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This is Scientific American 60 seconds Tech, I'm Larry Greenemeier, got a minute?
這里是科學美國人60秒科技頻道，我是拉里·格林梅耶。
Consumer ambivalence has plagued Microsoft's Windows phones for years. Now the company wants to wave goodbye to those tepid feelings. Literally. Because Microsoft is allegedly adding gesture recognition to the next generation of Nokia's Lumia smartphone.
微軟Windows系統智能機的開發者著實被消費者欲購不夠的矛盾心理困擾了好幾年。如今公司計劃與消費者這種不大積極的消費熱情說再見。的確是這樣。日前，微軟據稱要在新一代諾基亞流光溢彩系列手機加入智能識別手勢功能。
Gesture recognition would work as for Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox, according to a report on the tech news Web site The Verge.
據科技新聞網站The Verge稱，手勢識別功能主要用于游戲機xbox的外設。
Microsoft won't comment on the rumor, which says that, instead of shooting bad guys or kicking virtual soccer goals, Nokia handsets would let you control Windows phone apps and games using hand movements.
有傳言稱，與以往打壞蛋，踢球等游戲不同，諾基亞手機此次要在游戲和系統操縱中加入手勢識別功能。
Nokia had been working on a gesture-based phone interface long before Microsoft bought the company's devices and services business this year. Using Kinect, Nokia could, for example, let you answer your Windows Phone by simply placing it to your ear and hang up by putting the device in your pocket. Those gesture controls are more advanced than what Samsung introduced with its Galaxy S 4 last year.
早在今年微軟為增加手勢識別功能而購買儀器和服務項目之前，諾基亞就在研究如何在手機中增加這一功能。有了體感外設，消費者要接聽電話，只需把手機放在耳朵旁，而掛斷電話則直接把手機放入口袋就可以了與去年三星新推出的Galaxy S 4相比，這一手勢識別功能先進了不少。
Speaking of competition, Amazon is expected to introduce its newest device next week. Some say it could bethe company's long-anticipated smartphone, featuring a 3-D interface.
提起競爭，亞馬遜下周即將推出的最新單品很是值得一提。有消息稱，即將推出的產品就是大家期待已久的擁有3D 效果的一款智能機。
Microsoft should enjoy the buzz while it can. A new Amazon smartphone is likely to only increase consumer ambivalence towards Windows Phones
微軟還是自求多福吧。新一款亞馬遜智能機的推出很可能只會讓廣大消費購買微軟產品時更加猶豫不決。
Thanks for the minute for the Scientific American 60 Seconds Tech, I'm Larry Greenemeier.
感謝收聽科學美國人60秒科技頻道。
