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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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    Softbank says to sell Apple's iPhone in Japan

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    Wed Jun 4, 2008 6:01am EDT

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    TOKYO (Reuters) - Softbank Corp (9984.T), Japan's third-biggest mobile phone operator, has agreed with Apple Inc (AAPL.O) to sell iPhones in Japan by the end of this year, Softbank said in a statement on Wednesday.

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    Softbank spokesman Fumihiro Ito said he did not have further details on the deal such as whether the company would be the exclusive provider of the phones in Japan.

    Softbank, which bought Vodafone Group's (VOD.L) Japan unit in 2006, has been luring subscribers from bigger rivals NTT DoCoMo Inc (9437.T) and KDDI Corp (9433.T) with its aggressive marketing and low-price plans.

    Industry leader DoCoMo has been widely seen as another candidate to provide iPhones in Japan. DoCoMo spokesman Shuichiro Ichikoshi declined to say if it had also signed an agreement with Apple.

    (Reporting by Sachi Izumi; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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