HP bought Palm in 2010, but ditched the unit last year
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HP chief executive Meg Whitman said during an interview with Fox Business Network that the PC giant is "working on" getting a new smartphone to market.
The firm previously had a range of Windows Mobile devices on offer for consumers and enterprises, but ditched the ailing operating system in favor of Palm, which was bought by HP in 2010. HP then ditched its Palm-based lineup last year.
But with a post-PC world future in which smartphones and tablets rule the roost, Whitman hinted that the company will build something from scratch.
"We have to ultimately offer a smartphone because in many countries of the world that would be your first computing device," reports Dow Jones wires. "We are a computing company."
You might think Research in Motion's BlackBerry would be a catch for the PC maker, given that the company is cheap and still pulls in strong sales in the emerging and developing markets. Not Whitman. Asked if RIM would be a suitable company to buy either in part o... [Read more]
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