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  • HP not out of the WebOS smartphone business after all

    HP not out of the WebOS smartphone business after all

    Posted on June 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Now doesn’t this make you feel better? Mark Hurd at HP originally said that there would be no more WebOS smartphones… but now there will be! A Christmas miracle! He said: When we look at the market, we see an array of interconnected devices, including tablets, printers, and of course, smartphones. We believe webOS can become the [...]

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  • HP says it’s in the smartphone market, after all

    HP says it’s in the smartphone market, after all

    Posted on June 3, 2010 | No Comments
    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 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. Phew. Now, can we see these new webOS devices, please? Here's the full statement from HP:
    When we look at the market, we see an array of interconnected devices, including tablets, printers, and of course, smartphones. We believe webOS can become the backbone for many of HP's small form factor devices, and we expect to expand webOS's footprint beyond just the smartphone market, all while leveraging our financial strength, scale, and global reach to grow in smartphones.

    HP says it's in the smartphone market, after all originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • HP CEO: “We didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business”

    HP CEO: “We didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business”

    Posted on June 2, 2010 | No Comments
    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/HP_We_didn_t_buy_Palm_to_be_in_the_smartphone_business';You'd think spending a billion dollars on a smartphone company would indicate a desire to, say, make and sell smartphones, but you'd apparently be thinking wrong: HP CEO Mark Hurd just told investors at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch tech conference that his company "didn't buy Palm to be in the smartphone business," and that he's not going to "spend billions of dollars trying to go into the smartphone business; that doesn't in any way make any sense." Yes, that sound you're hearing is Jon Rubinstein's heart breaking into a million tiny pieces. According to Hurd, HP was actually more interested in Palm's IP -- specifically webOS, which he wants to put on "tens of millions of HP small form-factor web-connected devices." Sure, that makes sense, and it lines up perfectly with HP's plan to "double down on webOS" and put it on everything from netbooks and slates to printers, but hey, Mark? You should really look into the smartphone business when you get a second, okay? Just trust us on this one.
    We didn't buy Palm to be in the smartphone business. And I tell people that, but it doesn't seem to resonate well. We bought it for the IP. The WebOS is one of the two ground-up pieces of software that is built as a web operating environment...We have tens of millions of HP small form factor web-connected devices...Now imagine that being a web-connected environment where now you can get a common look and feel and a common set of services laid against that environment. That is a very value proposition.

    [Thanks, Steve]

    HP CEO: "We didn't buy Palm to be in the smartphone business" originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Confirmed: Palm’s Matias Duarte joins Google as User Experience Director for Android

    Confirmed: Palm’s Matias Duarte joins Google as User Experience Director for Android

    Posted on May 27, 2010 | No Comments
    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Palm_s_Matias_Duarte_joins_Google_as_UI_Director'; We'd heard rumors this morning that webOS design guru Matias Duarte had left Palm for Google, but now we've got it straight from Mountain View: Mr. Duarte is the new User Experience Director for Android. If you'll remember, Matias previously worked on Sidekick with Android head Andy Rubin, so it's a reunion of sorts for these two -- we're pretty excited to see where they take Android in the future. As for Palm, well, we're sure HP has plenty of talented designers waiting to lead webOS into the wild world of tablets, netbooks and, uh, printers, so we'll see what happens there -- things could get crazy on both sides of this transition.

    Confirmed: Palm's Matias Duarte joins Google as User Experience Director for Android originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 May 2010 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Review: Kodak 7250 All-in-One Printer

    Review: Kodak 7250 All-in-One Printer

    Posted on April 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Scrapbookin’ and it feels so good Short Version: Kodak knows how to make low-cost printers with plenty of great features. The 7250 is no exception. Features: 802.11n wireless and Ethernet LCD display 32ppm black and wite, 30ppm color Wireless printing from iPhone, Blackberry MSRP: $199 Pros: Great networking features Compact Duplexing Cons: UI a bit hard to follow Low-resolution LCD Small paper trays There are few things are boring as printers. [...]

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  • Toner-, ink- and paperless printer (video)

    Toner-, ink- and paperless printer (video)

    Posted on February 8, 2010 | No Comments
    A Japanese company called Sanwa Newtec has developed a printer that works without toners, ink or (copy) paper. ThePrePeat RP-3100 is rather based on a line thermal head and special paper that's made of PET plastic and can be reused over and over again. In other words, if you have a sheet that you don't need any longer you can insert it back into the printer (where it gets "cleaned") and immediately print out a new document in one go. Each of those special sheets can be used 1,000 times, saving not only the costs for 1,000 sheets of copy paper but also 5.7kg of CO2 for the environment.

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  • Zink 2.0 inkless printers beginning to trickle out

    Zink 2.0 inkless printers beginning to trickle out

    Posted on December 14, 2009 | No Comments
    Zink stands for “zero ink.” It's the name of a company that has created a new way of printing that uses, yes, zero ink. It's all in the paper, hoss.

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  • The Epson PictureMate Show combines a digital photo frame and printer

    The Epson PictureMate Show combines a digital photo frame and printer

    Posted on December 3, 2009 | No Comments
    The new Epson PictureMate Show could be the finest example of technical convergence that you will never use. It brings the two worlds of digital photography into one convenient device. Too bad that it will probably sit unused like most digital photo frames and 4 x 6 printers after the novelty wears off.

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  • That USB chainsaw is not real

    That USB chainsaw is not real

    Posted on July 10, 2009 | No Comments
    papercut-660x449So that fake USB Chainsaw from the other day is indeed fake. Hence the fakeness. It's instead an eye-opening ad campaign aimed at educating the public about the wastefulness of printers.

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  • Secret of The USB Chainsaw Revealed

    Secret of The USB Chainsaw Revealed

    Posted on July 10, 2009 | No Comments
    Remember the USB chainsaw that was last seen defying the laws of physics and shredding plywood into brittle splinters on just five trickling volts of bus-power? It was, as we predicted, a spoof. But the reasons behind it are quite serious, if you’re a hippy tree-hugger, that is. The i.Saw site has transformed into the Papercut [...]

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  • DIY continuous ink printer solution

    DIY continuous ink printer solution

    Posted on July 9, 2009 | No Comments
    continuous inkPrinter ink cartridges, like razor blades, are a scam. Manufacturers practically give away printers, and then rob us blind again and again with exorbitant ink prices. Here's your chance to stick it to The Man by creating a "continuous ink printer". Never buy ink cartridges again!

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  • The great iPhone 3.0 problem of aught-nine: Sporadic Wi-Fi

    The great iPhone 3.0 problem of aught-nine: Sporadic Wi-Fi

    Posted on June 24, 2009 | No Comments
    There's a long thread at Apple's discussion board about sporadic Wi-Fi failures under iPhone 3.0. It seems that the Wi-Fi eventually poops out, resulting in no Wi-Fi connectivity even inches from the router. The only fix seems to be turning off push email.
    Essentially, WiFi works fine after the phone has been freshly booted (i.e. right after a restart) - however, once it has put itself into standby mode it will no longer download data over a WiFi connection after the phone is turned on again. It remains able to find the WiFi network, but simply refuses to download data over it.

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