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Lured in by the T-Mobile G1 and the Apple iPhone, Hewlett-Packard announced it will build a device for consumers that will be sold by mobile carriers. The smartphone is set to debut in Europe and eventually, the US. Sounds exciting!

Said device will feature a touchscreen (of course) and a keypad. It’ll be powered by Windows Mobile 6., instantly making it a failure. Sorry, HP. I have no interest in your shenanigans with a corrupt and terrible OS. Your iPaq brand is about as cool as AIDS so good night and good luck with this endeavor.

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Not that it mattered, but Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has gone on the record stating that the company has no plans to build a phone Zune or otherwise. Instead, Microsoft is going to focus on it’s Windows Mobile platform which makes perfect sense. He also mentioned that the Zune software will be ported to other devices, including Windows. Does anyone care? Most likely not. Move along, folks. There’s other news to be had.

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