Lighting future: smaller T2 CFL, prototype GE incandescent-shaped CFL

So, question... have you already released these bulbs?

Over the past several years, lots of manufacturers, including GE, have sold "A-shaped" CFLs that feature a plastic ballast housing. We are announcing the world's first truly incandescent-shaped CFL. It mirrors the shape and size of a traditional incandescent light bulb. There's no plastic ballast housing. It's all glass, plus a metal base like an incandescent bulb. It's a byproduct of the strides we've made with the miniaturization of electronics.

Why the need for the glass shell? Hell, I think the CFL design looks cool. The only spot I would use those bulbs are in the bathroom above the vanity.

Ikea already sells incandescent bulb-shaped lights since years...

This is a CFL lamp in an incandescent shape... are you saying another firm has already done this? Who? Ikea does not make light bulbs.