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She’s not one of the fembots from the Austin Powers movies, but she’s the next best thing.  Her name is EMA, which stands for Eternal Maiden Actualization.  The maker is Sega Toys, and the target demographic is lonely dudes.  That’s right, according to Reuters she’s being marketed in Japan as a female companion.  She can sing, dance, hand out business cards (?), and of course give kisses.  EMA would make a great girlfriend because not only is she very affectionate, she’s also really low maintenance.  All she needs is some battery power, as that’s what she runs on.

She’ll be available in September for about $175, and Sega hopes for first-year sales of 10,000.  Maybe this could be like a Lars and the Real Girl situation, where not just the Lars character but everyone else could come to see EMA as real!  Except EMA is only 15 inches tall.  But her other measurements would make any girl jealous!

Speaking of robot women, check out this video for comments made about Madonna by singer Dan Gillespie-Sells of The Feeling.  Hilarious!  Unfortunately, unlike EMA, Her Majesty has been unavailable for some time.  But she can still sing and dance though.

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If the idea of buying a Sony Ericsson phone preloaded with songs from Madonna’s latest album Hard Candy sounds appealing to you, then you’d be glad to know that Sony Ericsson and Warner Music have sealed a deal that will soon make this a reality. Fortunately for some SE fans who are not as into Madonna’s kind of music, the arrangement would only be good for selected SE handsets but nonetheless these will be released in some 27 countries worldwide.

Actually, Sony Ericsson has began distributing some of the songs from Hard Candy this past May when it bundled a “4 minutes” remix of Madonna’s song with some of its W890 units in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.

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The idea of mixing music with mobile phones isn’t new, but it still is a relatively untapped opportunity for most mobile phone makers and network carriers. The latest announcement from Vodafone and Verizon, meanwhile, has us and most other Madonna and Justin Timberlake fans looking forward to April 28. Why? Because they are now offering an underground remix version of Madonna’s upcoming single 4 Minutes from the album Hard Candy. And with an offer like this, it’s hard to say this would be a hard sell.

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In yet another great example of an artist using the power of the web and technology, Madonna has chosen to offer seven of the eleven tracks from her upcoming album Hard Candy early. While I wish this offer was available for anyone, or even a larger audience, she has decided to offer the access to Vodafone customers. The album is set to be in stores beginning on April 28, 2008 but these lucky fans will have access to the tracks up to one week before the general release.

The tracks will be released one at a time and each will be available for a 24 hour time period, they can each be downloaded for 99p (around $1.98), and the first single “4 Minutes” will be offered at a slightly lower price of 75p (around $1.50). Vodafone, while popular across Europe, are not a US carrier, which means US fans will have to wait till April 28, or until the tracks are leaked.

Via [geek sugar]