HP announce the iPaq Glisten

Looking for a Smartphone with a forward facing QWERTY keyboard and a touchscreen? Until now that was a pretty tall order, I can think of only a couple of other handsets that fit the bill, the JAQ3 Springs to mind, but they are all pretty long in the tooth now. So HP have stepped up to the plate with their new iPAQ Glisten which offers a beautiful 2.5″ AMOLED 320×240 Touchscreen display and full QWERTY keyboard. Also sporting the latest Windows Mobile 6.5 OS sounds like a really cool device, right?

So what’s the catch? Well currently it’s only available in the USA and HP have no plans to bring it to the UK at the moment. Real shame I think as it looks like a lovely handset that certainly would fill a big void in the market.

Boost productivity-with your fingertips

• AMOLED Touch Screen: 2.5" diagonal touch screen not only provides a brilliant viewing experience, it streamlines the way you work.
• QWERTY Keyboard: With 5-way directional pad, it works just like a PC keyboard, making email & texting fast & easy.

Part Phone. Part PC. All Business.

• Syncs easily to your PC via Active Sync or Microsoft^® Exchange
• Integrated Visual Inbox for more streamlined communications
• A single, consolidated contact list syncs to your PC for easy contact management
• Optimized Web experience-for work (and play)
• 256 MB SDRAM/512 MB Flash for high speed multi-tasking
• Assisted GPS navigation to keep you moving in the right direction

HP iPAQ Glisten Specification:

• Display: AMOLED resistive touchscreen 320 x 240 pixels – 2.5 inches
• QWERTY keyboard
• Windows Mobile 6.5 professional
• Internal: 256 MB RAM – 512 MB ROM
• microSD up to 16 GB
• 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G: HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
• Camera: 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus
• 3.5mm audio jack
• Dimensions: 112.8 x 62.8 x 13.4 mm
• Weight: 132 g
• GPS with A-GPS support
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
• Bluetooth: v2.0 with A2DP
• USB: v2.0 microUSB

Posted by: Matt