The wheezing, steam-powered devices that we used to have to load with coal before starting up would soon be the preserve of historians and cranks.

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Home, available on a new HTC phone and for download to a half-dozen other HTC and Samsung phones starting April 12, is a suite of Facebook apps that will load as soon as the phone is turned on.

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