HP back in camera business, now also selling camcorders

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Say what now?! After a few years of abandoning the camera market, it seems that HP is making a come back this year with five new digital still cameras and three new camcorders. I’m surprised that none of them have HP’s old “Photosmart” moniker – they could’ve used one, instead of the confusing numbers and letters each model has right now. The five new cameras (with the confusing names: CW450, CW450t, SW450 PW460t, PW550z) are all sub-$150 entry-level offerings and will sell only though certain channels. The camcorders (with names just as confusing: V1020h, V5061u and V5560u) are sub-$200 models, two of which are able to record full HD 1080p video and have regular “camcorder” form-factors, while the cheapest (And slimmest) of the three will record 720p regular HD video.

Not sure why HP is suddenly making a come back this spring, neither is it known what their plan in the digital imaging (still and video cameras) business is for the long term. Well, HP, if there’s one place where a “comeback” (and a big, bad-ass comeback, at that) is needed from you is the handheld/mobile phone line. While I’m sure many appreciate HP toying with and testing the waters of different device markets, the iPaq line has long been in need of a nice refresh with awesome new models (something we haven’t seen in quite some time now…)

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  By Taylor Smith, February 21, 2010 @ 2:43 am

  The iPaq has been refreshed…

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  By Brad, February 21, 2010 @ 8:47 am

  Yup, but too bad the ‘refreshes’ since 2007 have not been that inspiring, or what I would consider ‘fantastic/mind blowing’ upgrades. In fact, the initial two “new design” iPaqs (600 and 900 series) were a step backwards with no dedicated 2.5/3.5 mm headphone jacks and slightly worse keyboards

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