Hewlett-Packard who have struggled in the past in the PDA market now believe that they can make a go of it in the phone market with the launch of a new Smartphone that will take them right up against the Apple 3G iPhone, the Blackberry and a host of offerings from the likes of Nokia, Sony Erriccson, Samsung and LG.
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Both Dell and Acer are currently working on Smartphone offerings while BenQ is set to roll out an internet device that also acts as a mobile phone. In Europe HP has signed a deal with Vodafone to sell the email-enabled phones running on the Windows Mobile operating system no carriers in Australia have admitted to being offered the HP Smartphone in Australia.
According to the Times in the UK David Wright, vice president and general manager of HP's personal systems group, said the new Smartphone's were designed to bridge the gap between work and play, targeting what the company calls "prosumers", or professional consumers, and small and medium businesses.
The move by HP comes at a bad time with speculation mounting that they could well be competing directly with Microsoft who are tipped to be ready to make a $28Billion takeover of the struggling Research In Motion's (RIMM) who's share price has plunged more than 60% since June 2008.
