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AT&T and HP announced the upcoming availability of the new HP iPAQ Glisten. It is AT&T’s first smartphone with an AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) touch screen, featuring the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 and QWERTY hardware keyboard

Users can easily move between work and leisure with advanced mobile e-mail capabilities, built-in Wi-Fi and GPS functionality as well as rich multimedia features and applications. AT&T supports Windows Marketplace for Mobile for access to a variety of applications.

In addition, users can take advantage of the built-in speakerphone and enjoy the freedom of hands-free control with Voice Commander, voice recognition software which reads text messages, emails and appointment details and lets users begin messages and dial contacts using simple voice prompts.

The HP iPAQ Glisten will be available in the coming weeks for $229.99 (receive a $50 AT&T Promotion Card with two-year agreement, smartphone data plan).

Coming to AT&T network in November and December this year, Windows Phone users will see the additional LG Monaco and HP Obsidian line up on AT&T inventory. Both smartphones should have the latest Windows Mobile 6.5, and comes with QWERTY keyboard, bluetooth, WiFi, GPS and microSD card slot.

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HP has announced the launch of its new display technology with Electronic Skins, or eSkins. The eSkins is a flexible reflective color film that can be applied to a variety of devices - including mobile phones, digital cameras, MP3 players, netbooks and notebooks.

“Consumer electronics manufacturers who integrate HP eSkins technology into future products can benefit from HP’s expertise and innovation in ink technology and deliver print-like color performance,” said Ken Abbott, director, Emerging Technology, Technology Development Organization, Inkjet and Web Solutions Business, HP. “HP’s eSkins technology allows our partners in the consumer electronics industry to further differentiate their products by introducing a dynamic, durable and reflective digital surface to enable new design freedom.”

This new device architecture is compatible with roll-to-roll plastic circuits that can be combined with proprietary, electrically controllable “inks” to achieve print-like color performance, as well as transparency. Using a technology similar to color printing, HP is developing the capability to produce specific “ink” colors within the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM® range. The vibrant, print-quality colors have excellent visibility in direct sunlight and can electronically shift into a transparent state, revealing the surface below the eSkins film.

HP is said to be working on a new iPAQ called K3 or Obsidian, featuring a QWERTY keyboard with its candybar body. The iPAQ K3 is planned on November 2009, available in camera or camera-less version. It is most likely to be running Windows Mobile 6.5 with a 2.8-inch QVGA touch screen. Check out 2 more product photos inside.

HP and Research In Motion today announced they are establishing a strategic alliance to deliver a portfolio of solutions for business mobility on the BlackBerry platform. At this year’s Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Fla., HP will be demonstrating two new solutions - HP CloudPrint for BlackBerry smartphones and HP Operations Manager for BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

HP CloudPrint for BlackBerry smartphones is a web services based solution that allows users to print emails, documents, photos and web pages using a BlackBerry smartphone, wherever they are – in the office, at home or on the road.

The CloudPrint service enables mobile users to easily print to the nearest printer. The service is printer-agnostic and driverless and requires simple Internet access. HP and RIM plan to make CloudPrint available to BlackBerry Internet Service subscribers as well as BlackBerry Enterprise Server customers.

HP also is introducing software to centrally monitor and manage the extended BlackBerry solution ecosystem, whether it is virtual or physical. This ecosystem includes the BlackBerry Enterprise Server software, mail servers, databases, Microsoft® Active Directory and server operating systems such as Windows Server. Plans also include extending the capabilities of the monitoring solution to provide an end-to-end view of enterprise applications running on the BlackBerry platform.

HP Operations Manager for BlackBerry Enterprise Server correlates events from each part of the mobile ecosystem to help customers pinpoint potential issues and take corrective actions to remediate them. This single console reduces costs associated with monitoring multiple consoles and provides customers with a consolidated view into events, enabling them to manage performance and deliver optimal service levels for BlackBerry messaging services.