Phone Maker Nokia to Make Netbooks?
Nokia, the world's largest phone maker, is exploring an entrance into the laptop market, the company's CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said in a Finnish television interview.
As mobile phones look more like PCs these days and netbooks combine a little laptop and a little mobile phone, the netbook market may suit Nokia well.
The devices may not be released until 2011, however.
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FurlMeanwhile, as TheStreet.com reports, several PC companies are moving in the opposite direction toward the smartphone market, including Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Toshiba, and Asus.
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