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HP Middle East unveils must-have gifts for the holidays

In time for holiday and Eid shopping, HP Middle East today introduced a range of consumer products - from personal, stylish devices that help protect and preserve digital memories, to the ultimate in high-definition digital entertainment PCs.

  • United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, December 18 - 2007 at 07:41
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HP Photosmart C8183 All-in-One Printer.
HP Photosmart C8183 All-in-One Printer.


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Highlighting the offerings is a new consumer notebook with a chocolate Imprint design and an Elite desktop PC for a superb entertainment experience.

'Consumer electronics are at the top of holiday wish lists this year and HP offers an innovative and stylish line up of gifts aimed at empowering consumers to create, share and publish their content, their way,'



said Sherifa Hady, Consumer Business and Marketing Manager, Imaging and Printing Group at HP Middle East.

'Whether they want to print photos or enjoy the simplicity of a computing experience, HP delivers best-in-class solutions to meet their needs.'

HP Photosmart A826 Home Photo Center: Featuring a huge 7.0-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 new HP 514 Voice Messenger series, HP's first SmartPhone that delivers a flexible wireless email experience for business customers through convenient voice control and hands-free operation. The series features voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) capabilities, 'push' email and the latest Windows® Mobile 6 operating system. With up to six hours of continuous talk time on a fully charged battery, the HP iPAQ Voice Messenger also leads the competition in battery life. As the first in HP's new SmartPhone lineup, the HP iPAQ 500 helps highly mobile professionals stay connected wherever they are.

Safe-keep precious memories

Holiday memories can last a lifetime with products from HP that protect precious photos, videos, music and more. HP makes it easy to back up and store the most important of life's moments.

• HP Photosmart C8183 All-in-One Printer: The HP Photosmart C8180 delivers the fastest and easiest way to print photos at home.(1) This photo archiving all-in-one features a 3.5-inch touchscreen for easy navigation and LightScribe technology(2) for etching labels directly onto the surface of CDs and DVDs, which is ideal for preserving or sharing holiday memories. With one-touch buttons, Bluetooth wireless capabilities, HP Smart Web Printing(3) and an automated photo tray, users can tackle a variety of printing jobs with ease.

• HP Pavilion Elite m9000 Desktop PC: Holiday memories can easily be stored for years to come with the Elite m9000, which instantly keeps digital photos and videos backed up with one touch of HP's new Easy Back-up button located on the front of the PC. The PC features built-in wireless connectivity,(4) high-definition video playback and recording, crystal-clear 3D graphics and optional storage expandability. Cable management options help reduce clutter and a dual-format blue-laser combo drive can play the latest Blu-ray and HD DVD(5) high-definition movies.

• HP Pavilion dv2600 Special Edition Entertainment Notebook PC: The new stylish HP Verve Imprint design on the 'chocolate' coloured notebook is sure to stand out in the crowd as the new exclusive notebook that everyone will desire. In line with the seasonal trends of earthy browns and chocolates, the high quality finish exterior hard casing is adorned with a striking filigree flower pattern. What more could you ask for than the ultimate digital accessory that is already perfectly coordinated with the latest in fashion.

• HP Deskjet 460 Mobile printer
With built in Wi Fi and Bluetooth, the Deskjet 460 is perfect for people on the go. It's powered by an optional Lithuim battery and is only 2.27 KG. The Deskjet 460 offer fast printing speeds and high quality for documents and photos.




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HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers - from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world's largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $104.3bn for the four fiscal quarters ended October 31, 2007. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.

About HP Middle East
HP is the largest technology and solutions provider in the Middle East with 670 employees and subsidiaries in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah, Khobar, Cairo, Ramallah, Oman and 2 service Joint Ventures in Kuwait and Bahrain servicing the GCC, Egypt and the Levant. HP has been present in the Middle East since 1968 and opened its first regional office in 1994. HP Middle East is the market leader for enterprise, small and medium business and consumer technology products and offers a large portfolio of solutions and services in various business domains.

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(1) LightScribe creates a monochrome image. LightScribe media required and sold separately.
(2) Requires Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.
(3) Wireless access point and Internet service required and not included.
(4) As HD DVD is a new format containing new technologies, certain disc, digital connection, compatibility and/or performance issues may arise, and do not constitute defects in the product. Flawless playback on all systems is not guaranteed. In order for some HD-DVD titles to play, they may require an HDMI digital connection and the display may require HDCP support. Blu-ray Disc movies cannot be played on this notebook PC.
(5) Pricing and product availability are subject to change without notice.

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Anne-Birte Stensgaard Posted by Anne-Birte Stensgaard, Senior News Editor
Tuesday, December 18 - 2007 at 07:41 UAE local time (GMT+4)

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