HP (NYSE:HPQ)
HP Unveils Its Broadest Range of Handhelds
Ever
Line Includes Industry’s Smallest Dual Slot HP iPAQ Pocket PC
PALO ALTO, CALIF., JUNE 23, 2003 – HP (NYSE:HPQ) today expanded the
award-winning HP iPAQ Pocket PC product line to offer customers a full range
of handheld computing options. New models include the HP iPAQ h2210, the
smallest dual slot pocket PC; the HP iPAQ Pocket PC h1940, a slim, valuepriced
pocket PC; and the HP iPAQ h5150 and h5550, which include a 128-
MB RAM power machine.
HP iPAQ Pocket PCs, the No. 1 selling Pocket PC family worldwide,(1) include
common features such as a brilliant and vivid transflective display, a secure
digital input/output (SDIO) expansion slot allowing for additional storage and
capability, removable batteries, mobile printing software, and the company’s
exclusive iPAQ Image Viewer for viewing images and creating slide shows.
Integrated Bluetooth™ wireless capability is offered across the entire iPAQ
Pocket PC family announced today, allowing connectivity to Bluetooth
notebook PCs, printers and accessories, as well as access to remote data
when combined with a Bluetooth enabled phone.(2) Bluetooth enables users to
effortlessly synchronize and share data through their own personal area
networks.
Mobile printing software shipping with the new models allows customers to
take advantage of the integrated Bluetooth capability to wirelessly print e-mail
attachments, documents or photos conveniently from the Pocket PC to a
Bluetooth enabled HP printer.
The HP iPAQ Pocket PC’s innovative screen technology continues in the new
models. The transflective liquid crystal display combines the rich color
saturation and high contrast of a backlit TFT display, while remaining
viewable outdoors in bright sunlight. All of these models are powered by
Microsoft Windows® Mobile 2003 software for Pocket PC.