DUBAI, 6 November 2007 — Consumer electronics are the “must have” items in this digital age. HP recognizes that consumers are interested in digital devices that reflect their personal style while empowering them to do more in life — with ease.
Taking the mystery out of operating many consumer IT devices can be accomplished through the use of touchscreens. Touchscreens create a near-effortless experience for people to enjoy the digital lifestyle as they are intuitive, simple to use and engaging. Many of HP’s hottest tech products are touch-enabled.
Take for instance the HP TouchSmart IQ775 PC ($1,599). Family members can now leave video messages for each other and enjoy faster, one-touch access to information, entertainment and communication with this new all-in-one touchscreen PC. Featuring AMD64 dual-core processing with AMD LIVE! Smarter Digital Entertainment and a 19-inch diagonal LCD adjustable display, this PC allows users to quickly and easily check the weather, edit and view photos, personalize notes, manage family schedules, access favorite websites or watch favorite recorded or live TV shows.
Touchscreens can form a bridge between the virtual and physical world. Get those images out of a camera and ready to share by using just a fingertip and the HP Photosmart A826 Home Photo Center ($249). Featuring a seven-inch color touchscreen and 100-sheet internal paper tray, this compact photo printer makes it easy to create personalized greeting cards and custom photos by the batch. Users can add personalized text, frames and clip art to photos, album pages and greeting cards — even write and draw directly on photos using the included stylus. The built-in digital picture frame also displays photos to family and friends.
Now that creating data is so simple — with laptops, videocams and digital cameras — better ways are needed to share that information and keep it safe.
The HP MediaSmart Server provides a central, safe location to keep the entire family’s digital media and files with access from any networked PC, in or outside the home. Taking the worry out of data protection, the server can be programmed to automatically back up files such as family photos and home videos. HP Photo Webshare allows consumers to create a photo website on the server to share photos and video clips with designated family and friends when connected to the Internet. Estimated price is $599 for 500 gigabytes (GB) and $749 for 1 terabyte (TB).
And turn to printers to do more. The HP Photosmart C8180 All-in-One Printer ($399) delivers fast and easy photos at home, plus this photo archiving all-in-one uses LightScribe technology for etching labels directly onto the surface of CDs and DVDs, which is ideal for preserving or sharing photos and other data. With one-touch buttons, Bluetooth wireless capabilities, HP Smart Web Printing and an automated photo tray, the C8180 lets users can tackle a variety of printing jobs, without any hassles.
Easy and intuitive doesn’t necessarily mean basic. HP is aware that there will always be those consumers interested in being the trendsetters. So for the truly tech savvy, there’s the HP Pavilion HDX Entertainment Notebook PC ($2,999). This notebook combines home theater, mobility and powerful performance. With a 20.1-inch diagonal high-resolution Ultra BrightView LCD display that is now capable of 1080p resolution and an easily adjustable screen for optimal viewing preference and comfort, the HDX is ideal for watching high-definition movies and enjoying video games.