Yorke does not lean heavily on multi-tracking his voice.

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The application, called Genesys Connect for Service Cloud, will integrate with the Salesforce.com platform to allow for voice and multi-social network customer service capabilities.

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Chirac also spoke out for a multi-polar world in which France's voice would be heard on the international scene.

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There will be handsets that will be optimized for voice, others that will be optimized for data, there will be one that is optimized for voice but has access for data, there will be others optimized for multi-media rich applications.

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Besides regular voice calls, there will be point-to-point video calls and multi-person video conferencing, for example.

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It also can be a rather multi-step affair to even make a call, since there's no home screen speed dial or voice recognition, and the phonebook can't be searched, only scrolled through.

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It also adds expertise in video and a larger presence in the home to our core strengths in voice and data, ensuring we are even better positioned to capitalize on and manage the evolution toward multi-screen home entertainment.

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