackBerry Messenger Enterprise also offers better security and lacks the gimmicky features mentioned above.
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Looking to get doused in a bath of gimmicky nostalgia that somehow still rocks?
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This first step in that direction manages to look fresh, familiar and majorly gimmicky.
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But you won't find any gimmicky snail mucus masks or Snapchat filter blurring creams.
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From our limited testing, some are quite gimmicky, while others could actually be useful.
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Maybe it was the extra premium or maybe the Edge features were too gimmicky.
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We found the embedded QR codes for audio gimmicky, but many users enjoy it.
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It sounds gimmicky, but I found myself using the dial more than I imagined.
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When Apple unveiled the feature during WWDC, I thought it looked a bit gimmicky.
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The 1-star customers felt the Quip was gimmicky when compared to a Sonicare.
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Certainly the delightfully gimmicky transparent rear was a nice touch on the Exodus 1.
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The show became known for celebrity interviews and gimmicky stunts sprinkled in between newscasts.
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It leans in on gimmicky mechanics, but not to the point of over-indulgence.
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Netflix's The Crown doesn't mean to be gimmicky, but it's still got a gimmick.
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Meizu, notably, tried something similar this year with the very gimmicky (and pricey) Zero.
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It sounds gimmicky, but word is it's a gimmick that works really, really well.
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It's one of the best around, even if the 25D moniker is a tad gimmicky.
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The new additions to Bixby feel a bit gimmicky, but can still be pretty handy.
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Many Skills are gimmicky (see Skyrim: Very Special Edition), but there are some useful ones.
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As far as workouts go, EMS is very extra, and some might say it's gimmicky.
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Yet Depp grandstands in one more gimmicky, costume-driven performance, with one more plummy accent.
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Or at least historically, connected devices for the everyman's house have seemed gimmicky at best.
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But even so, it's a fun (if slightly gimmicky) way to exchange messages with friends.
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For all the hype from tech blogs, consumers just didn't care about the gimmicky features.
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Live Mix feels quite a bit more gimmicky when it comes to actual everyday use.
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But "Despacito" which means slowly in Spanish, is far from a gimmicky dance craze song.
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It feels gimmicky, and thus far no one has done a good job demonstrating otherwise.
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But when it came to covering hard news, it never resorted to gimmicky or fluff.
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But the CHiP isn't even a cheap gimmicky gift or a practical solution — it's $249.
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The games are neat, and also a little gimmicky, but the technology is certainly there.
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Initially released in 2014, Cortana has evolved from a gimmicky feature into a powerful assistant.
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The audio effects have a powerful impact on the sound without being gimmicky or overbearing.
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And, look, I'm not out here pretending that overtly gimmicky metal bands don't irk me.
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And Harron's camerawork is woozy throughout, without resorting to tired, tilted angles or gimmicky shots.
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The fluidity of VR keeps it from having the gimmicky feel of a 3D movie.
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Plus, Tong was kind and helpful and made the butler amenity useful instead of gimmicky.
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It seems gimmicky, but it's actually their way of giving you a really good bargain.
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Oftentimes, this feature can feel a little gimmicky and not make much of a difference.
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The special modes are a little gimmicky, and its attempts at portrait mode are slightly embarrassing.
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Many local architects complain that these high-end follies are not serious architecture, but gimmicky flash.
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Now, thanks to gimmicky, vaguely socially conscious efforts like this one, I feel my resistance weakening.
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But even still, so much of AR is just plain gimmicky (looking at you, dancing hotdog).
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Still, LG desperately needed a thing, a way to stand out that wasn't gimmicky or pointless.
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Beauty vlogging is a saturated space, and as such it helps to get a little gimmicky.
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Would the feat have been more impressive if it hadn't come in such a gimmicky way?
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If TAPs felt slightly gimmicky, like rat-maze training for adults, other techniques seemed more profound.
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This type of lifeless charade is why people are over April Fools' Day AND gimmicky content.
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So this raises the question: why has Microsoft created another heavy, gimmicky, yet powerful Surface Book?
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It sounded gimmicky—a scratch-and-sniff board book that could school me on fancy liquors?
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The results of its study of 400,000 people were published recently, and are anything but gimmicky.
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But under the harsh constraints of a three-act movie, these inventions look gimmicky and basic.
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Its tablets up to this point have all been budget affairs with gimmicky projectors jacked in.
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Other radar-based Motion Sense features are cool, while some are a bit gimmicky and unreliable.
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If Fleabag were played by a more conventional actress, her spiral might feel cloying or gimmicky.
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If the business concept seems gimmicky, the motivation behind many of these bars is quite heartfelt.
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It takes a gimmicky approach to commerce, trying to make consumers feel special through psychological tricks.
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Sure, they're a little gimmicky, but they're also fun and proceeds go to a good cause.
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The smart home — outfitted with internet-connected accessories controlling home appliances — was once a gimmicky niche.
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And I was wrong to assume that Mr. Lang's work would be in any way gimmicky.
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JC: I think at the moment, maybe there's some gimmicky features on some of these phones, and I think we will see gimmicky versions of these phones, but I think folding technology inherently is not necessarily going to be a tech that fades out pretty soon.
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Phones with foldable displays could very well be gimmicky, but darn it if they don't look futuristic.
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"If you have a tricky design with tricky material, it's too gimmicky, too overly-designed," she added.
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But this is obviously Game Freak's gift to the hardcore community, even if it does look gimmicky.
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But for now, Amazon is tuned more for impulse-buying gimmicky junk food than weekly grocery shopping.
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The series impressively checks a bunch of boxes: it's Shakespearean, it's gimmicky, and it's surprisingly critically-praised.
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"We wanted to build something that stood for something beyond a gimmicky, one-feature thing," Hariri said.
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Then there's the ever-gimmicky portrait style modes that are found on just about every phone now.
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And the whole "fighting the son of the man who killed my father" plot sounds pretty gimmicky.
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In past years, Huawei's gimmicky gesture inputs might have been the only thing to distinguish its software.
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This hasn't stopped Sharknado director Anthony Ferrante from fairly successfully importing the conventions of gimmicky 3D movies.
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Now that Earth Day is passed and gimmicky connections are over, it is time to get real.
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But at the same time, it's not a completely pointless feature, even if it's a gimmicky one.
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The company has adopted HTC's most gimmicky feature, bringing touch sensitive sides that launch Assistant when squeezed.
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Most cars have one big thing — a new powerplant, dramatic styling, a gimmicky feature — that defines them.
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At the beginning there are gimmicky interpolated sections about things like the nature of sweet versus sour.
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It's on the gimmicky side of things, but someone out there is bound to like Air Actions.
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OXO Good Grips Avocado Slicer, $9.99The Avocado Slicer looks gimmicky, but it's really useful in real life.
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It can easily sound gimmicky, but it's actually a nice little feature to capture moments and memories.
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"I didn't want to have gimmicky names," Mr. Lagasse said, adding that he pushed for genuine ingredients.
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Having these emotionally heavy moments next to gimmicky group dates or drunken yell-offs always feels... off.
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There was chillwave, witch house, seapunk, shitgaze, vaporwave, cloud rap, and countless other niche sounds with gimmicky names.
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Gimmicky as Edge Sense might be to most people, the company's still brave enough to try new things.
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Digital assistants like Alexa have become the hot thing in tech, even if they seem a bit gimmicky.
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But its girl-nerd POV never feels gimmicky, in large part because it's divorced from lazy cultural signifiers.
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The Kefauver campaign was gimmicky, heading to every part of the state, and the Truman campaign barely existed.
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While many apps have added AR features, most of them feel gimmicky and don't add any real value.
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It's built around a potentially fun, if gimmicky, premise involving a time machine in a duffel bag (yep).
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He's not writing a gimmicky crossover, but something that is more about the thematics of the world colliding.
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But I think I got better at it and learned how to incorporate them without being too gimmicky.
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So, imagine Apple applying its software prowess to those Edge screens, making them less gimmicky than Samsung's efforts.
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Delivery robots are seen as novelties, job-killers and a gimmicky way for restaurants to reach nearby customers.
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Gimmicky appearances, meanwhile — like Jim Carrey's pet detective in Ace Ventura – placed the shirt firmly in cringe territory.
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It still feels mostly gimmicky for now, but we're starting to see more games and companies support Tobii.
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Gimmicky marketing names can make it hard to discern what features a car has and how they work.
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Sunshine's bonus stages saw your gimmicky FLUDD device taken away, leaving Mario to navigate a more traditional landscape.
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It's gimmicky, sure, but cutting down on costly, time-consuming brewing rounds can save a big brewery money.
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Pomerantz may be attempting to shake up the written work, but the gesture is more gimmicky than complex.
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" Looked at one way, Yang's contest is a gimmicky, almost tacky political stunt — a "Hey, look over here!
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That's the value proposition that Vizio has offered for years, although the approach has seemed gimmicky at times.
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Yeah, at the moment, it might be gimmicky, but I don't think the tech, in general, will be.
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The gesture controls may be gimmicky, but the phone has some great new native apps and (subtle) features.
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Plus, I find that redoing a gimmicky puzzle from scratch often gives a better result the second time.
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Much of the modern independent movement is influenced by, if not outright referencing, these grotesque, gimmicky time-wasters.
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This isn't just another instance of a gimmicky relocation of a canonical work by novelty-seeking theater artists.
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The radar sensor is a bit gimmicky right now, but that might change as Google works on it.
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But the service, as gimmicky as it may sound, appears to have caught the imagination of household goods manufacturers.
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But in the '60s, some critics — notably the archformalist Clement Greenberg — saw these genres as gimmicky, merely entertaining novelties.
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It's all about styling it in a manner that's understated — yes, it's possible — unique, and the opposite of gimmicky.
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I keep going back to the idea that none of this is strictly necessary and therefore kind of gimmicky.
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That's notably right around the same price as the similarly gimmicky/futuristic Red Hydrogen One, which, well, wasn't great.
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Thanks to Lohan's nuanced performance, The Parent Trap transcended the gimmicky nature of its premise and became almost believable.
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Unlike more gimmicky similar tools, the software is surprisingly accurate, regardless of angle, lighting, and other potentially derailing factors.
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These features seem a bit gimmicky in everyday use; it's nothing like swiping to type on a virtual keyboard.
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While they may seem gimmicky, Dr. Gross swears modeling masks are the future of at-home skin-care treatments.
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The AR lenses are arguably gimmicky, but they do look cool and encourage engagement when users try them out.
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That may sound a bit gimmicky, but it's a surprisingly effective way to take care of routine inbox maintenance.
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We've all seen widgets from companies like Outbrain and Taboola, usually with celebrity-focused, gimmicky or otherwise sensationalistic headlines.
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No. But I oppose it on principle: It's a gimmicky way to cash in on a "crazy" food trend.
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Apple's going do what it does, but say it with me now people: I don't want a gimmicky iPhone.
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The concept, though a bit gimmicky, reveals ambitions that are, in some sense, as scientific as they are artistic.
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But, do they actually help create more finished looks or are they a gimmicky extra dreamed up by marketers?
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"You wanted to send a gimmicky message that actually backfired on you, and that bill actually passed," she said.
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To the uninitiated, these large group chats might sound gimmicky — wouldn't 100,000, or even 256, just be a cacophony?
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The broadcast would have no workout demos or clumsy attempts at dancing, no gimmicky test kitchens or celebrity stunts.
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You don't need gimmicky 3D audio when you have a speaker that sounds this good and only costs $200.
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But Quibi could easily come across as gimmicky if it doesn't get the experience right with quality content, too.
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The design is low-key, almost academic, without gimmicky typeface or colors pushed so that everything looks Disney fake.
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" He continued, "Some of the more gimmicky props, we're just as much in the dark as the general public.
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As for gimmickiness — that criticism isn't aimed at, say, Richard Nelson, whose Apple Family plays are just as gimmicky.
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But the limited features feel a bit gimmicky unless Toys R Us can keep updating or releasing fresh app content.
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Image: BelkinWireless charging is one of those conveniences that seem a bit gimmicky and unnecessary, until you actually try them.
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Verdict: Sure, the place is gimmicky, but Burrell succeeds in making dishes that are enhanced rather than overwhelmed by Cheetos.
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On paper, they sound gimmicky, even pretentious: a white guy making a movie about two black trans women in LA?
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At first I was reluctant to go, chalking it up to another gimmicky event trying to capitalize on weed legalization.
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It may all sound gimmicky, but in 2016, more than 8 billion digital red envelopes were exchanged over the platform.
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President of AKP properties in Los Angeles Aaron Kirman thinks the strategy is "gimmicky," however he understands why it's done.
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It looks like focusing its attention away from gimmicky drinks is paying off for Starbucks — and for our taste buds.
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I assumed a local news station was just using a gimmicky new technique to jazz up a ho-hum story.
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Teams don't want to be seen as gimmicky, and there are a great many Very Serious Football Men in charge.
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In covering Prince and Public Enemy, she is anything but gimmicky; rather, she rebuilds their songs from the ground up.
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And the government has mainly focused on short-term rationing and gimmicky holidays, just as it has during previous crises.
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Hisense H2649.99 series The H265 series is for people who want a smart 21K TV without the gimmicky curved screen.
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That's the idea behind recent research at Stanford, and the benefits go far beyond gimmicky gadgets looking to avoid recalls.
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Some of that may sound gimmicky, but the text-scanning abilities alone make it worth having on your home screen.
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Separately, and together, AR and geolocation have been used for a bunch of sometimes-successful-but-usually-gimmicky game concepts.
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Instead, Kwon called LG's gimmicky albeit wonderful rolling TV "one step ahead of foldable technology," according to the Korean Times.
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Stuff like this is usually gimmicky, but given Google's image processing prowess it's honestly probably going to be pretty good.
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The other two functions, signature (literally just a line of text) and recent apps, I find to be completely gimmicky.
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Like an old woman throwing the last of her savings at QVC every night, I live for gimmicky, infomercial products.
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While the concept sounds simply gimmicky, BangFit says they designed the app using real science and professionals in the field.
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But the Touch Bar so far feels gimmicky, and not many devices or accessories come with USB-C connectors yet.
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A national stage comes with greater demands from a marketplace that favors Southern trap styles and gimmicky teen-age stars.
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Some think it's a shtick, a gimmicky representation of broad Jewish stereotypes brought to life by mostly non-Jewish actors.
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If using live farm animals sounds gimmicky, it was actually a charming, even profound aspect to an audaciously imaginative production.
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It's also far from clear whether consumers will generally take to folding phones, or snub them as fiddly and gimmicky.
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This is clearly a man who loves beer as something to drink, rather than as a marketable, gimmicky "glacier" product.
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Animal Whey: I like Animal because the company doesn't make gimmicky claims or rely on pseudoscience to sell its products.
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Typically, though, these businesses do not explode in popularity overnight like gimmicky flash sale or daily-deal companies once did.
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It never endured, for example, a major backlash beyond a vague sense that its central idea was a little gimmicky.
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In this case, the egg stunt was a little gimmicky, at least in terms of gratuitous promotional material for Hulu.
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Outside of the enterprise world, the former has largely served gimmicky marketing, while the latter is still buzzy and sexy.
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For now, most of the ARCore applications look fairly gimmicky, but that's nothing too unique for the broader smartphone AR space.
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As an online dater, I've had enough of the never-ending barrage of new, gimmicky dating apps from the tech world.
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Or, after 13 Reasons Why's acceptably gimmicky first season, does every subsequent one have to be exactly 13 episodes long too?
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But while most have been disappointing, Marsbot, which uses Foursquare's deep database of location info, is much more useful than gimmicky.
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While I'm still slightly skeptical of gimmicky sponsored ad content on Instagram, I have to admit, this mask was no lie.
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It's gimmicky, but I appreciated being able to see how close I was to finishing a given project at a glance.
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They are the spot that brought us the Oreo Overload bagel last summer, when gimmicky bagels started to really take off.
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It was a jarring contrast to past Samsung press conferences, which were always heavy on specs and especially gimmicky camera features.
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While projects like Bitcoin aim to offer an alternative to state-backed currencies, ICOs often have narrower and more gimmicky uses.
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It's gimmicky, but he's got a deep understanding of the material and serious production chops (check out his 80s keyboard tutorial).
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What could have been a gimmicky marketing stunt was instead of one of the most exhilarating experiences Fortnite has ever offered.
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I wanted something I could do at home, and it seems to be more than one of those gimmicky wellness trends.
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Yep, turns out, they're not just gimmicky props made for Snapchat: There's a real purpose behind paper or cloth delivery systems.
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What got the most downloads, the most attention, and made the most money were gimmicky apps like iFart Mobile or iBeer.
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The field of power banks is enormous, and some offer unique features like wireless charging or gimmicky extras such as flashlights.
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Its visuals were slightly gimmicky, but the project's political bent made it stand out from the other, more purely playful fare.
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Despite its tie-in with the show, which could make it seem gimmicky, the iPhone app lives up to its claims.
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It's a feature no one asked for but is gimmicky and fun to use—at least for one social media post.
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Sounds a bit gimmicky, yes, so we reached out to some experts to find out more about the Paleo beauty regimen.
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Unfortunately, I find whistling seems to be mostly used in gimmicky ways, and not to its full potential as an instrument.
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The biggest perk is that LG didn't include a second screen display, that gimmicky ticker display on last year's LG V10.
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Maddow didn't like the gimmicky show that had preceded hers and wanted to be nothing like it, according to Rolling Stone.
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It's kinda gimmicky and the feature will drain your battery faster than without vibrations, but it's definitely interesting to mess with.
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As the novelty wears off, many of these "enhanced" films are gimmicky at best and pointless headache-inducing garbage at worst.
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But while the consumer-facing app may have sounded a little gimmicky, the underlying technology is likely what drew Apple's interest.
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The bar sounds so gimmicky on paper, I figured there was no way any self-respecting drinker could like the place.
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Mr. Gold's "Lear" is filled with gimmicky stage business that hasn't been refined into a more fully integrated point of view.
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Wood goes from full-on trauma to someone who's seemingly comatose in a matter of seconds, and it never feels gimmicky.
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"Some of the stuff out there is just gimmicky," said David Strauss, the head of packaging in Nestlé's United States operations.
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As a $850 phone, it felt pretty gimmicky, and the company doesn't have the best track record with timely software updates.
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For the person who prefers a durable, functional tool over a newfangled, gimmicky product, this is the snow shovel to choose.Pros:
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Some have called the statues "gimmicky" and accused the two Australian artists behind the sculptures of bypassing channels for public feedback.
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The S remains Tesla's best car, in my view, better than the somewhat gimmicky Model X, with its "falcon wing" doors.
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These pieces can feel gimmicky, and the ones with lettering on them do feel more so, but Ahmed does not cheat.
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There are a handful of neat spinoffs, like Puyo Puyo Tetris, but most modern iterations are either gimmicky or just plain bad.
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Gone is the gimmicky dual-camera system on the back, which ZTE replaced with a fingerprint sensor below the rear-facing camera.
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I do a lot of stupid things to entertain myself, like acquiring a 55-inch Samsung television with a gimmicky curved display.
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Click here to view original GIFImage: MoMARAt this point, augmented reality has mostly been too gimmicky or too good to be true.
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Chunky Trapezoid 189: A lot of gimmicky electronics will wiggle really hard when you press the wiggle button, but the Chunky Trapezoid
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You might think this is not really an innovation, but rather simple gimmicky theft of a format that's over a century old.
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While some dismiss 69-ing as awkward or even gimmicky, others are either curious about mastering it or flat-out love it.
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It sounds really gimmicky, but I spent about 20 minutes just standing there playing around with lots of regular Windows Universal Apps.
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Sure, it's visually impressive, but to Niantic CEO John Hanke, the visual-only focus of AR advancement can make AR feel gimmicky.
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Battery life is merely okay at 2 days, but the wireless power sharing with the S10 is a neat if gimmicky feature.
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You don't care about all those gimmicky wearables that make health a game or the smartwatches that prioritize phone actions over health.
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I sneered at their failed features like 3D, their gimmicky touches like curved screens, and their marketing jargon-de-jour, like SUHD.
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He is twice as bad a fiddler as Gordon Brown, Labour's chancellor in 1997-2007, who earned a reputation for gimmicky budgets.
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" In remarks to reporters following the speech, Azar said Trump wants Medicare to negotiate more effectively, "rather than trite, gimmicky, political proposals.
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He even replicated the experiment, this time with fireflies to serve as an example of a "gimmicky solution" to the energy crisis.
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"Critics didn't seem to enjoy the rom-com, "Playing It Cool," which Evans stars in with Michelle Monaghan, describing it as "gimmicky.
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The BetterBack isn't particularly pretty, and yes, its name is a little gimmicky, but it is extremely effective at reducing back pain.
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Duke Cannon "Great American Frontier" Men's Big Brick of Soap Set, $26.42Duke Cannon makes military-inspired grooming products that go beyond gimmicky.
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Gimmicks and ads Until its modernization plan, Burger King had been pushing gimmicky products, including a Halloween burger that gives you nightmares.
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Sokol: Trying to do different, like, heights and everything, there was a really fine line between couture and, like, cartoon and gimmicky.
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I didn't think it was a good idea, kind of gimmicky, but I feel like it could be necessary for some people.
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So Trump's gimmicky and somewhat ridiculous outreach can be effective, even if it's rejected by the vast majority of the target audience.
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You said earlier that you don't really care about some of the kitschy or gimmicky stuff twins are often asked to do.
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"A Mind Unraveled" is inspirational in the true sense of the word rather than in a gimmicky, self-help sort of way.
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The problem is that the images and the history they preserve gets a little lost in the brilliant, if slightly gimmicky, technique.
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Not to mention that immersive theater can be gimmicky and frustrating — too often, it is merely a distraction from a show's vacuity.
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One, of course, is Notre-Dame, pictured here in all its undamaged glory and used by Pavone in the most gimmicky way.
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Five of his gimmicky if implicitly Cubist photographic collages beginning around 1982 signal his release from the confines of one-point perspective.
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It was gimmicky, but also very Indian: the country's sweets are often topped with a thin layer of gold or silver foil.
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The conventional wisdom has always been that the second act of "Sunday" is far weaker than the first, more gimmicky and glib.
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Enter Baby Yoda, a character that fits in perfectly from a narrative perspective but is just gimmicky enough to hold people's interest.
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In the new millennium, gimmicky kisses started to fade, giving way to better-written lesbian and bisexual characters with more expansive arcs.
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As a first-generation product, the Galaxy Fold is gimmicky and raises the obvious question: Is it a phone or a tablet?
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Which makes it all the more of a letdown that "1917" is impressive but oddly distancing; ultimately stirring but too often gimmicky.
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Political opponents have accused the president's team of tomfoolery, claiming it uses immature pranks and gimmicky souvenirs to distract from unpopular policies.
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Drone visuals can come off as faddish, gimmicky, but the airborne material here consistently puts Mr. Ai's ideas into pure, visual terms.
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It's in the Angela (Portia Doubleday) portion of the episode where the "gimmicky" nature of the long take should become more apparent.
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If this is too gimmicky (I'm telling you, it's not!) but you're looking to gift a tent, check out REI's in-house brand.
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Far from being gimmicky, when I pulled out the the little ten-gram tubs, there wasn't an animal ear or bubble in sight.
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While the concept of adult summer camp might sound gimmicky to some, to me, it was a fulfilling blend of old and new.
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I was excited to try them because, as I've learned after playing around with many gadgets, it's often a gimmicky and faulty feature.
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Really that depends on whether bot makers can prove their creations have staying power and offer more than a bit of gimmicky novelty.
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I sneered at their failed features like 3-D, their gimmicky touches like curved screens, and their marketing jargon-de-jour, like SUHD.
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More than just a gimmicky vodka, the move helps alleviate the stress of water usage in a state still grappling with a drought.
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Of course, Samsung being Samsung, there are a bunch of new gimmicky features crammed into it so there's something to show on commercials.
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In this video, Doug haphazardly dismisses 85% of voice control as "gimmicky and dumb" but shares his 13 favorite OK Google voice commands.
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The gimmicky Snapbots are gone, at least for now, and the only place to buy the new Spectacles will be on its website.
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She seemed to be caught in pop culture Purgatory: not gimmicky enough, but also not quite real enough for us to care about.
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"The adventures of a teen fashion influencer, a fantasy novel fanboy, and the son of a disgraced preacher" works, but sounds too gimmicky.
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We just got what is likely our first good look at Google's next Pixel XL and it could have one big gimmicky feature.
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And while it may seem gimmicky to reduce stories to one word, the hashtag's format distills complicated experiences into accessible, yet poignant, responses.
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While Davis feels comfortable enough drawing parallels between that album and The Nothing, he stresses that it's not some gimmicky return to form.
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"The printed ones seem to me a little gimmicky," Ruby, who had on a Death Angel T-shirt and paint-spattered sneakers, said.
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While as-seen-on-TV products tend to be gimmicky, the Gazelle has stood the test of time — and is still going strong.
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There's a crazy wine deal, involving gimmicky yet utterly practical stacked carafes and three wines from a very good list for forty bucks.
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There are a couple brushes on this list that are great but give in to a sort of gimmicky trend in oral hygiene.
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A few thought the overall theme was a bit gimmicky, though I strongly disagree and think it's what really sets this property apart.
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It couldn't install any Google apps (even though it was technically an Android phone) and the gimmicky sensor-based navigation was deeply confusing.
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The Bomber Barrel Duffel Bag dispenses with gimmicky virality to give you a no-nonsense carryable that's elevated by its attention to details.
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This was because "Glamour & Diplomacy" was not a hollow title of a gimmicky show, but quite literally a description of what was happening.
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So many AR applications end up feeling gimmicky, like they're created for problems that don't exist (I'm looking at you, AR furniture placement apps).
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Red's overpriced Hydrogen One and its gimmicky "holographic display" (more like headache-inducing, glasses-free 3D screen) was a disaster before it even launched.
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That amounts to fourteen minutes (apparently because a round fifteen would've been too gimmicky, even for the folks who named their brand "eMindful Life").
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The startup had previously dabbled in physical retail through pop-up shops, short-term stores, and more gimmicky strategies like a mobile nap pod.
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Any innovations may tend toward the gimmicky end of things, like the "Touch Bar" on the most expensive iterations of the new MacBook Pro.
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Colors are vibrant, even when you engage the gimmicky HDR preset that increases the contrast for more striking visuals while watching movies or gaming.
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They were a gimmicky, ironic sendup of white, hip hop obsessed teens who outgrew the narrow confines of that role to become legitimately over.
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It's a bold, if slightly gimmicky, way to highlight the high costs associated with car ownership, while also promoting cheaper alternatives of getting around.
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In his justification for introducing the bill, Brooks specifically cited the gimmicky "Not-A-Flamethrower" released in limited quantities by Elon Musk's Boring Company.
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This might sound a bit gimmicky, but Knotch says this has led to a dramatic increase in response rates compared to most user surveys.
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Augmented reality is one of the tech buzzwords of the day, but how many of the current use cases are anything more than gimmicky?
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In the past year, many studios have moved from building gimmicky VR promotional content to acquiring actual VR teams tasked with creating original content.
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Despite all the bizarre pseudoscientific jargon and occasionally gimmicky episodes, the entirety of Fringe really comes down to one question: What makes us us?
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These should be laptops for professionals, and yet Apple prioritizes gimmicky features like the Touch Bar over things pros actually need, like more ports.
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To pack so much into an hourlong episode is an achievement; to do so without any of it seeming rushed or gimmicky is astonishing.
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If nothing else, that's a very interesting gamble for Samsung to take on — one worthy of some recognition, even if it is pretty gimmicky.
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Flipping between two timelines can be confusing or gimmicky, but here it allows the world of the March sisters to feel so much bigger.
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It's a bit gimmicky, but it works surprisingly well—perfect for when you want to emulate sitting in a photo booth with your friends.
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" The Alices worried, initially, that readers wouldn't know what to make of a "weird five-headed" author, or would think that they were "gimmicky.
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Yet the story itself feels organic and immersive, not like a gimmicky trick—and, like some of the best recent TV dramas, it's uncynical.
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Hermes carries his own, which he uses to alter his voice in a few scenes, and these effects enhance the story without seeming gimmicky.
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It's rare that a practical beauty product intersects with a gimmicky, novelty one, so I'm always a bit skeptical on the occasion that it does.
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Musk's stature is such that he can rip the media and have an important impact on the news business, but not with a gimmicky site.
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Despite its gimmicky nature, the reviewer found that the ShowrShield actually works, thanks to a one-size-fits-all adjustable Velcro strap and curved edges.
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Unicorn highlighters, shimmery facial elixirs, glow-in-the-dark makeup... they're great for the 'gram, but many — though not all — end up just being gimmicky.
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On the inside, they enable eye tracking, a sometimes-gimmicky feature that can also make it easier to push high-quality graphics inside a headset.
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What could seem gimmicky — I confess I braced myself at first — quickly feels like the only natural way to tell the story of a couple.
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" He heard out entrepreneur Andrew Yang, who was intriguing, but he found his plan to give everyone a thousand bucks a month "kind of gimmicky.
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One neat feature Samsung showed off was the ability to preview the camera using that cover display, but in practice it felt a little gimmicky.
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Instead of being known for what she has accomplished career-wise, this "quirk" is flagged in a gimmicky way that suggests either prudishness or infancy.
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It's not quite as gimmicky as the LG G5's modular design, but it's still rare to see a metal phone with a removable back.
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I trust the gimmicky calorie counter as much as I trust it on the elliptical at my gym, and the step counter is utterly broken.
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Most are gimmicky prototypes hocked by marketers that aren't intended to see the light of day, regardless of how much media buzz it might get.
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Many have been gimmicky, nearly all have been slow and unfortunate iOS limitations keep them from being a true replacement to the iOS stock keyboard.
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The fantastic infotainment system not only makes short work of any navigation or multimedia function, but it also supports the gimmicky (but fun) gesture control.
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On stage at E3 last year it looked gimmicky, but playing it for the first time really showed off some of the HoloLens' best features.
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This seems more gimmicky, though, as it's unlikely that customers are interested in this sort of "infotainment" when just trying to get their shopping done.
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It's somewhat gimmicky, but also pretty cool, given that you can easily go from a search term to an AR experience in the Google app.
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A lot of the first wave of software, as fine as a lot of it is in short doses, does fall into that gimmicky box.
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By only displaying half of the sphere at the same 4K resolution, everything looks significantly sharper and the stereoscopic 3D goes from gimmicky to worthwhile.
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Yeah, it's gimmicky and even a little goofy — especially for a law professor — but if that's what it takes to get people talking, I'm in.
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While a list like that sounds gimmicky, I realize that's not why Sherry finds so much joy in offering the world's most expensive Thanksgiving experience.
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It all felt very Showtime: gimmicky and lurid, but also witty and well paced, and good at making Wall Street transactions comprehensible to English majors.
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A bit more than a year after its release, the Echo has morphed from a gimmicky experiment into a device that brims with profound possibility.
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Colin Joyce, Managing Editor: I have no qualms about drinking something fertilized with human waste (it's sterile...or something) but I don't like gimmicky beers.
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"A whole new category of waterproof" might sound a little gimmicky, but YETI isn't wrong in the introduction of the Panga dry duffel bag line.
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Brass accents, straight-lined contemporary furniture, marble, and spins on old classics, like short, rounded dark leather chairs, made The Evelyn glamorous but not gimmicky.
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And by having such a strong notion at its core, season four can get away with some other fun, gimmicky sorts of twists and turns.
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By grounding its laughs, its tears, and its storytelling in the ups and downs of a family, One Day at a Time avoids feeling gimmicky.
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It's a little gimmicky to squeeze the phone to launch an app, but it's nowhere near as pointless as some other gimmicks on other phones.
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Priced at $1, plus another $213 for speakers and $22014 for cables, the Nexus Q was incredibly expensive for what amounted to a gimmicky paperweight.
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But while the film aspires to a clipped complexity, it comes across as gimmicky and amateurish — a chain of miseries passed off as tough truths.
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It's kinda janky, kinda gimmicky and only a little fun, but I guess in a post-Emoji Movie world, this is the society we're living in.
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The classes sound gimmicky, for sure, but the creators of Brrrn insist that there's a deeper reason why they choose to keep their studio so frigid.
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The problem for Hillary, Munger said, is that her campaign's gimmicky voter outreach seems to have taken the place of a broader argument for her candidacy.
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There's an entire graveyard of failed Samsung services and software, including the ill-conceived Milk Music and Milk Video and countless gimmicky camera and interface features.
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Though others cautioned against gimmicky approaches, which they said can detract from a resume's content, they agreed that applicants should bolster their resume with additional sources.
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Unlike many of its fast food competitors, Chick-fil-A tends to keep its menu constant, rarely relying on new or gimmicky additions to create buzz.
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With phone and tablet-based AR, the challenge is cluing users into the fact that these features exist, while also making them more worthwhile than gimmicky.
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The wireless charging aspect is also a bit gimmicky, given that you could just plug your phone into your computer to get a faster charging rate.
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Snap's rumored drone project, of course, would give the company a new gimmicky piece of hardware to sell, presumably to encourage consumers to use Snapchat more.
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For all its baroque contours, its wild musical score (this year, the selections range from A-ha to "Avinu Malkeinu"), it never feels ironic or gimmicky.
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A 22-year-old job seeker's viral 'stress interview' illustrates exactly why even big-name companies such as Google are moving away from gimmicky job interviews
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While the film tries to make the complex science that goes into a space mission accessible, it turns gimmicky in its attempts to simplify the process.
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Critic's notebook Shaking seats and flashing lights may seem gimmicky, but in fact the format's effects let you feel physically how a feature has been directed.
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Yang's Twitter contest was a gimmicky yet effective method of promoting a universal basic income (UBI), or a "Freedom Dividend," as he likes to call it.
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By the end of the month, funding for the national government expires, and the Treasury's gimmicky "extraordinary measures" to pay the government's debts will fall flat.
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A show intended to be part of a movement pushing back against the broad, gimmicky sitcoms of the '60s eventually spawned a show about an alien.
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If it seems gimmicky at first, just keep watching — you'll be impressed with how easily the baby hearts help you cover more surface area in less time.
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It felt contrived to blind yourself in order to enjoy the full breadth of a noise—the sonic equivalent to gimmicky "dining in the dark" restaurants, perhaps.
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With gimmicky equipment and salacious subway ads, many of us may be quick to write off P.volve as another fitness fad, not a true functional training program.
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Nintendo also has the motion-controlled fighting game ARMS coming to Switch in June, but its control scheme may be a little too gimmicky for wide adoption.
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That's a telling sign for the future of the show, which may get bold, gimmicky, or a mix of both in an attempt to boost those numbers.
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Gadget makers are certainly pushing hard to get users to think beyond the touchscreen but so far, most of their efforts feel more gimmicky than life-changing.
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So as Venmo graduates to a real form of payment, why stick to this weird, gimmicky interface where you can see what strangers your friends just paid?
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While the backstory and the technology itself feels a bit gimmicky, this does appear to be a genuinely good application of artificial intelligence to benefit stray animals.
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But it's safe to say the latest Galaxy phone will likely have a slightly improved battery, a killer screen, and some nifty but potentially gimmicky experimental features.
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This time last year, the Chinese company's flagship P8 was barely a blip on the mobile radar, leaving me unimpressed with its bland design and gimmicky software.
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George Clooney stars as Lee Gates, the smug, garrulous host of a Mad Money-like stock-tips show that cruises along on gimmicky clips and leering language.
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So, Dark Mode: Nice, but kind of gimmicky if you're not a creative (and even if you are, many creator apps already have their own dark modes).
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"Review (from Gamespot): "The premise of the game is gimmicky, but after its sordid skin is peeled away, a true gem of a 3D platformer is revealed.
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Team Europe, dismissed by many as gimmicky before their run to the final, were dejected but remain confident they have the pieces in place to strike back.
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"To me, it seemed a little gimmicky, and maybe it wasn't the right intensity," but anything that gets otherwise sedentary people on their feet is a win.
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It may sound gimmicky, but Power Plant Fitness "won't be a place to get high and just screw around," cofounder Jim McAlpine tells the 420 Games blog.
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Spectre intended to wrap everything up and create a similar universe to Marvel and the Fast and the Furious franchise, but the film's fan service felt gimmicky.
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Whirlpool threw its hat into the ring with Samsung, LG and others early on with slightly gimmicky things like fridges with digital photo frames and iPod docks.
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Gift the Nadri Nana Shaker Necklace, $58No need to get excessive or gimmicky with the Grandma gear — pretty and simple conveys thoughtfulness even better, in our opinion.
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Some of them got very rich, but it didn't end well for many of them, especially those that were gimmicky and/or didn't diversify onto other platforms.
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The text often gets the treatment of an action-movie soundtrack — frenetic and epic, rarely softer than fortissimo, occasionally taking a turn for the obvious and gimmicky.
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One of the banner features here is DJI's electronic image stabilization, which it calls RockSteady, and is built to rival GoPro's HyperSmooth (gimmicky names much, guys?). Verdict?
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"Avoid the gimmicky, no-name, 'tacticool' brands that boast about their many hundreds of lumens," said Mr. Deutsch, who likes Maglite brand flashlights for value and durability.
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When he saw footage of the Tupac hologram at Coachella, Tudor had a hunch that there might be potential for the new technology beyond gimmicky festival cameos.
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Some overtly political art suffers from prioritizing its message above its visual impact and, as a result, risks feeling preachy or gimmicky, socially conscious but aesthetically flaccid.
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I'll admit to sometimes finding the way he plays with time borderline gimmicky, and when I first heard about Dunkirk's structural gambit, I groaned a little bit.
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The Good Lightweight metal design • Powerful performance • All-day battery life with removable battery • QuadHD screen • Fast fingerprint sensor • Awesome ultra-wide secondary camera The Bad Drab UX 5.0 skin • Gimmicky LG Friends modules • No water-resistance The Bottom Line Even if you ignore its gimmicky 'modular' design, the LG G5 has two desirable features its main competitors don't: A useful ultra-wide secondary camera and removable battery.
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But at least this is a useful application of an emerging technology, instead of just another gimmicky stunt that feels like a solution in search of a problem.
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Social networks and search engines want to deliver content to users without losing them, bouncing around pages without gimmicky Outbrain related links that lead you straight to nowhere.
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While some of the following tips may seem gimmicky, they're ultimately meant to slow you down, so that you'll be more deliberate about how you use your phone.
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Instead, they are feeling a chill and one major realtor has warned that "winter" is coming as developers struggle to maintain sales momentum despite gimmicky promotions and discounts.
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Fashion tech usually leans towards the gimmicky, but an Italian company is hoping that vibrating jeans take smart clothes out of the gym and into the real world.
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It smacks of gimmicky gameplay with its (not required) motion controls and it's arriving on the heels of two other huge fighting games: Tekken 7 and Injustice 2.
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Domino's has experimented with different (and sometimes gimmicky) delivery technologies, as well, including a Siri-like digital assistant that can receive orders and a fleet of delivery robots.
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If it sounds voyeuristic, or gimmicky, it's O'Loughlin's approachability as a storyteller and a listener that makes Broken Bone Bathtub both compelling theater and a cathartic group experience.
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Even given how many gimmicky food-brand-themed restaurants have opened in our lifetime, food lovers appear ready to openly, unreservedly embrace the Nutella Café in New York.
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Companies are smart to offer new tools, but many are too "gimmicky," says Sapna Shah, principal at Red Giraffe Advisors, which makes early stage investments in fashion tech.
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The concept of 33-D has been an exciting one that the tech industry has arguably been chasing since the first gimmicky 23-D movies of the 23s.
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Today, they're still small by ETF standards (SUSA is $922 million, DSI is $1.32 billion), but they're much bigger than relative newcomers like JUST and the gimmicky SHE.
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The Verdict: Some of the products in the line do sound gimmicky (just being honest!), but the three I tried above actually worked, so consider this millennial sold.
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What I saw through my 22D glasses wasn't J.J. Abrams' grand vision, but a dim and muddied up version with gimmicky 23D effects that didn't impress at all.
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Consumer-facing manifestations of VR landed in arcades in shopping malls and while the applications were largely goofy and gimmicky, the high visibility of the technology was there.
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Live Messages seem a bit gimmicky to truly stick, but as with most Samsung flashy features, it's not doing any harm there even if most people ignore it.
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While at face value that sounds like a gimmicky selling point, Mahindra's electric scooter was proof that a connected rideable can provide you with a ton of value.
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And it contains a gimmicky reveal of how two tech bro doofuses tried to take advantage of Michael's powers to destroy the world and successfully incite nuclear war.
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The label's designers—Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta, thirty-year-old graduates of the Rhode Island School of Design—were worried about coming off as gimmicky this season.
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Trump was seen as a golden opportunity for Clinton, a candidate so gimmicky and divisive that a weary public would have no choice but to vote for her.
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What all of these productions had in common was that on paper, they should be absolute messes, gimmicky mashups that are less than the sum of their parts.
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Most people know it as an app popular with teenagers in the US, Europe, and China for its user-generated, snappy, gimmicky short videos cut to pop music.
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In his defense, it was a famous cemetery in an Ewok-worthy forest on Mount Koya known for gimmicky headstones in the shapes of rockets and coffee cups.
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But seeing the Walkie-Talkie feature for Apple Watch reminded me why those gimmicky-seeming flip phones were so popular in the first place: it's actually kind of fun.
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Sold under names like Spirit Dust, Brain Dust, and Sex Dust, the gimmicky $30 powders promise to lift your spirit, enhance your cognitive abilities, and boost your sexual prowess.
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The Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro is either the best feature to come to the laptop in years or the most gimmicky, depending on where you stand.
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The cited factors range from the brutality of the Negan arc to the show's disjointed format to viewers simply tiring of being manipulated by the producers with gimmicky twists.
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And instead of sidelining Carol further and pushing Daryl toward his gimmicky role as the renegade cowboy, we're seeing a complex interplay between their personalities headed toward genuine conflict.
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It sounds a bit gimmicky, and it does feel that way sometimes when you accidentally trigger the alarm on a crowded sidewalk, but theft protection is VanMoof's calling card.
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But it's still a little gimmicky: I took close to 5,000 photos with my iPhone X over the past year, and just 23 of them were in Portrait Mode.
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If you've never used it, it sounds a little gimmicky, but once you've become accustomed to browsing the web with a few mouse swipes, it's hard to go back.
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Samsung earned a bad reputation for piling on gimmicky software features into its Android phones that nobody wants, but it really has dialed it way down in recent years.
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This isn't easy -- both sides are protective of their priorities and years of these deals have eliminated or significantly limited some of the lowest hanging (or gimmicky) pay-fors.
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The Republican who defeated Heitkamp in November, Kevin Cramer, dismissed the move as "gimmicky," saying he had "no intention" of donating his salary once he's sworn in on Thursday.
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In the long term, Sinclair hopes the festival will showcase work that helps define narrative VR. "If it's just gimmicky, the novelty will wear off very quickly," she says.
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The delivery chain keeps coming up with new – and yes, sometimes gimmicky – ways to make ordering pizza easier and quicker, and this new "Zero Click" app is no exception.
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Hyperactive, gimmicky, laugh-out-loud funny, this album will be remembered by pop historians as a turn toward Vegas showtune, but there's also a lot of Anglophile in it.
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"The reason you hear about these (gimmicky resumes) is because it's remarkable that they worked," said Cenedella, noting that such success stories crop up once in a blue moon.
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Before singing the gimmicky "People Loving People," he said he had been asked to comment on the shooting in Dallas that killed five police officers and injured seven more.
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The music sounds very contemporary, but at no point is it gimmicky, nor does it rely on the screechiness or atmospheric trances so often associated with contemporary classical music.
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TENS Unit O.K., so yes, these kind of look like those gimmicky electronic muscle stimulators from the '90s that promised abs without the work, but the similarities end there.
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A 2229-2100 win, or a 13-12 loss, in Game 5, for instance, can be the difference between being perceived as a visionary or as a gimmicky bureaucrat.
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Back during Barack Obama's administration, there was a fair amount of buzz around the idea of doing repatriation, as a gimmicky way to pay for an infrastructure building push.
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Suffice to say, Grace & Frankie Season 6 nails what could have been a gimmicky play, further cementing their role as one of the most consistently excellent series on Netflix.
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You could watch this fairly gimmicky four and a half-minute video of British people losing their marbles over the average costs of routine care in the United States.
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It's a collection of catchy classic hits, from "Hooked on a Feelin'" to "I Want You Back," and they're expertly in-sync with the movie without ever being gimmicky.
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But whereas Wii's gimmicky motion controls to swing a sword did little to enhance Twilight Princess (arguably the opposite), Switch's portability made Breath of the Wild a better game.
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Orange's crisp, elegant sentences keep things moving unobtrusively, but his greatest strength is his ability to mimic the rhythms of speech without becoming so gimmicky as to be grating.
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Ironically evident in both Riepenhoff's new take on primitive photography methods and Apple's gimmicky update is both an aversion to photographic stillness and a compulsion to time-stamp each moment.
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Although some places may feel gimmicky and overcrowded, you can still find some that are smaller and more authentic, so you won't feel like you're walking into a tourist trap.
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There are a lot of gimmicky takes on the classic QWERTY keyboard — from colorful devices that look like old-school typewriters to a foldable thing that converts into a stick.
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So, the Dolby Surround Sound here (and on headphones in general) strikes me as gimmicky, but once you switch it off, the 373D is a regular, surround sound gaming headset.
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The series's plot sounds significantly darker and stranger than much of the content in Facebook's Watch tab, which tends to favor gimmicky reality shows and clips from popular internet creators.
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But the portrait mode is just as gimmicky as before, and while the new slow-motion video modes are nice to have, I don't really see myself ever using them.
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Now, nearly two seasons later, the cheap character deaths and gimmicky cliffhangers have all but disappeared as more momentous world-building, narrative closure, and character explorations have taken center stage.
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Starbucks may have recently decided to cut its special drink options — like gimmicky, themed Frappuccinos — by 30%, but that doesn't mean it wants to give up viral food moments altogether.
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This picture, however, emerges mainly through a lot of gimmicky storytelling tactics early: dramatic sound effects, dark insinuations made based on little evidence, and grand statements made with little nuance.
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It is a flashy move — it could become gimmicky if Copperwhite's not careful — but for the moment, at least, the artist's mark-making chutzpah is working in her paintings' favor.
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Ordering via tweet may have felt a little gimmicky – and the process of setting up a Pizza Profile via the mobile web was not as seamless as it first sounded.
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Hamilton Beach Dual Breakfast Sandwich Maker, $29.99 (originally $39.99) [You save $10]It may seem gimmicky, but this breakfast sandwich maker will save you tons of time in the morning
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"What could seem gimmicky — I confess I braced myself at first — quickly feels like the only natural way to tell the story of a couple," our critic Parul Sehgal writes.
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The few dissenters found the product gimmicky (or the marketing clever) or it isn't powerful like premium Oral-B or Sonicare toothbrushes; one person also didn't appreciate the customer service.
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And in a gimmicky ad he appears to have copied almost shot for shot from Colorado's John Hickenlooper, he's shown showering in his business suit, promising to clean up Washington.
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This isn't just gimmicky so-called life-hacking: Studies have shown that you can trick your brain into increasing dopamine levels by setting and achieving, you guessed it, micro-goals.
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When I read about her "Merchant" — first staged last year in Venice's ancient Jewish ghetto (with a mock trial conducted after one performance by Ruth Bader Ginsburg) — it sounded gimmicky.
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The LG G8 ThinQ's gimmicky air gesture won't win many people over and the rest of the phone is pretty skippable, but one thing it nails is the camera bump.
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He accomplished this not through wacky press stunts or gimmicky fashions but by exploiting Tod's industrial expertise to produce, season after season, impeccably executed capsule collections that riff on workwear.
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"There's a definite ick factor [at first]," Duffy admitted, while others might find it "gimmicky" or think "it's snake oil, it's fake," if they don't take the time to learn more.
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The setup here is just a little bit gimmicky: a seven-minute single-shot monologue directed and delivered by the star of the show is like a dangling treat for critics.
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The original Fire Phone was a failure for a multitude of reasons, including a focus on gimmicky features, an expensive price tag, exclusivity to AT&T, and a bizarre operating system.
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This series makes gimmicky references to Instagram influencers and "Love Chalet" (a barely-disguised "Love Island"), but there is no attempt to explore, say, internet-dating culture, transgender love or polyamory.
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It's a place where niche products that have a fanbase can live on without paying for expensive retail space, and where gimmicky movie tie-ins for chips and soda can thrive.
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I would be all for a show about three adult women learning they're sisters, but Almost Family leans heavily on a gimmicky premise it doesn't need, one that ultimately tanks it.
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Unlike a lot of gimmicky food mashups, these ice creams are actually tasty and they're both flavors we would seek out even if they didn't feature the trendy millennial pink color.
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Mostly, it looks very similar to what you find on a Google Pixel phone — it's clean and easy to use without a bunch of gimmicky things that get in the way.
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Yes, it will protect your face from the sun, but the device's additional features are what make it truly exceptional, not just a gimmicky umbrella you can put your head inside.
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The majority of these camera features are designed to help users "get the shot," but besides Night Sight, the improved portrait mode, and the group selfies, most of these feel gimmicky.
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It's kind of like a Calvin Harris video but with a fat, white, Northern English guy being a gimmick in it – almost like a little bit gimmicky Wolf of Wall Street.
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Ms. Carrington had spent much of her career shying away from invitations to play in women-only bands; the offers that came from promoters and festivals often felt gimmicky or forced.
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Dash Rapid Egg Cooker, $18.59, available at AmazonPeople love this seemingly gimmicky egg cooker that can quickly make six eggs (hard boiled, soft boiled, poached, you name it) at a time.
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Ratchet & Clank, a series about cartoon space people with more gimmicky guns than respect for public property, is not so full of itself to avoid the facts of its own existence.
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Hamilton Beach Breakfast Maker, available at Amazon, $24.99This looks gimmicky, but it makes breakfast sandwiches in as little as five minutes and takes up little space in a crowded college house.
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Movies and TV episodes that seem as if they're filmed in one long take are often gimmicky, and considering that Mr. Robot loves gimmicks, this one should have been as well.
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This idea has proven somewhat gimmicky in the past, but Jabra says it's borrowing technology and expertise from sister company GN Hearing — a maker of actual hearing aids — so we'll see.
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And no matter which party is in charge, Congress and the White House will have to revisit tax policy in coming years, because this bill is full of gimmicky expiration dates.
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But as usual, it's going to come down to software to determine which company makes the most out of the lens, or if this whole thing turns out to be mostly gimmicky.
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You can even follow a guided breathing exercise through the light to relax before bed, and the wake-up sounds aren't gimmicky—I loved waking up to the gentle chirping of birds.
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We set out to find out if any computers could compete with the most basic model of the new MacBook Pro—the 13-inch, $1500 number without the new gimmicky Touch Bar.
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It is some of the worst parts of phone UI slammed into some of the most gimmicky parts of VR UI, and I hope developers create better stuff in the near future.
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These debates might be a few years ahead of their time, but as augmented reality grows less gimmicky and more monetizable, advertising in public space could grow to be a major industry.
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I imagine whatever apps come out may be a tad finicky at first, like the NaviGuide and Walc, but I was surprised to find audio AR more useful and enjoyable than gimmicky.
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At the very least, this doesn't sound like it will be quite as gimmicky as the holographic screen on Amazon's Fire phone, which offered very little in the way of 'wow' factor.
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After all, most of those early adopters likely have some kind of wrist worn wearable, as well, so embedding that technology in an earbud was likely just a bit of gimmicky overkill.
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Trtl Travel Pillow, $29.99We know it sounds gimmicky, but these travel pillows from Trtl really do make a difference, which is why we've voted them the best travel pillows you can buy.
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But it also shows an utter lack of respect and empathy for the actor, who surely did not want his dead body on display for visitors in a gimmicky haunted artifact museum.
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What sets the latest wave of amenities apart from their predecessors, developers say, is their emphasis on experiences instead of just how many gimmicky add-ons one can pack under one roof.
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Yet there's something that feels gimmicky, even chintzy, about the show's manipulation of space, time, audio and video — the very stylistic innovations that seemed to set it apart from the superhero pack.
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Indeed, such is the clarity and confidence in how galleries are representing themselves that the fad in previous years for mounting immersive — some say gimmicky — installations seems to have completely fallen away.
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There's a chance the show will come off too gimmicky if they don't fine-tune the jokes, but Cedric the Entertainer and Tichina Arnold are not new to this so I have faith.
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"It's a gimmicky thing where we take an infrasound recording, which you can see visually ... and through some digital manipulation we can turn it into a tone that humans can hear," Johnson says.
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Like all good ad-blockers, Opera allows you to create white lists, and it also has a slightly gimmicky tool to see how pages loads compare with the system turned on and off.
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This might seem gimmicky (and could easily be used as such), but I also see it as an interesting step into exploring accessibility in music-making, much like hands-free MIDI controller Jamboxx.
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McGregor's kicking game is often seen as gimmicky and secondary to his left hand, but more often than not it serves to set up his left hand far better than his jab does.
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That leaves Ennio Morricone, who won for his soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight", and "The Big Short", which won a Best Adapted Screenplay prize for its gimmicky fourth wall-breaking script.
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Both the Main Story Tombs and the Challenge Tombs are full of deadly traps, gimmicky puzzles, and a wide variety of platforms to leap off, cling to, and plummet to your death from.
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But everything about the process feels strained, laborious and gimmicky, from the casting of Mel Gibson to Will Ferrell's madcap mugging, trying to stuff this holiday-themed stocking enough to achieve feature length.
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"Travel deals pegged to tax day may be gimmicky, but they benefit the travel industry because people are more willing to spend on trips when they have a pool of cash," he said.
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His promise to give a Freedom Dividend ($1,000 a month) to 10 families around the country at the start of the debate came across as gimmicky rather than a piece of provocative policy.
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Her less radical shape-shifting helped her find a sweet spot in a landscape littered with pop stars whose own attempts to stay relevant have come off as gimmicky, awkwardly political, or too petty.
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Yet it also revealed, if there were any lingering doubt, that AMC's signature hit has become a gimmicky show under producer Scott M. Gimple, one far less deserving of the massive audience it enjoys.
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Between the song (which isn't likely to end up on Eminem's next greatest hits collection) and the cheesy performance set to gimmicky light changes, the commercial doesn't quite capture the Pixel 3's abilities.
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And in 234, amidst the glitz of the Vegas strip and gimmicky Game of Thrones pre-game introductions, the Vegas Golden Knights somehow made it to the Stanley Cup Final in their inaugural season.
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In addition, Samsung loaded its phones with gimmicky features, such as weird ways to share images with other Samsung owners, that rarely got used or didn't work as well as they were advertised to.
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Most clothes are machine-washable and wrinkle-resistant, and the brand's design hacks are helpful rather than gimmicky, like internal clips to keep bra straps in place and adjustable pant hems for different shoes.
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As a rule, I'm turned off by the gimmicky, ultra-rigid plans and programs that prey on people looking for a quick fix — think pills, shakes, frozen meal plans, point systems, and "detox" teas.
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He was ahead, too, on the blending of tailored clothing with utility gear like bombers or baseball jackets, combinations that tend to look staid or gimmicky when rendered by Italian designers in luxurious fabrics.
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I've tried different brands of nail polish and gimmicky products to make my nails last through the week and I've finally cracked the code — including a quick drying top coat that's my secret weapon.
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The #AskHerMore push, which Ms. Witherspoon helped champion, spurred more in-depth red carpet questions and a few gimmicky gems, like the time Buzzfeed peppered Eddie Redmayne and Michael Keaton with queries about Spanx.
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Pardon the gimmicky phrase, but the idea goes like this: For any task you have to complete, break it down into the smallest possible units of progress and attack them one at a time.
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I don't really remember where the idea for today's theme came from; possibly from my frustration with a few other gimmicky themes I'd been working on that had really constraining requirements for theme answers.
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"It is some of the worst parts of phone UI slammed into some of the most gimmicky parts of VR UI, and I hope developers create better stuff in the near future," Luckey said.
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It has a gimmicky, gleefully silly plot (a 13-year-old girl wants desperately to be "22, flirty, and thriving," and gets her wish) and all of the wild, girly fashion you could want.
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The result, Marc Chagall, Flowers, and the French Riviera: The Color of Dreams, may sound initially gimmicky but gains conceptual momentum the further one explores the living tableaux staged within the Selby conservatory and grounds.
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I used to shy away from multi-use products for being gimmicky, but I realized it's only natural (pun intended) that if a product truly is clean, it can be used anywhere on the skin.
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Headphone jack omission, part 22 — For many years, Android phone makers have justified gimmicky extras in their devices, such as a second screen, on the grounds that they needed to differentiate themselves from the iPhone.
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Bryan: So, let me get this straight: after all of this, it appears that AMC and The Walking Dead are actually doing the most gimmicky, nonsensical, misdirected move in the history of the entire franchise.
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Such devices seem downright gimmicky after taking in the simple, unfussy, but vivid and revelatory body of work that could serve as a visual lexicon for the unglamorous, sometimes devastating truths of the American Century.
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New FiDi Pasta Shop Literally Names Itself After Instagram Last June I wrote a long feature about how the popularity of Instagram was transforming bars and restaurants into more colorful, kitschy, gimmicky versions of themselves.
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Both games are a bit gimmicky and a bit high-tech — you won't be able to play these in a cozy beach house without internet, for example — but it's a fun departure from the norm.
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But unlike the Beautyblender Bling Ring or Aesop Post-Poo Drops (or what I like to call "Poo-Poo" Drops), the Shapeable Soap is not some weird, gimmicky beauty product we never knew we needed.
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The big surprise here is that for a company that has largely stayed away from gimmicky or extraneous features on previous devices, the OnePlus 7's pop-up camera seems like an incredibly weird choice.
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It's a gimmicky medium mech with a giant melee axe welded onto its right arm that allows it do extra melee damage, but honestly not enough that you wouldn't be better off running something else.
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Meanwhile, the screenwriter, Christopher McQuarrie, parlayed this frat house trickery into one of the most jaw-dropping opening scenes of all time, and then a bunch of gimmicky action movies that also star Tom Cruise.
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Twenty years later, film audiences are now accustomed to blockbusters with heavy visual effects that sometimes are successful (like most of the ones in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) and often end up being gimmicky failures.
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However, while the transforming screen felt a little gimmicky when used for gaming, the design has much more potential with creative tasks since it allows you to use the laptop more like a drawing tablet.
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BMW's gimmicky but fun gesture control — which lets you wave your hands in the air to control infotainment functions — was on board, as was the company's best-in-the-business full-color head-up display.
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Gimmicky versions of Monopoly have always been a thing, and Hasbro has been more willing to poke some fun in recent years with versions like Monopoly for Millennials and Monopoly Socialism: Winning is for Capitalists.
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Both phones have curved glass screens; the company packed the new phone with a bunch of gimmicky features — face-scanning, aperture-switching, Super Slow Motion and AR Emoji — so there's something to show on commercials.
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When you move beyond the relative safety of Tabasco, Sriracha, and Tapatío, much of the market is made up of small-production sauces with gimmicky names and labels promising every conceivable level of delicious pain.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Despite staging a World Cup that features only six nations and two gimmicky teams, the National Hockey League insisted on Monday it is the most international of the Big Four North American professional sports.
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Because while creator/writer/producer Sam Esmail's twists and turns began to ring tired and gimmicky, the mere confidence to try them was what made fans fall in love with the series in the first place.
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Folding drones with nice, new camerasCost$1,250 to $1,23LikeAwesome image quality and photography optionsNo LikePricey compared to the original Mavic ProDeciding between the pricier Pro and the possibly gimmicky Zoom is not a permanent choice either.
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Lots of companies have tried to create a health-tracking toilet, but most have failed to deliver on their goals because they offer gimmicky monitoring or lack evidence that their data can accurately track health outcomes.
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It's a pity that he saddled his impressive high-concept experiment with a gimmicky title which has nothing to do with the mutant superhero from the X-Men, nor the 2012 hitman drama starring Michael Shannon.
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We'd love to evaluate the villain for this episode, but the biggest enemy of "The Damned" is the show's gimmicky, keep-away plotting — which seems to continually confuse tension with simply pretending certain characters don't exist.
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There are other gimmicky features in the camera app—like combining two halves of a photo into one image—but most of the "new" tricks have been available for years in other third-party camera apps.
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The Galaxy S4 came with an eye-tracking feature that let users scroll up and down pages by simply looking up and down, but the feature didn't work very well and was deemed gimmicky by many.
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But because Mom remains mired in the milieu of the day-by-day process of living post-addiction, it never feels gimmicky when bad things happen, or when characters struggle to keep their lives on track.
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These "high-concept" shows (to use the Hollywood term) can be difficult to execute, partly because writers must walk a fine line between inventive and gimmicky, especially given the broadcast networks' longer seasons, compared with cable.
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"This means hopefully spaces will have this cognitive capacity of remembering or dreaming or interacting with us in a way beyond just gimmicky, simple interactive things — in more cognitive, more purposeful and impactful imaginations," he said.
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While this bait-and-switch tactic is by no means a flaw — the early instances are especially effective in encouraging the reader to continue — by the novel's end they come to feel more gimmicky than earned.
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And even shows that win praise for how realistically they portray nuanced everyday high school life, like Netflix's Sex Education, still usually boast gimmicky premises (in Sex Education's case, the protagonist's mother is a sex therapist).
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Giving a prize that is usually reserved for writers of literature to a world-renowned musician might seem as daft and gimmicky as awarding Barack Obama the Nobel Peace prize less than a year into his presidency.
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First impression based on the trailer (embedded below) Because of this show's gimmicky premise, I assumed wrongly I knew what its tone was: Casting Fillion as someone earnest and in crisis honestly did not occur to me!
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PR representatives spend months emailing hype about their products before the show begins, while jaded tech journalists trudge back from the Las Vegas Convention Center every year burned out on gimmicky gadgets and 15-hour work days.
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It's also not something that you install inside your house, though it could become the killer app that makes all of those seemingly gimmicky gadgets work together to make the dream of a smart home come true.
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I'm torn because part of me feels like this is gimmicky storytelling, but another part has to admit that they've done a masterful job of creating a big puzzle and conversation piece, which is definitely a feat.
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"The manufacturers are getting good at taking their tech from their pass(enger) car segments and applying to the HD truck segment, but not doing it in a gimmicky way," said IHS principle auto analyst Stephanie Brinley.
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While Sweden, gold medal winners at the 2006 Turin Olympics and silver medalists in Sochi, boasts a quality hockey pedigree, they are matched against a gimmicky squad of smaller hockey playing nations cobbled together for this tournament.
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Sure, this is gimmicky as hell, and a quick Google search can tell you that a shark—spurned by tens of millions of years longer of water-based evolution—could absolutely smoke the fuck out of Phelps.
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I'm coming to you all as not only the editor of a music site, but as someone who's been known to occasionally partake in enjoying live music, with one plea—please stop with the gimmicky lineup announcements.
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Of course, it's unlikely there were many active users of the service now; Lytro left the consumer camera market two years ago when there proved to be little demand for its technically amazing but ultimately gimmicky cameras.
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"I wanted to speak about confidence — a woman who's so strong and powerful, and who can balance atop the most delicate thing you can think of," Avanzi says, mentioning her apprehensions about the heel seeming too gimmicky.
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The integrated humans, dressed in 21st-century garb and posing unlike any classical statues would (slouching, smoking, making out) — they could be us, although some seem like prehistoric or medieval characters (and others like gimmicky Hollywood props).
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And by adding a second built-in camera to its glasses, Snap is doubling down on the Spectacle's recording features that let users capture new 2150D snaps that can be customized with gimmicky AR stickers and effects.
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Ms. Kinnaman's levelheaded performance helps sell the more gimmicky aspects of the story, and further gravity is provided by Krister Henriksson — star of the Swedish "Wallander" series, available for streaming on Netflix — as a husband with secrets.
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There's nothing gimmicky about "Eight," in part because the medium is fully integrated with the concept of the piece — a rarity in classical music, where VR is often applied to existing repertoire, modern technology superimposed on Mahler.
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There's nothing gimmicky about "Eight," in part because the medium is fully integrated with the concept of the piece — a rarity in classical music, where VR is often applied to existing repertoire, modern technology superimposed on Mahler.
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Team North America, a talent-laden squad dismissed by many as gimmicky when the tournament format was announced, got off to a dream start when American Auston Matthews cashed in a rebound 30 seconds into the game.
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There's a whole room of dance for the camera created by Charles Atlas that, at best, fails to capture the magic of live performance, and, at worst, is quite gimmicky in their experimentation with tawdry special effects.
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While The Americans boasts a scrupulous commitment to period detail, it doesn't tend to hang big plot twists on news events in the way that, say, Mad Men did; that prevents the occasional exception from feeling too gimmicky.
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This is one of the first titles that feels truly adapted to its medium, with virtual reality elements that are integral but not too gimmicky, and controls that almost always feel like a natural extension of my hands.
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If anything, a hard-earned tie does a better job of representing a fair result than a gimmicky win, and unlike the NHL regular season, there's not enough time for the luck factor to start to even out.
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I thought so much about the hours, and the tears, spent starving myself, taking stupid gimmicky gym classes that I despised, and the sheer energy and breath wasted talking about what I wanted to change about my body.
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The film does a great job of setting up its universe quickly, illustrating what it's like to feel an obsession with social media and deftly handling on-screen technologies that can sometimes feel gimmicky in less assured hands.
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Wal-Mart also said it will focus more on discounts and offering the lowest prices on items instead of "gimmicky" product deals, for a second year in a row, as it said their customers expect more consistent pricing.
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Prank Pack Bathe & Brew Gift Box, $7.54, available at AmazonThe Prank Pack isn't the actual gift, but it is a funny way to prank your recipient and trick them into thinking they're receiving a strange or gimmicky present.
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This was a man who, when serving as defensive coordinator in Houston, wound up throwing a punch at his offensive coordinator, Kevin Gilbride, because he felt Gilbride was victimizing his defense with his gimmicky run-and-shoot scheme.
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Getting phone manufacturers to build this fairly expensive functionality into their products was a fool's errand for Google, which only succeeded in getting the Tango platform running on a few gimmicky devices over the course of three years.
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Other productions of "Don Giovanni," including Mr. Grandage's at the Met, contrive gimmicky reasons that the two don't get a good look at each other: big hats, umbrellas, hooded capes and sudden, fortuitous glances in the wrong direction.
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It's not just polar bears or melting ice — it's documenting what the scientists are doing and making sure that we're correct, that the pictures aren't gimmicky or stereotypes of visuals of what the effects of climate change are.
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And no Rocket is having a more redemptive series than D'Antoni, who continues to defy his old Phoenix reputation — too gimmicky to ever prevail in the postseason — by showing skeptics he's far more adaptable than we ever realized.
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By employing the gimmicky Sasha Fierce as an alter ego, she was able to silo different music genres on the album — R&B and pop, placed on separate discs — as a means of appealing to a broad audience.
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To secure a place on Discover, publishers have had to agree to fairly stringent guidelines around editing and video production, including having audio play at a consistent volume and a ban on images that are misleading or gimmicky.
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What happened next were troubling: exhibitions including Urs Fischer: Marguerite de Ponty; Carsten Höller: The Experience; Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection by Jeff Koons, and a market-oriented gimmicky Younger than Jesus triennial lacked rigor.
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And because much of the movie universe's visual style relies on images being layered on top of existing structures, watching Ghost in the Shell in 3-D actually does help further the story, rather than just being gimmicky.
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Prank Pack Bathe & Brew Gift Box, $7.99, available at Amazon The Prank Pack isn't the actual gift, but it is a funny way to prank your recipient and trick them into thinking they're receiving a strange or gimmicky present.
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WATCH THIS: Celeb Trainer Harley Pasternak Shares a Go-To Move to Get Buns like Beyoncé The Voice of Reason Part of the appeal of these gimmicky weight-loss programs is that there is no need to count calories.
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The S9 Plus' second telephoto lens is similarly gimmicky: Samsung's Live Focus portrait mode isn't as good as Apple or Google's at separating a subject from the background, and in challenging lighting conditions, the image quality is rather bad.
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I can't vouch for how secure the device truly is, and even though it's easy to shrug off DTEK as a gimmicky app, the ability to view how often your personal data is being accessed is enlightening and welcome.
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Assuming the game runs well enough, No Man's Sky Virtual Reality will be a far cry from gimmicky VR games that lack true depth, offering one of the most expansive — if not the most expansive — VR experiences to date.
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The gimmicky nature of its promotional campaign led to a lot of confusion about how the car actually worked, and it didn't help that the interior was utilitarian to the point of feeling like a dressed-up golf cart.
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"Money Monster" is a brave attempt to examine the reasons behind the financial crisis, while adhering to the conventions of a Hollywood star vehicle, but the film—Jodie Foster's fourth as director—comes across as a gimmicky fringe play.
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The two forms use the body very differently, and the wrong grafting can look gimmicky or freakish, as footage of the once popular but now defunct specialty of toe tap (standard tap steps done in point shoes) now appears.
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Clinton didn't win the White House, of course, and with Republicans running the show in Washington, repatriation is likely to take a different form — a gimmicky tax cut that can also be made to "pay for" additional tax cuts.
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Generally speaking, VR hasn't make the best first impression on this count, which is probably fine, honestly; if VR is transformative, it'll take a while for designers to come up with ways of taking advantage of it in non-gimmicky ways.
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We're told one reason why the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge don't have USB Type-C ports is to preserve compatibility with the Gear VR. When the Galaxy S6 Edge launched, the "edge" features it offered were fairly limited and gimmicky.
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The story is about hard choices, and by placing the user in that experience and allowing them to pick which story to follow—without being gimmicky—actually underscored and enhanced the story in a way that resonated with me long after.
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I was sucked up as much as anyone else in this pretty rapidly accelerating trend of sped-up, gimmicky recipe videos on Facebook, like Tasty and Tastemade, that just seemed to come out of nowhere and then they were everywhere.
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And while gimmicky robots abound, Japan struggles to develop the software and artificial intelligence needed to enable them to perform useful tasks, says a report by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the cockpit of Japan's post-war miracle.
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The AR experiences out right now are pretty gimmicky for the most part, by helping mobile and web devs, Viro Media is also going to allow existing apps to easily gain some AR functionality and allow developers to begin experimenting.
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Edging beyond the gimmicky demos of years past, robot startups are mounting a play for the more than $5.7 trillion U.S. food industry, launching their products on farms, in grocery stores and restaurants, and all the way to your front step.
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His brief pseudo-feud with The Miz in 2016 produced some of the most compelling television the company aired all year, and did a lot to legitimize Miz as a genuine A-List star and not just a gimmicky pretender.
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The leg locking game in EBI is far more positionally sound and tight than that in Pancrase, but for a long time leg locking from the top was considered gimmicky and a poor alternative to passing in the grappling community.
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While some have used it as a conduit to show where they stand on certain issues without having to actually "say" it, these graphics can come off as gimmicky (and even comically predictable) with little follow-up or thought behind them.
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By treating hardware as an opportunity rather than a means to an end, Apple might actually be able to deliver a product that ends up as more than a gimmicky metal tube bound to eventually collect dust on a shelf.
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The footage shows a number of Silicon Valley hallmarks: EDM parties, gimmicky startup offices, messenger bags, quadcopters and RC jumpers, and a subway system that — and I'm projecting here — probably doesn't run as reliably as anyone would like it to.
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In an attempt to compete with peers like Nike and Adidas, Reebok has launched a series of gimmicky shoe designs — like these mismatched sneakers that look like Buzz Lightyear and Woody from "Toy Story" — and marketing campaigns filled with celebrities.
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In time, Afrocentrism was seized by Madison Avenue as a marketing tool and a gimmicky way of trying to sell things to black consumers, as if putting red, black and green on the bag makes the French fries inside more authentic.
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The film does a great job of setting up its universe quickly, illustrating what it's like to feel an obsession with social media and deftly handling on-screen depiction of technology, which can sometimes feel gimmicky in less assured hands.
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But many dismissed the eight-team tournament as a cash grab and one that lacked the authenticity of World Cups in other sports given its irregular appearance on the sporting schedule, lack of qualifying system and a pair of gimmicky teams.
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Unlike other "national days," which can often lean toward the gimmicky (National Sneak Some Zucchini Into Your Neighbor's Porch Day, anyone?), this one is rooted in practicality: It falls within a couple of weeks of Thanksgiving in America by design.
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It is a message he and his supporters have increasingly stressed as the country grapples with the coronavirus outbreak — and Mr. Biden appears unlikely to undermine that point with a vice-presidential choice that could be perceived as risky or gimmicky.
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Grammy-nominated Perry has been a pop powerhouse since her breakthrough single "I Kissed a Girl" in 2008, and is known for upbeat songs such as "California Gurls" and "Firework," gimmicky outfits and vibrant, colorful performances geared toward a young audience.
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If you understand and apply it to your personal finances, "you're less likely to fall for gimmicky promotions from banks, settle for opportunities that don't give you the advantage, and take on debt that might take forever to pay off."
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Comedy wrestling gets a bad rap as being too gimmicky or diluting the melodrama the form is ideally capable of, but Royal Rumbles are long and the willingness to punctuate them with moments of silliness and irony shows strength, not weakness.
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When they broke into the league in 1995, the Raptors were known more for the gimmicky basketball-playing cartoon dinosaur on their jerseys than for anything they did on the court, which in the early years was plenty of losing.
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And it refused to let up on any of its potentially alienating elements, from the off-kilter framing to the weird monologues about our rigged political system to the potentially gimmicky "what's real and what's not?" questions, even one iota.
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He is far more subtle than Mr. Forsyth and much less gimmicky than Mr. Deighton, and if he can't quite match Mr. le Carré's doomy intensity, he has the compensating virtues of (relatively speaking) greater directness and solid good sense.
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The one truly unique thing that HTC added to it, though — the Edge Sense function that lets you do things with the phone by squeezing its sides — has never risen to be anything more than a gimmicky way to activate the camera.
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While the cameras shared features with other mirrorless cameras like interchangeable lenses, the one-inch sensors were too small, the cameras incredibly pricey considering the specs, and the additional features too gimmicky, even for first-time photographers for whom the cameras were made.
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Like National Nail Polish Day or National Ice Cream Day, the holiday may sound a little gimmicky, but it's still a handy excuse to justify a mani/pedi or a soft-serve with rainbow sprinkles — or, in today's case, loading up on lipstick.
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A fresh start could be a really interesting upgrade, one with a more focused professional model that better leverages RED's hardware prowess and drops the gimmicky "holographic 4V" nonsense in favor of actually shooting RED-quality photos and videos on a smartphone.
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As artificial intelligence–driven retailers like Amazon gain a big share of the market, traditional stores are trying to compete by experimenting with various forms of AI, ranging from gimmicky robots to software bots that work in the background to fix IT issues.
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Mr. Cruz sought to brush off Mr. Trump's questions about his eligibility, posting on Twitter a clip from the "jump the shark" episode of "Happy Days," which has become a cultural reference for when something once popular has become overdone and gimmicky.
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Most carriers want to bundle apps or have a unique way of marketing a smartphone, but HMD believes its Nokia 33, Nokia 5, and Nokia 3 smartphones will stand out from the competition with solid hardware design, pure Android, and no gimmicky features.
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While invisible makeup protectors, like primers and setting sprays, might seem like gimmicky extras we don't really need, some of them actually do work to keep our faces from melting off or fading on those mornings when the windchill is sub-arctic.
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Thankfully it's not AI-based and unlike so many of the gimmicky chat bots or Dear Abby-style products, Relationship Hero is looking to help you solve relationship issues by connecting users with live relationship experts over the phone or through online chat.
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That breaking of the fourth wall is an effective technique for setting up a world of wild, unchecked abuses of power from the perspective of those involved, without actually making us root for them, but it does feel gimmicky after a while.
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Scanning codes might be a bit nerdy and gimmicky, but as Amazon maintains its might as the US's largest e-commerce retailer, seeing someone whip out their phone to take pictures of barcodes might not be so uncommon in the near future.
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Related coverage from PCMag: How to Buy, Sell, and Keep Track of Bitcoin 23 Weird, Gimmicky, Straight-Up Silly Cryptocurrencies In Venezuela, Cryptocurrency Is an Oppressor and a Lifeline Besides PumaPay, Pornhub's list of accepted cryptocurrencies also includes Verge, Tron, and ZenCash.
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This review could have come months ago, but I wanted to give the phone and its gimmicky and not-at-all holographic "holographic display" a fair chance as shotgun to my iPhone (I'm a two phone guy — always an iPhone and Android).
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The whole undertaking still feels a touch gimmicky, but the trio of finalists announced today do point to a company that might truly be willing to give anything a shot in the name of making a splash in the overcrowded mobile space.
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With the launch of Samsung Galaxy Note7, the best smartphone you can buy in my opinion, it's worth taking a look back at how Samsung turned its "gimmicky" and "niche" curved-screen edges into a signature design element on its flagship phones.
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Mullen is electrifying here, with a part that could have felt gimmicky and instead feels like a very real, very human person trying to cope with a body that just doesn't work like it should, in a way that feels sufficiently robotic.
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And while there's certainly no shortage of rival apps out there claiming to make selfies look better, Lensa's AI-powered retouching does offer — at a glance — less crude/more plausible results than plenty of gimmicky 'beauty filter' apps also touting reality-editing wares.
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Team North America, a talent-laden squad dismissed by many as gimmicky when the tournament format was announced, cruised to a 4-1 win over Finland, the 2014 Olympic bronze medalists who also won a silver medal at this year's world championships.
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" Foote believes the positive Headset figures for Willie's Reserve come from old hippies and music fans: "He had a helluva career and I am a huge fan personally, but that's the type of gimmicky shit that 65-plus-year-old white dudes love.
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And if it is true that, in the hands of less sensitive designers, the hiring of Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian models for a show with an evil-eye theme could be read as gimmicky and even racist, here that was not the case.
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So the solvers who crave more of a challenge wait all week for the Friday and Saturday puzzles — they might even indulge themselves in a Thursday, with its gimmicky themes — and claim to be disappointed if the Friday is "too easy" for them.
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Compared to the other four men onstage Tuesday night (Mike Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden, and Bernie Sanders), Steyer's red-and-black tartan tie appeared strikingly out of place, and his online critics have disparaged the pattern as Christmas-like and gimmicky.
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There is only one man who could get me to soberly climb onto my building's rooftop for a gimmicky artificial reality app in the middle of February, and his name is Eddie Vedder, the frontman of '90s Seattle grunge group Pearl Jam.
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Another says that it is "not a gimmicky fitness brand" and that it will not talk down to consumers or include any "cheesy ads" or "before and afters," a common health marketing tactic of showing people&aposs achieving their weight loss goals.
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The fidget phone—which is really just today's version of the Razr or the Sidekick or whatever gimmicky cell phone you had back in high school—is currently only available in India, though Quartz reports Chilli will be selling it online as well.
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It's basically the laptop equivalent of controller rumble on consoles, and while I admit it does sound a bit gimmicky, it's actually a nice way to add some extra spice to FPS titles that I can see expanding to more systems down the road.
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Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo)Last year, Huawei took a big shot at Apple with the MateBook X Pro, a laptop that encapsulated some of the best things about MacBook Pro line while ignoring more gimmicky features like the Touch Bar and Apple's frustrating butterfly keyboard.
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Overall, the updates across the MacBook line show that Apple is committed to staying competitive in the laptop space, even if the spec boost fails to address larger problems with the products like Apple's unwavering commitment to USB-C or the gimmicky Touch Bar.
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Rijnders claims Cogisen's gaze tracking algorithms are proven at this point, after more than five years of R&D, although he concedes the technology itself is not yet proven — with the risk of eye-tracking interfaces being perceived by tech users as gimmicky. i.e.
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For what should by all means be a gimmicky little device, Nintendo put a thoughtful amount of engineering into the little ball, which was surprisingly fun to play the new titles with and seemed to offer a lot more than nostalgia for prospective owners.
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The app was sort of fun, but the premise — combining text and video but ditching the audio — felt gimmicky and was hardly compelling enough to inspire users to ditch Snapchat or other messaging apps, if it even made it onto their radar to begin with.
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With the soft-rebooting of First Class and Days of Future Past now firmly out of the way, the promise of Apocalypse was a film that could just get down to the business of being a good movie without all the gimmicky storytelling devices.
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Read more: The 'debt snowball' and 'debt avalanche' might sound gimmicky, but they're both highly effective strategies to get out of credit-card debtYou can use this method on your student loans as I did or with credit cards or any other type of debt.
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Rivlin was expressing support for Paul's proposal to cut federal spending by 1 percent across the board every 90 days until Congress enacts a budget, when she made the additional suggestion, saying "it sounded gimmicky" when she first heard about it, but it could work.
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They integrated one's cultural heritage or embedded political messages; that is, these artists used the basis of reflective art, metallic materials or mirrored canvases, less in a gimmicky call for attention than to reflect on the world around them in personalized and profound ways.
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The first real inkling of their transformation from gimmicky underground record label to big league hit-makers came last year, when SOPHIE lent his production skills to Madonna's "Bitch, I'm Madonna," injecting a heady dose of his bright fizzy sound into a huge, global release.
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And while I'm not sure that I'll want any 4K selfies (I'll need to up my skincare game before I'm willing to expose my pores to close-up 4K video), the slow motion "slofies" are actually pretty fun, even if they are a bit gimmicky.
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Although Mr. Greilsammer, 42, didn't grow up thinking he would one day perform a seductive duo with a dancer, he argued in an interview that the Camerata's programs — far from being gimmicky — take the kinds of risks he thinks are long overdue in classical music.
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Rather than send anything gimmicky down the catwalks (it seems we're all fatigued by the dogged cycle of newness), designers from Victoria Beckham and JW Anderson to Shrimps and Christopher Kane offered us looks we know and love, but cast through a new lens.
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Friday's program, which also included Ailey's sumptuous "Night Creature," set to Duke Ellington, and Robert Battle's "Ella," a gimmicky interpretation of Ella Fitzgerald's scat song "Airmail Special," ended with one of the most moving performances of "Revelations," Ailey's 1960 masterpiece, I've seen in ages.
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Where were the gimmicky one-liners, the cringeworthy pandering, the well-rehearsed ambushes, the whiny interruptions, the confusing excursions into obscure votes or ancient controversies of little relevance to the choice Democrats face in coming months and all voters will face a year from now?
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Now, the company is trying to add differentiation by not only building its own retail stores so customers can try before buying, but also by bringing some of the best of the online world to them — even if some of it feels a touch gimmicky.
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In fact, they double as night lights, a feature that seems gimmicky until you stumble to the bathroom at 3am and realize that a next-generation wi-fi router is keeping you from tripping over the pair of shoes you forgot you'd left in the hallway.
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From the nostalgic mush served by Brick Lane's Cereal Killer Cafe to the borderline animal cruelty of Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium in Bethnal Green, the area is a mecca for gimmicky food pop-ups and pretty much anything featured in the Time Out "Quirky" listings pages.
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MessagingImage: AppleA clear win for Apple here, with the funky-looking Animoji and Memoji now getting beyond the gimmicky stage to something that's actually useful and fun (as long as you've got an iPhone X). FaceTime gets group calling as well, which will make a big difference.
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Instead of an overabundance of USB-C ports and gimmicky touch screens above the keyboard, systems like the new Spectre x360 15 are hoping to entice users back to PC land by offering way better flexibility, faster performance and the ability to live life dongle-free.
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Recent MacBook Pros are a little on the gimmicky side, the latest and greatest iMac Pro won't be here until December at the earliest, and as for the long-awaited successor to the trash can-shaped Mac Pro, you're going to be waiting even longer for that.
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It seemed gimmicky when Jones first introduced this technique to the UFC, but the power of the back elbow cannot be denied, and if the opponent's hands are brought down to wrestle and he is unable to retreat because of the fence, it is well worth attempting.
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The concept was so delightful and engaging that it demanded a sequel, and throughout the '90s Anheuser-Busch kept bringing back the Bud Bowl, adding more and more elements until the whole game-within-the-game started to get too gimmicky — and eventually more irritating than fun.
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The Steelers' ground attack was nonexistent against the NFL's worst rushing defense; Darrius Heyward-Bey's gimmicky 60-yard scamper on a jet sweep nearly matched the rest of the team's rushing total (68 yards): It was just as bad on the other side of the ball.
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It might seem a little gimmicky (most bendable screens do at this point), but it's not hard to imagine the company coming up with some cool use cases for the Mirage's curved display, like visualizations that change with your music or animations that correspond to timers.
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It may perhaps seem like a gimmicky setup, but the show has built a space of integrity and purity of conversation, driven both by Evans's perspicacity and by the personalities of his guests, who are so often ground down into corporate batter by traditional press junkets.
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A "Facebook movie," whatever that would be, seemed likely to be some gimmicky forerunner of the painful branded-property movies we'd suffer through in the latter half of the decade, like the Playmobil movie and the Trolls movies and, infamously (in my case anyhow), The Emoji Movie.
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Noteworthy is that streams are more or less ephemeral, with video recording staying accessible for only 20 minutes after broadcast, with one exception: for every 'like', the archive's life is extended by a further 10 seconds, which all seems a bit gimmicky but may help gamify engagement a little.
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Producer Kevin DeWalt told the trade magazine that The Humanity Bureau was shot in three formats: standard theatrical, "Barco Escape" theatrical (a gimmicky three-screen setup), and VR. His comment suggests that you'll be able to watch the full movie in VR, but that isn't quite it, apparently.
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He's also dismissive of gimmicky startups that can often pass through the dating space, usually on a fast burn to nowhere… though he is expecting more competition from major players, such as Tinder-owner Match, which he notes has been eyeing up some of the same geographical markets.
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Whether seeing avatars is fun and quirky or just gimmicky seems to be something that might be up for debate after only a couple minutes of live streaming, but for Facebook, much of their VR strategy involves a lot of trial and a lot of potential for error.
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Analysts warn all the fuss HMD has made over its gimmicky 3310 could make people forget it makes smartphones, too: "The launch of the new reimagined Nokia 3310 feature phone threatens to overshadow HMD's modern smartphones," IHS lead mobile analyst Ian Fogg told VICE News in an email.
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There's certainly a lot to like here — attractive design, great display, reliable battery life, fast performance, and great software — and there aren't any silly, trend-chasing things such as gimmicky AI features, dedicated hardware buttons for virtual assistants, or weird squeezing interfaces that just get in the way.
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On desktop the app is just a gimmicky voice search tool for Google Maps, but on a Google Cardboard headset you get a more real sense of exploration as you're cut off from other forms of input and it's just you speaking and moving your head to explore.
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But by putting the multi-lens tech straight into a phone (either by building its own, or more sensibly, licensing it out to an established phone company), Light can establish its technology far better than in a $2,000 camera that skews toward the gimmicky side of the product spectrum.
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The just-launched Photo Filter Gel Cushion Applicator, which you can buy now at the brand's website, might seem like a roundabout way of accomplishing what you could do with the appendages you were born with, or like just another gimmicky attempt to reinvent the makeup-blender wheel.
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Rivlin was expressing support for Paul's proposal to cut federal spending by 85033 percent across the board every 90 days until Congress enacts a budget, when she made the additional suggestion, saying "it sounded gimmicky" when she first heard about it, but it could work: http://bit.ly/2Eqc3Ts.
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Back in 2017 it's hard to imagine that scenario could have its origins in the somewhat janky, certainly gimmicky stunts that SpaceVR is currently undertaking in sites around San Francisco, but the company, whose vision is bringing people to space through the power of VR and robotics, has to start somewhere.
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Oftentimes, such a rigid approach to structure can feel gimmicky or too constraining, but Jenkins's script (suggested by Tarell Alvin McRaney's play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue) is smart about how our younger selves can haunt our older ones, just as all of our potential haunts us when we're young.
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Cabify has also tried out a number of alternative transportation mediums — including the more gimmicky moves like helicopters and more practical, regional-specific ideas like rickshaws and boats — and will continue to explore ways of "loading" more than just passengers on to its drivers to maximise their revenues, de Antonio said.
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Downstairs, on Art Basel's main floor, the work falls within a similar category only with a much higher standard: The real stars are Schiele, Klimt, Basquiat, Turrell, while Kusama or Murakami; the gimmicky and extravagant art of earlier years appealing to the new tech and finance elites is almost completely absent.
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As consumers slowly get more comfortable with the idea of VR, the gimmicky nature has started to fade and the quality has had to improve, something that has made life harder for some resource-strapped studios, while lending established companies like Here Be Dragons the opportunity to take more risks.
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"Jaws" was a masterpiece by a wunderkind director, but it also proved out a new business model: a gimmicky idea, bankable stars, and aggressive television ad campaigns, all of it designed to trigger audience anticipation and drive a massive Friday-night opening across thousands of screens—critics and snobs be damned.
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Today, the company launched pre-orders of Hydrogen, an expensive, modular smartphone with what it calls a "holographic" 3D display for VR and AR. The device will sport what sounds like a glasses-free 3D display, which as we all know from the Nintendo 3DS is not gimmicky in the slightest.
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In 2009, fresh off her Oscar win for Juno's screenplay, Cody was considered a gimmicky one-hit wonder who was way too precious with her made-up slang, and Fox was considered a vapid Maxim cover girl best qualified to wash a car in a bikini in the Transformers movies.
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Sure, we've seen our fair share of gimmicky giveaways, from that bathing suit that the Internet freaked out over in May to Girlfriend Collective's leggings to the weird swipe-up ads you might get on your Instagram Stories for free watches, but overall, what Kinn is doing comes from a good place.
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The "test" feels a little bit gimmicky (I was able to successfully get a "good fit" result with each sized tip, though it failed when I purposely had the bud too loose) but Apple says it conducts some pretty sophisticated analysis in order to test whether or not you're getting the best sound.
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AR tends to get applied to gimmicky marketing experiences, like Air New Zealand's recent pop-up in downtown Chicago that showed what New Zealand is like through AR to promote its new route, or to push e-commerce (Snapchat is using AR to let users shop on Amazon through the camera app).
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The Good Big, bright screen • Gorgeous design • Long-lasting battery life • Best-in-class cameras • Blazing performance • Expandable storage • Cool iris scanner The Bad Only comes in 64GB • Unlocking phone with iris scanner is gimmicky The Bottom Line The Galaxy Note7 combines the best of Samsung's flagship phones into one super phone.
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"Indeed, the president's budgets embody starkly different priorities than recent Republican budgets that disinvest in America, privatize Medicare, hurt the middle class, slash social safety net programs like Medicaid, threaten retirement security, protect special interest tax loopholes for the ultra-wealthy, and use gimmicky accounting tricks to falsely claim balance," they said.
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Forget the misleading suggestions of progress: the gimmicky Chanel shows on Havana's Paseo del Prado; the filming of the pyrotechnics for the film "Fast 8" on the city's scorching streets (badly paved and practically unnavigable several days before); the Rolling Stones concert; or surprise visits by Usher, Katy Perry, Rihanna, the Kardashian clan.
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A lot of gimmicky desserts look good in promotion pictures and turn to shit in reality, but a look at the #turkeyicecreamcake tag on Instagram suggests that Baskin-Robbins's cake actually ends up OK (some, however, are a little too shiny for comfort, more like a caramel apple than a roasted hunk of meat).
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The athletic footwear giant Nike is no stranger to the world of technology: it has been a longtime collaborator with the likes of Apple to develop apps for its devices and has been an early mover on the concept of bringing and integrating cutting-edge (yes, possibly gimmicky) tech into its footwear and other gear.
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This might sound gimmicky at first, but when you see them live, it's thrilling to see these little aircraft appear out of nowhere, if only because you can't figure out how they workGizmodo recently sat down with Verity Studios, one of the companies leading the way on entertainment drones, and got a behind the scenes look at the technology.
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Of course, this doesn't mean that iPhone and iPad users will be immune to the same problems that plague other advanced AR platforms — the gimmicky apps, the drain on device battery life, and the overall feeling that you're sometimes using an AR app not because it makes sense but just because it's a new AR app.
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Many users embraced the change, though some also questioned why Twitter was adding somewhat gimmicky features when it could be working on tackling its more serious issues on the platform (particularly as it's facing backlash for verifying Jason Kessler, the organizer behind the United the Right rally in Charlottesville, which resulted in the death of protester Heather Heyer).
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There's always the danger that tech like this can become too gimmicky like with the plastic tennis rackets and golf clubs people were sticking wiimotes into after Wii Sports and the Nintendo Wii were released but the Vive Tracker is a solution that really needed to come about and it's great that HTC introduced it at CES.
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I must admit, though, I feel like some of the Note 210's other new abilities like its Air Actions (which allow you to change camera modes by waving the S Pen around) and AR Doodle (which lets you draw augmented reality sketches in the air) are fun for a short time, but ultimately feel kind of gimmicky.
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Though whiskey-centric water might be viewed as a gimmicky gift for the over-the-top whiskey lover in your live, Keeney aspires to make their Kentucky water a staple in any bar that takes their malt and rye seriously, and has already gotten Old Limestone secured behind the bar at a number of restaurants and watering holes.
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While the integration of the chain and the archaeological site could have easily resulted in a gimmicky dining spot, the corporation has worked carefully to display the road as any other preserved ancient site: There's no McDonald's branding in the gallery, which is also accessible from the outside; you don't need to set foot in the restaurant to reach it.
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No, it's not so out-and-out gimmicky as that, with the dual-lenses rather being put to work to — Huawei claims — enhance photography via improved color/clarity, and to support features such as refocusing after the fact (as Lytro previously tried with dedicated camera hardware; but as ever if it can become a feature on a smartphone it will… ).
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But as Android Central reports, the new tech comes with two significant caveats, first of which that it only works (for now) with the LG G8 ThinQ phone, a device we found gimmicky and generally uncompetitive in our recent review, and a device that's reportedly sold uncharacteristically poorly, to the point that we started seeing it on deep discount within a few months of its release.
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The gimmicky red reset button that then-Secretary of State Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTop Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for 'same pool of voters' Anti-Trump vets join Steyer group in pressing Democrats to impeach Trump Republicans plot comeback in New Jersey MORE presented to Russia's foreign minister did indeed reset global world order — in the direction of Russian ascendancy and American decline.
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The film mostly takes place on the Capitol lot, and the Coens take frequent time-outs for long, uninterrupted takes of the movies being made — not just moving out from behind the camera to watch the performances, but taking the audience-eye view of finished, polished scenes from Baird's historical epic, a dance musical, a sleek Broadway drama adaptation, an aquatic ballet, and a gimmicky western.
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The danger of being a great leg locker is that you may fall into a gimmicky roll as someone who can kill the best grapplers in the world on a good day but can't do anything useful as soon as you meet someone who can shut down your entries to leg entanglements or against whom you cannot, for one reason or another, finish the submission.
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Everything irritating about her creative writing technique — her gimmicky conceits, her artful turns of phrase ("You can come over/but you can't come in"), her characters that stand for big concepts, the way she explains the moral of the story at the end — turns powerful given that she's dealing with archetypes rather than isolated narrative, and given that the archetypes in each song reinforce each other.
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You even get some handy new improvements including a more accessible microSD card slot, a more compact body with smaller bezels, and a power adapter that actually comes packed in the box—something you won't get with the purchase of a New 3DS or 3DS XL. But what might be the best thing about the 2DS XL is what you're not paying for: Nintendo's gimmicky 23D graphics tech.
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Director: Richard Tanne (producer of Mischief Night) Cast: Parker Sawyers (Austenland, Monsters: Dark Continent), Tika Sumpter (Ride Along, The CW's Gossip Girl) Distributor: None yet The idea of turning Barack and Michelle Obama's first date into a Before Sunrise–style indie romance may seem gimmicky, but Tanne actually makes good use of his premise, letting the real details from two famous people's lives give his characters fine shading — and something to talk about.
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I had a bit more luck shifting around, but the brows overlaid on my face were still quite light for some reason even though I'd maxed out the shade (why can't I even have thicker caterpillar-like eyebrows virtually?) Even if you're not interested in the beauty products they're hawking, it's kind of a gimmicky but fun app to fiddle around with if you've wanted to see what you look like with different shaped and colored brows.
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The addition of James Corden to the Grammys' already-crowded night not only added a mess of gimmicky moments that were completely unnecessary (a joke about Corden's parents swinging, for example), it took away from the already little time allotted to the actual award winners: The show played off Greg Kurstin when he tried to give speech after Adele for their Song of the Year win, and yet made plenty of time for James Corden to do an extended Carpool Karaoke gag.
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This is the voice made inevitable by years of gimmicky pop-rap vocoder, a streamlined electronic howl swooping through melody lines in a graceful diver's arc, its quavery pitch defining the intersection between anguish and glee – except when he mimics gunfire or chews consonants into a moist hash or ties two words into a knot with his tongue or coughs up a hairball that unravels into a pretty tune or does his best impression of how Harambe the gorilla would sing if Harambe could sing.
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The 8 most successful businesses that got their start on 'Shark Tank' 8 'Shark Tank' companies that didn't land a deal but are still doing incredibly well This $50 posture corrector from 'Shark Tank' might seem gimmicky — but it actually eliminated my back pain at work These cleansing wipes you might have seen on 'Shark Tank' are perfect for when you don't have time to shower after the gym This innovative brush from 'Shark Tank' made cleaning my car faster and easier than ever — and it's only $35 A mother of 2 turned her Etsy shop for adorable baby shoes into a 'Shark Tank' hit — and it's now a multi-million dollar business This quirky 'Shark Tank' alum makes ugly Christmas sweaters you'll actually want to wear A new app says it can save you $14,000 in student loan interest costs with the spare change in your pocket
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I think this kind of tech is going to be very much a part of our future in that I don't necessarily think that folding phones are gimmicky or companies are just running out of ideas necessarily, that they're trying to evolve the smartphone to something like this, but I do think that this is just a natural evolution because they've been talking about folding tech for a long time and I think inherently in phone design, we've always had different types of form factors, especially when you go back pre-smartphone days, you've had sliding-out phones and flip phones and all these kinds of other types of forms that now, we're getting to a point where the traditional smartphone is so mature that we can experiment with something that is different in terms of how it looks and how it feels and how you use it.
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