"Shiguro, whose job is teaching at Osaka University, an hour's drive
away, designed Geminoid so he could "robot in" to his classes and skip
the commute," this article explains. "As he steps out from behind a
curtain like the Wizard of Oz, standing beside his robot self, the shift
is disconcerting."
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IN THE NEWS
The mobile phone market was abuzz last week with announcements from
Motorola, Gizmo and Skype about new phones and services. Even Apple may
jump into the fray, as both Steve Jobs and Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's
CFO, said at the company's oh-so-positive earnings announcement that
they are "extremely excited" and "very enthusiastic" about new products
"in the pipeline."
All this mobile phone activity comes on the heels of a new report from
market research firm IDC on the state of the market (see GO FIGURE
below).
Yahoo baked into Moto
http://www.itworld.com/jump/sbnl/smallbusiness.itworld.com/4428/060721yahoomoto/index.html
RELATED READING: Gizmo lures users with free landline, mobile calls
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RELATED READING: Skype introduces Wi-Fi phones
http://www.itworld.com/jump/sbnl/wireless.itworld.com/4265/060720skypephone/
RELATED READING: Apple hints at iPod phone
http://www.itworld.com/jump/sbnl/wireless.itworld.com/4267/060720ipodphone/
IBM aims continuous data backup software at SMBs
http://smallbusiness.itworld.com/4385/060721ibmsmb/
Iomega Revs up tape market with disk alternative
http://www.itworld.com/jump/sbnl/storage.itworld.com/4650/060720iomegatape/
Why Wi-Fi may be injurious to your health
http://www.itworld.com/jump/sbnl/wireless.itworld.com/4993/060720wifihealth/
Get the latest news here
http://www.itworld.com/jump/sbnl/smallbusiness.itworld.com/News/
GO FIGURE
238,000,000
The number of mobile phone units shipped worldwide in the second
quarter, representing a 26 percent increase in sales over the same
period a year ago. For the year so far, about 470 million units have
shipped, according to IT market research firm IDC. SOURCE:
SmaillBusinessPipeline.com
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