HP introduces free photo printing application on Apple application store

Worldwide iPhone has the number three spot with 6.5% market share and its gaining popularity in UAE.

Aiming to provide solutions to consumer and business users alike, HP has announced the introduction of HP iPrint Photo, a free application available on the Apple Application Store that gives iPhone and iPod touch customers the ability to easily print photos anytime, anywhere.

HP iPrint Photo is the first photo printing application of its kind 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.

Speaking in Dubai today, Inkjet and web solutions business manager, HP Middle East, Asad Syed noted that the application is fully compatible with Apple's Bonjour technology and features an intuitive multi-touch user-interface for the easiest and fastest wireless iPhone or iPod touch print experience.

"Today's news demonstrates how HP is enabling customers to turn special moments captured on the go into high-quality photos," said Mr Syed. "More than any other company in the world, HP has re-imagined, re-engineered and re-invented the power of printing with exciting new technologies that address real customer needs."

The HP iPrint Photo application provides customers the freedom and flexibility to wirelessly print the millions of photos that have been captured on iPhone or iPod touch devices. It will be showcased for the first time at the 2009 Macworld Conference & Expo and the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) scheduled for January 8-11 in Las Vegas.

Until now, customers had no easy way to print the special moments captured on their iPhone or stored on their iPod touch.