Hewlett-Packard Wants to Print for Smartphones - NYTimes.com: "Still, Mr. Joshi is optimistic. “We think by next year more printing will be done from the Web than from word-processing applications,” he said.
The e-mail address approach removes a major barrier to use in the mobile era: a cable, as well as the installation of the often-irksome software that makes the printer and PC work together.
This type of technology could make finding and using a printer at an airport, hotel or office easier as well.
H.P.’s approach has caught the attention of Google, and the companies have formed a partnership so that people can send jobs from things like Google Docs and Calendar to H.P.’s Web printers."
