HP joins smartphone market with two new devices

A new contender in the smartphone market has emerged, with Hewett Packard announcing it will partner with Vodafone to release two new devices.

Mobile Today said Hewlett Packard made the announcement at the Simbian Smartphone show in Earls Court. The devices will be called the iPAQ Data Messenger and Voice Messenger phones, and will be available in the UK from next month.
The HP iPAQ Data Messenger has a full sliding QWERTY keyboard and a 2.8-inch touch-sceen, while the iPAQ Voice messenger also has a 2.4-inch screen but no touch-screen.

Both of the Windows Mobile 6.1 devices offer a 3.1-megapixel camera and come equipped with HSPA, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth data services. The devices will do battle with the new Blackberry Storm, Samsung Omnia, HTC Touch Pro and the iPhone 3G.