Final 3G-smartphones of HP
HP bites through in the market from hand hero-Apparatuses. The business presented Wednesday its first 3G-smartphones, together with a new navigationsystem and a set PDA. In totally its 56 hand hero-related products and services introduced.
Important market
A broad scale at new products of HP has been brought yesterday in New York with many feeling for show for the footlights. The emphatic attention that near it went out to the mobile telephones and belongs to, was striking. HP mobile division do not falls it as for volume of trade after all totally in by the colossal notebook- and desktopsegmenten. It illustrates the large interest that the IT-giant at this market attach.
The most striking of the five new hand heroes its two smartphones with Windows Mobile 6.0, of which it is(the iPAQ 614) liver bar with navigationsoftware of HP. The telephones its 3G-enabled; A business first for HP. “Finally”, laughs Regine Pohl, manager mobility and hand heroes by HP Personal Systems Group in Europe, the Middle-East and Azi (EMEA). “This is a large step for the business”, says she. And not the last: “We invest heavily in this segment.”
HP is no champion on the area of 3G-telephones. As an explanation, the business in the past has pointed on as yet too expensive hardware and the too small screens that 3G-services no law do. The 3G-functionaliteit that HP offers now, comes according to Pohl tegemoet at the question of customers to navigation and location-information.
The iPAQ 614 with its large screen is if desired smartphone and navigationappliance in n. Particularly is the possibility the to follow to give route in 3D again. With that is HP say to own the first. Striking is further it touch navigation wheel On the keyboard, known of the iPod. Larger brother iPAQ 914 has a qwerty-Keyboard and a smaller screen. Both apparatuses offer Assisted GPS (A-GPS).
HP has already longer notebooks with gentegreerde 3G-technologie in the ranks. Who for this rather not most delicate, its 3G-telephone can use simple as a modem. Skilful is naturally also the larger capacity for datastreaming, plain fizzy drink and download and the sending of heavier e-mail. An advantage is further that it with 3G possible is a telephone conversation to lead (via the headset) and at the same time data to receive. This in contrast till GPRS, explains Pohl.
3D-navigation
The innovate 3D-navigation is of the party on HP new navigationappliance, the iPAQ 314. The product has been equipped with a 4.3 inchscherm and can mp3-music, video's and spell play. HP developed the interface self. “We wanted the users experience extreme good make”, declares Pohl. A growing number online services - as trip planning - must the offer further improve. The European navigationmarket is awful chance realm for HP, according to the groups manager, and therefore considerably self is the furrow the business in that a position to acquire.