Reporting on HPs desire to return to the smartphone market, sources tell The Information that the company plans to release new six- and seven-inch phones by the end of the year. Rumors have been bubbling up for months about HPs smartphone ambitions, though the whispers stand in stark contrast to Meg Whitmans denials last year that new devices would land in 2013. The present rumor lines up with Whitman telling Fox Business last year that HP had to ultimately offer a smartphone for global consumers.