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In addition to being the first of the company's watches that you can use without a smartphone, this is also Samsung's biggest wearable to date. With a curved screen that measures two inches diagonally, it absolutely dwarfs my (admittedly dainty) wrist, as you can see in the above hands-on photos. Even so, some of my bigger-boned male colleagues also tried on the watch, and they too found it rather bulky. Not that style was a top priority here. The key selling points -- making calls and responding to emails -- require extra space, and frankly, even two inches is pushing it. The kind of 1.63-inch display used on the Gear 2 and Gear Live (a big, honking watch face in its own right) wouldn't have cut it here.
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Other than the fact that it's quite conspicuous, the design isn't what I'd call fancy. Certainly, it's no , nor even a . True, it's marked by metal accents around the clasp and edges, but my guess is that you're more likely to notice the removable plastic band, available in white and black. It's comfortable on the wrists, no doubt thanks to the curved screen shape, but ultimately, it feels more functional than it does stylish. When you're ready to swap bands, for instance, you basically just pop out the watch face like a piece of . The design feels functional, but also like an afterthought.
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Families can enter the #MIKidsCan Lions Experience Sweepstakes by visiting  through Nov. 10 and making a pledge as to what their child can do to embrace a healthy lifestyle, such as increasing physical activity, limiting screen time or eating more fruits and vegetables. Winners will be selected at random each month and receive prizes that include an opportunity to attend the Lions' Allen Park Halloween Party, tickets and an in-booth experience at a Lions game with the Lions broadcast team and a walk-through at Lions practice. One grand-prize winner will receive sideline passes and club tickets for the Lions Thanksgiving Day game, along with a fan tunnel and flag ceremony experience, tickets and an in-booth experience at a Lions game with the Lions broadcast team and a Lions game-used football.  
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Although Samsung recently came out with its first Android Wear watch, the Gear S runs Tizen OS, just like the Galaxy Gear, <a href=http://www.aec-ist.com/css/Cheap-Gucci-Outlet-Necklace-Wristlet-Cap.html>Gucci Necklace</a>  Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo. That means getting around is much the same as it is on those older devices. If you want to navigate backward out of a page, for instance, you swipe down from the top. Likewise, you can swipe up from the bottom of the Super AMOLED display to see a full menu of apps, including the settings menu. Otherwise, the watch only allows up to five home screen widgets. In addition to notifications, the defaults include things like calendar appointments and news headlines, but you can, of course, customize all that to your liking. Ditto for watch faces: There are around a dozen preloaded watch faces, with <a href=http://www.aec-ist.com/css/Cheap-Gucci-Outlet-Necklace-Wristlet-Cap.html>Cheap Gucci Outlet</a>  a mix of new ones, as well as some that were included on older models.
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"Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is dedicated to helping Michigan's youth live longer, healthier lives," said Andrew Hetzel, vice president for corporate communications at BCBSM. "Partnering with the Detroit Lions on the #MIKidsCan Lions Experience Sweepstakes enables us to connect with more Michigan families to stress the importance of promoting healthy habits with our children."
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"Parents and caregivers play a critical role in a child's overall health and quality of life," added Wade Martin, vice president of corporate partnerships for the Detroit Lions. "We hope the #MIKidsCan Lions Experience Sweepstakes serves as a great resource to get Lions fans' discussing how they can take steps to live healthier, more active lives together as a family."
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Impacting a third of Michigan's children, childhood obesity is an epidemic with both immediate and long-term effects on health and well-being. , obese youth <a href=http://www.aec-ist.com/css/Gucci-Handbags-Outlet-Cheap-Wallets-Men-Belt-Canada.html>Cheap Gucci Wallets</a>  are more likely to have risk factors for cardiovascular disease and experience , such as pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, asthma and bone and joint problems. Children and adolescents who are obese are at  for social and psychological problems such as depression, stress, anxiety and poor self-esteem. They are also more likely to experience bullying and stigmatization. Daily physical activity and a healthy diet decrease the risk for a child to be obese.
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The #MIKidsCan Lions Experience Sweepstakes is an extension of BCBSM's ongoing efforts to help Michigan families make good choices leading to healthier lives. With a focus on improving children's health, over the last 10 years, BCBSM has given more than $6 million in support of kids' health and wellness initiatives across the state, reaching more than 100,000 children. For more information on BCBSM's ongoing efforts to help improve childhood health, <a href=http://www.aec-ist.com/css/Cheap-Gucci-Sale-Authentic-Wholesale-Heels-Phone.html>Authentic Gucci Wholesale</a>  visit  or follow #MIKidsCan on Twitter.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, a nonprofit mutual insurance company, is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. BCBSM provides and administers health benefits to more than 4.4 million members residing in Michigan in addition to employees of Michigan-headquartered companies who reside outside the state. For more company information, visit  and
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Because things like emails and calls are a big part of the story here, they're always within easy reach: Just swipe to the left of the main home screen to see a list of your messages, emails and fitness stats from Samsung's S Health app. Once you're in the emails page, you can read the full text of a message, as well as see the rest of the conversation listed below it. From there, you can reply using an on-screen keyboard. As it happens, the keyboard allows for both traditional pecking, as well as Swype for dragging lines between letters.
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I had the chance to test the feature on multiple test units in various stages of development, none of them final. In some cases, I had an easy time both typing and swiping out letters, with very few typos to speak of. With certain cruder devices, I had trouble getting it to register an "H" instead of a "J." Either way, the word prediction is hit-or-miss: Sometimes it was spot-on; other times it served up the most unhelpful word possible ("My name is...'included'"?) Obviously, the precision here is something we'll have to revisit in our full review. Until then, I'm quite sure it would have been easier for me to just pull out my phone and type out "My name is Dana" with two thumbs.
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Another thing we'll have to save for our eventual review: the whole phone call thing. Samsung wasn't demonstrating this feature when we saw the watch in its non-final state. Sorry, folks.
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Elsewhere on the device, there's a heart rate sensor built into the watch's underbelly. So, in addition to tracking your steps and recording workouts, the watch can give you a beats-per-minute rating. Of course, some older Samsung devices like the , Gear Fit and Gear 2 had similar capabilities, and none of them gave particularly accurate readouts. So I don't have super-high hopes for the Gear S when we eventually try out a more polished unit, but I'm ever hopeful that Samsung has continued to tweak its algorithm.
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As you <a href=http://www.aec-ist.com/css/Gucci-Sale-Online-Twirl-Watch-Sneaker-Eyeglasses-Frames.html>Gucci Sale Online</a> can see, there are all sorts of things we can't fairly test until we take home a final unit, like the kind you'd buy in stores. That won't happen until sometime in October, when the Gear S becomes available. No word on price yet, or whether any mobile carriers will be selling it, but all will be revealed eventually. For now, check out our video walk-through if you haven't already -- it might be the closest you get to the device for a couple months yet.
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Ben Gilbert and Zach Honig contributed to this report.
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@@@ DETROIT, Sept. 8, 2014 <a href=http://www.aec-ist.com/css/Gucci-Belts-Sale-Glasses-Frame-Prices-Eye-Glasses.html>Gucci Eye Glasses</a> /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to support Michigan children and their families to develop healthier habits, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is partnering with the Detroit Lions on the , a digital sweepstakes asking Lions fans to share what their kids can do to be healthy and active while receiving an opportunity to win prizes. The sweepstakes supports BCBSM's ongoing commitment to children's health and its an initiative focused on encouraging kids to adopt healthy habits early in life that are more likely to be carried into adulthood. 

Families can enter the #MIKidsCan Lions Experience Sweepstakes by visiting  through Nov. 10 and making a pledge as to what their child can do to embrace a healthy lifestyle, such as increasing physical activity, limiting screen time or eating more fruits and vegetables. Winners will be selected at random each month and receive prizes that include an opportunity to attend the Lions' Allen Park Halloween Party, tickets and an in-booth experience at a Lions game with the Lions broadcast team and a walk-through at Lions practice. One grand-prize winner will receive sideline passes and club tickets for the Lions Thanksgiving Day game, along with a fan tunnel and flag ceremony experience, tickets and an in-booth experience at a Lions game with the Lions broadcast team and a Lions game-used football. 
"Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is dedicated to helping Michigan's youth live longer, healthier lives," said Andrew Hetzel, vice president for corporate communications at BCBSM. "Partnering with the Detroit Lions on the #MIKidsCan Lions Experience Sweepstakes enables us to connect with more Michigan families to stress the importance of promoting healthy habits with our children." 
"Parents and caregivers play a critical role in a child's overall health and quality of life," added Wade Martin, vice president of corporate partnerships for the Detroit Lions. "We hope the #MIKidsCan Lions Experience Sweepstakes serves as a great resource to get Lions fans' discussing how they can take steps to live healthier, more active lives together as a family."
Impacting a third of Michigan's children, childhood obesity is an epidemic with both immediate and long-term effects on health and well-being. , obese youth <a href=http://www.aec-ist.com/css/Gucci-Handbags-Outlet-Cheap-Wallets-Men-Belt-Canada.html>Cheap Gucci Wallets</a>  are more likely to have risk factors for cardiovascular disease and experience , such as pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, asthma and bone and joint problems. Children and adolescents who are obese are at  for social and psychological problems such as depression, stress, anxiety and poor self-esteem. They are also more likely to experience bullying and stigmatization. Daily physical activity and a healthy diet decrease the risk for a child to be obese.
The #MIKidsCan Lions Experience Sweepstakes is an extension of BCBSM's ongoing efforts to help Michigan families make good choices leading to healthier lives. With a focus on improving children's health, over the last 10 years, BCBSM has given more than $6 million in support of kids' health and wellness initiatives across the state, reaching more than 100,000 children. For more information on BCBSM's ongoing efforts to help improve childhood health, <a href=http://www.aec-ist.com/css/Cheap-Gucci-Sale-Authentic-Wholesale-Heels-Phone.html>Authentic Gucci Wholesale</a>  visit  or follow #MIKidsCan on Twitter.
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