HP unveils smart phone at 3GSM

Category Phone | Permalink | 12. February 2007

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Hewlett-Packard will be offering its own smart phone with 3G Internet access, and voice command and remote-access capability this spring, the company announced Monday.

The iPaq 500 smart phone unveiled by HP at the 3GSM World Congress 2007 in Barcelona–will run on the new Windows Mobile 6.0 platform and feature voice over Internet Protocol compatibility, push e-mail, Internet Explorer and Outlook Mobile.

The iPaq 500 connects to the Internet via GSM/GPRS/Edge networks, as well as Wi-Fi that can be secured with Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 security. Designed for business users, the phone can be accessed remotely so that companies’ IT managers can delete or erase data from stolen or lost phones and also provide updates and fixes.

While the HP iPaq comes only with a numeric keyboard, it has speech translation so that users can listen to e-mail and text messages, and can uses voice commands to work the phone. The 20 voice prompts programmed into the device allow the user to do things like navigate phone functions, open applications and use its calendar features. Users also can send voice replies to e-mails.

The phone features Bluetooth, 64MB of memory and 128MB of storage with a micro SD card slot to expand memory. The rechargeable lithium-ion battery offers about six hours of talk time and over seven days of standby, according to HP.

The iPAQ 500 also allows users to play music and videos, store photos and play games on the device.

The HP iPAQ will be available this spring in the U.S. directly from HP and authorized dealers. The company has not yet released the phone’s price or disclosed which carriers will offer it. news.com.com

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