HP says it’s in the smartphone market, after all
HP CEO Mark Hurd certainly caused a few sad faces yesterday when he told investors and analysts that HP " didn't buy Palm to be in the smartphone business ," and it now the company is trying to walk that back a little -- rest easy, folks, because there are definintely more webOS smartphones on the way. Apparently what Hurd was really trying to say was that HP is excited about using webOS as the foundation for all types of smaller web-connected devices , and smartphones are just a part of that universe -- a part HP intends to pursue
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Nokia’s €15 bike charger will abide
We've been seeing dynamo-powered gadget bicycle chargers for, well, ever . But it's good to see a company with the global reach of Nokia getting into the action with a €15ish kit all its own. Nokia says that a 10 minute bike ride at 6mph (10kph) will produce enough power for 28 minutes of talk time or 37 hours of standby
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