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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 3 new mid-range phone models

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    Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:20am EDT
    A man talking on his mobile phone walks past Nokia's flagship store in Helsinki in this August 16, 2007 file photo. Nokia, the world's top cell phone maker, unveiled three new phone models on Monday, targeting the highly competitive market for mid-priced phones. REUTERS/Bob Strong

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    HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's top cell phone maker, unveiled three new phone models on Monday, targeting the highly competitive market for mid-priced phones.

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    Nokia said shipments of the new phones -- the Nokia 6600 Fold, the Nokia 6600 Slide and Nokia 3600 Slide -- would start during the third quarter. They would sell for 175 euros ($273) to 275 euros, excluding taxes and subsidies.

    (Reporting by Tarmo Virki)



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