American Shorthair cat Mick examines a mock-up “Meowlingual” device, which can translate various meows into over 200 human words, at an unveiling in Tokyo. Toymaker Takara Co is planning to start sales of the “Meowlingual” in November for 8,800 yen ($ 75).
Masanobu Yoshida, president of the Sony Handheld Computer Company, holds the new Cli, a handheld computer with a built in camera, at its unveiling at the Sony Metreon in San Francisco.
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South Korean woman shows a cellphone
in Seoul that is capable of repelling insects. South Korea’s top mobile phone operator is offering a new service that allows cellphone users to download a sound it says repels troublesome mosquitoes. The sound should be capable of repelling insects within a range of one
metre.
Chinese buying new mobile phones are seen through a mobile phone cover displayed at a store in Beijing. China added 4.5 million new mobile telephone users in June, taking its total to 234.5 million people, the Ministry of Information Industry said. — Reuters |
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