HP announces its Glisten Ipaq
FLOGGER OF PRECIOUS INK HP, along with US telecoms giant AT&T, has announced another model in its Ipaq family, the Glisten 3G "worldphone".
Predictably the Glisten smartphone is feature rich, according to HP, and is 'loaded with features' designed to make the business person's life easier.
Running Windows Mobile 6.5 - yes, some vendors are still using that OS - the Glisten has a touchscreen, an improved web browser and support for Flash graphics and video. Along with its touchscreen the handset also offers a full, albeit scaled-down, qwerty keyboard and a five way directional keypad.
Users will have access to Outlook, Microsoft Word and Excel, and the ability to view PowerPoint and PDF documents. With a Windows OS, there's apparently no escape from the Vole's software applications.
"The Ipaq Glisten packs a powerful punch with its multiple input methods, variety of connectivity options, and a familiar, consistent email experience that allows mobile professionals to connect with the people and information that matter most to them," said Susan Macke, HP vice president, marketing, handheld global business unit, personal systems group.
"Our strategy for success in growing the Ipaq business and customer base is working with industry leaders, like AT&T and Microsoft, and leveraging our collective strengths in the business and prosumer markets."
AT&T, which is offering the handset in the US, talked up the screen, which uses active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) technology to produce a clear display.
"Ipaq Glisten adds to our innovative Windows Phone portfolio," said Michael Woodward, AT&T vice president, mobile phone portfolio, mobility and consumer markets. "It meets the demands of our business customers while boasting a beautiful AMOLED touch screen and a full package of multimedia features."
The HP Ipaq Glisten will be available in the coming weeks, priced at $229.99. HP's press contacts in the UK promised to find out local release information for us, but so far they've dug up nothing. µ
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And it works great. Windows Mobile works great too.......what I like most about it above an iPhone is the ability to use handwriting to enter text and data.......Can't wait to see the Glisten.
@stalin,
first the bad news, you won't get transcribers out of the box in wm6.5, this OS is all about bringing wm to stylus challenged people using their fat fingers to smudge the screens.
good news, well its a windows mobile OS, unlike others' you can tweak your phone and extend the system any way you like. There's a transcriber CAB on xda, just download and install... This goes to all other wm6.5 users who got dissapointed with lack of transcribers.
Thanks for the info....I didn't know about that with 6.5
I had a chance to play around with the Glisten (I can not STAND that name!) today at work for about 40 minutes or so, as one of the managers on our software team got a demo unit (I work for HP's PSG business unit in the 3rd party software group). WM 6.5 is incredible to navigate around in. The screen is as good as has been advertised; it is vibrant and just beautiful. I didn't get a chance to check call quality since the phone didn't have a SIM card in while I was playing with it. The camera's clarity on the phone is great and, thankfully, it is a lot more snappy than the 910c's slow as a snail shutter speed. The touch screen is really responsive when using your finger and the screen itself feels much larger than the 910's screen even though when I did a side by side comparison, they're pretty much the same size as far as viewable area goes. The buttons on the keyboard are much bigger than the 910's which is great since I thought those were way too small for me. I'm not going to say too much more since, as I said before, I didn't have full functionality because of the lack of a SIM being installed on the unit I played with. I can't wait for this to become available thru AT&T because I'm going to be the first in line. This is a really solid device, from the limited time I had to spend with it.