Few details on the specs of the model are available for now. It will be equipped with a touchscreen and a QWERTY keypad.

The handset is most likely to enter the European market as soon as the end of the year.

In spite that the company have released a few models, such as HP IPAQ hw6945 Mobile Messenger and HP IPAQ 510 Voice Messenger (the first Windows Mobile 6 smartphone by HP), they are recently facing strong competition from HTC, Samsung and Motorola. Besides, Dell also declared the intention to enter the smartphone market and the Taiwanese Acer company plan the launch of their smartphones for early 2009.