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Vincent Padois, head tutor at the Pierre and Marie Curie University who teaches robotics and is babysitting the Paris ICub, makes a demonstration with ICub robot, a ?hybrid embodied cognitive system for a humanoid robot" about 1 metre (3.2 feet) high, at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris September 4, 2009. Six versions of ICub exist in laboratories across Europe, where scientists are painstakingly tweaking its electronic brain to make it capable of learning, just like a human child and hoping it will learn how to adapt its behaviour to changing circumstances, offering new insights into the development of human consciousness. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

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    Nokia unveils new N82 multimedia handset

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    People visit Nokia's stand during the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, February 15, 2007. The world's top cellphone maker Nokia on Wednesday unveiled a new N-series multimedia phone, the Nokia N82. REUTERS/Albert Gea

    HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) on Wednesday unveiled a new N-series multimedia phone, the Nokia N82.

    Nokia said the N82, a successor of the popular N95, features a five megapixel camera and GPS navigation.

    The device is to sell at an unsubsidized retail price of about 450 euros ($658), Nokia said in a statement.

    (Reporting by Sami Torma)


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