HP Unveils New Innovations at Consumer
Electronics Show
Monday January 05, 2009
HP Unveils New Innovations at Consumer
Electronics Show
2009 International
CES
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Building on its
success of creating products with exceptional innovation
and design, HP (NYSE:HPQ) today unveiled a broad
portfolio of consumer and business products designed to
provide an unsurpassed customer experience.
Announced just ahead
of the opening of CES 2009, the world’s largest
annual tradeshow for consumer technology, the new HP
lineup includes thin and light consumer notebooks, a
high-performance desktop, a durable business mini PC,
colorful accessories and a photo printing application for
the Apple iPhone.
HP additionally
announced a contest for CES attendees. Highlights of the
announcements include:
Two new entertainment notebooks, the
HP Pavilion dv2 and dv3 Series Entertainment
Notebook PCs, redefine the concept of thin and
light while still delivering full notebook
capabilities.
The HP Firebird with Voodoo DNA is a
high-performance desktop PC delivering luxury in
an energy-efficient design.
The HP Mini 2140 Notebook PC, the
newest member of the company’s Mini
portfolio, is designed for on-the-go
professionals.
HP iPrint Photo is the first, free
photo printing application of its kind(1)
for the Apple iPhone.
“HP enters the
New Year showing its resolve to provide consumers,
business people and enterprises market-defining products
that are a step ahead of the competition. Our customers
receive the highest value, combining top designs,
innovative features and simple user experiences,”
said Satjiv S. Chahil, senior vice president, Worldwide
Marketing, Personal Systems Group, HP. “From our
leadership in touch interface technologies to our
expanding line of ultra-mobile notebooks and companion
PCs to our unmatched high-performance computers including
mobile workstations with DreamColor displays, we offer the industry’s
broadest line of products aimed at satisfying the wants
and demands of our diverse customer segments.”
HP’s updated
portfolio of consumer notebook PCs showcases a
next-generation multimedia experience and delivers
powerful entertainment features in a sleek, ultra-mobile
package.
With its innovative design, the HP
Pavilion dv2 is a highly mobile notebook that’s
made to travel and priced within the reach of
consumers. Measuring less than 1-inch thick and
weighing less than 4 pounds,(2) the
dv2 provides a full notebook experience with
powerful discrete graphics, high-capacity hard
drive up to 500 gigabytes (GB),(3) and
Blu-ray disc support.
The HP Pavilion dv3 was designed to
support consumers’ on-the-go lifestyle
featuring a 13.3-inch diagonal BrightView LED
backlit display, extended battery life and
lightweight magnesium casing. Weighing 4.35
pounds, the dv3 includes processor and graphics
performance that can power any productivity or
entertainment application.
Introduced in 2008, the HP
Mini 1000 Mi
(Mobile Internet Experience) Edition is now
available in the United States. The HP Mini 1000
Mi Edition is a uniquely simple, mobile Internet
companion(4) with an HP-developed
interface built on Linux that makes it easy to
enjoy digital content and social media
experience, including videos, photos, music,
online video chat and email, anywhere consumers
are connected. The HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition
includes an Ethernet jack, two USB ports, Wi-Fi(5)
and optional Bluetooth® wireless capabilities.
Also new are two Pavilion notebook
PCs with widescreen displays featuring 16:9
aspect ratios and optimized for HD content. The
new HP Pavilion dv6 notebook PC has a stunning
16-inch diagonal widescreen display and is the
first of its size in the Pavilion family. An
updated HP Pavilion dv7 notebook PC offers a
17.3-inch diagonal, 16:9 aspect ratio display and
improved graphics processor.
High-performance
desktops for ultimate luxury and style
Successor to the award-winning HP
Blackbird 002, the
HP Firebird with Voodoo DNA is the newest
high-performance PC combining luxurious quality
and rich technology innovation in an ultra-quiet,
energy-efficient package. The HP Firebird with
Voodoo DNA represents a new paradigm for
performance computing with features designed for
photo and video editing, music creation, gaming,
and other demanding tasks. An advanced thermal
management system, which includes everything from
its factory-sealed liquid cooling system to the
energy-efficient components and external power
supply, keeps the PC running cool and can keep it
quieter at full crank than most gaming PCs do at
idle.
For those who like to customize
their PC experience, configure-to-order HP
TouchSmart PCs are
available with a wide variety of options,
including Blu-ray optical drive, processor speed,
video card and hard drive size. People can create
the exact TouchSmart system to suit their
entertainment and computing needs. A major
TouchSmart software enhancement includes a DVD
module and the introduction of multi-touch
gestures.
New configurations on the Compaq
Presario, HP
Pavilion, HP
Pavilion Slimline
and HP
Pavilion Elite
lines of desktop PCs are designed to fit the
needs of every consumer – from entertainment
enthusiasts to budget-minded families and
students. More information about the new lines is
available at HP
Direct.
The all new HP Mini
2140 is designed specifically for the mobile professional
in need of a rich computing experience in a small and
ultra-portable package. With a 10.1-inch diagonal
scratch-resistant display, a user-friendly 92 percent of
full-size QWERTY keyboard, increased battery life and a
range of hard-drive options including an optional
high-capacity 80 GB(3) solid-state drive, the
all-aluminum cased HP Mini comes with all the features
needed to keep on-the-go professionals productive and
connected. Powered by the latest Intel® Atom processor,
the HP Mini includes wireless technologies as well as an
integrated VGA Webcam.
Unveiled at Macworld Expo, the new HP
MediaSmart Server
ex485/ex487 automatically centralizes and stores
digital media files and other documents on
Windows® and Mac computers. The server easily
publishes photos to popular social networking
sites, remotely streams photos and music to any
Internet-connected PC or Mac, and centralizes
iTunes music libraries for playback to any
networked computer running iTunes. With the
MediaSmart Server, consumers also can back up
networked PCs and Macs, as well as duplicate
designated folders to Amazon’s S3
online backup service for an additional layer of
protection.
New accessories including colorful
mobile and desktop mice, high-performance
keyboards and digital picture frames personalize
the user experience. The HP Wi-Fi Display, a new
8-inch wireless smart digital picture frame,
allows people to enjoy photos, music and videos
from PCs on a home network as well as popular
Internet sources. For those on the go, HP
announced a digital picture frame keychain.
The HP Gaming Keyboard with Voodoo
DNA has backlit illumination with cluster
lighting options so gamers never miss a shot.
Fully programmable keys have macro capabilities,
while the gaming cluster has anti-ghosting
capability.
HP’s newest calculators deliver
a convenient and intuitive user experience for
everyday calculations. The HP SmartCalc 300s
scientific calculator’s innovative Textbook
Format Display (TFD) shows full math expressions
as they would appear on paper, helping students
visualize and comprehend complex mathematical
expressions. The colorful and compact HP EasyCalc
100 is a cinch to carry, making it ideal for
basic math functions wherever people go. The
elegant HP OfficeCalc 300 calculator combines
common business functions such as tax and
percentages with the groundbreaking “Check
and Correct” function that allows edits
without having to re-key entire expressions.
Photo printing
application on Apple App store
HP
iPrint Photo is the
first, free photo printing application of its
kind(1) and allows for quick and easy
wireless printing of 4 x 6-inch photos from an
iPhone or iPod Touch to most HP inkjet printers
connected to a local Wi-Fi network.(6)
HP iPrint Photo is fully compatible with Apple’s
Bonjour technology and features an intuitive
Multi-Touch interface for the easiest and fastest
wireless iPhone or iPod Touch print experience.(7)
In conjunction with the introduction
of HP iPrint Photo, HP also announced a special
sweepstakes for CES attendees with the HP iPrint
“Make Your Mark” contest seeking unique
moments caught on iPhones or stored on iPod
Touches. To enter, attendees must download HP
iPrint Photo and visit the HP iPrint Gallery, an
interactive photo installation located in the
Grand Lobby/Central Concourse at the Las Vegas
Convention Center, to print and display their
photos in the gallery for a chance to win $1,000
and an HP Photosmart C6380 All-in-One. The
contest is open to all CES attendees and
exhibitors 18 years of age or older. Exhibitor
badges will be scanned for entry and one winner
will be selected at random.
HP Total Care
HP PCs are backed by
HP Total
Care, a suite of
in-or-out-of-warranty service and support options. With
HP Total Care, consumers can reach support agents 24/7 by
phone, email or real-time chat. HP also has a variety of
self-help tools built into its PCs and online services
such as HP Total Care Advisor, which allows consumers to
navigate through PC care, check up on health and
security, get product information, view connections, and
get updates from a single access point. More information
is available at www.hp.com/go/totalcare.
HP Consumer Buyback
and Planet Partners Recycling Program
HP today introduced
its Consumer
Buyback and Planet Partners Recycling Program, which offers consumers in the United
States a simple way to receive cash for their unwanted
technology equipment or, if there is no value, recycle
it. Through the program, consumers can receive cash back
for, or responsibly recycle, their unwanted PCs,
monitors, printers, digital cameras, PDAs (personal
digital assistants) and smartphones of any brand.
About HP
HP, the world’s
largest technology company, simplifies the technology
experience for consumers and businesses with a portfolio
that spans printing, personal computing, software,
services and IT infrastructure. More information about HP
is available at http://www.hp.com/.
Note to editors:
More news from HP, including links to RSS feeds, is
available at www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/.
(1) HP
iPrint Photo is the first application available on the
Apple App store to print photos directly from an iPhone
or iPod.
(2)
Weight will vary by configuration.
(3) For
hard drives, 1 GB = 1 billion bytes. Actual formatted
capacity is less.
(4)
Internet access is required and sold separately.
(5)
Wireless access point and Internet service required and
not included. Availability of public wireless access
points limited.
