Mr. SEAN LANAHAN (SpeechGear): I am demonstrating a language translation device at the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas.

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Translation is virtually instantaneous after the device's camera captures the text.

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In addition to the missed call log, the new tech-savvy device allows students to screen (translation: ignore) as many as 100 stored phone numbers.

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The device has two English language and four translation dictionaries built-in and provides up to two months battery life(with wireless off) and 2GB of storage.

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The idea is that by using a wireless connection to the internet, the device can be a handy camera which makes use of translation resources on the net.

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Its first product accelerates the translation of ubiquitous Java code into bits, the ones and zeros that every digital device can understand.

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Multiple tech sites also are pointing this week to a post from Chinese tech site MyDrivers ( Google translation) which quoted sources on Apple's supply chain in that country saying the new device will have a 7.85-inch screen and be the same thickness as the iPad 2.

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Photo manipulation, automatic translation, health sensor integration, even face-tracking were all presented as top innovations for the new device.

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