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.

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 personalised greeting cards and custom photos by the batch. Users can add personalised 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 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.

HP Photosmart C8183 All-in-One Printer: The HP Photosmart C8180 delivers the fastest and easiest way to print photos at home. This photo archiving all-in-one features a 3.5-inch touchscreen for easy navigation and LightScribe technology 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 and an automated photo tray, users can tackle a variety of printing jobs with ease. It is priced at Dh1449.

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, 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 high-definition movies. Price starts from Dh 3699.

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. Price starts from Dh5499.

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, and is priced at Dh1199.--TradeArabia News Service