The 2006 HP Imaging and Printing Conference HP is the event where HP unveiled a broad range of new products. Among them the HP Photosmart M627 camera. The HP Photosmart M627 features 7 Megapixels and 24x total zoom, 3x optical, 8x digital, to produce amazing-quality photos. The HP M627 camera features HP Real Life technologies, including in-camera red-eye removal and HP Design Gallery. With the new HP Design Gallery, users can easily capture and edit brilliant digital photos. This small, all-metal camera also features one-button ordering and sharing of photos with HP Photosmart Express. The estimated U.S. street price is $229; the HP Photosmart M627 is expected to be available in September 2006 in North America.

HP Design Gallery
The HP Photosmart M627 digital camera features HP Design Gallery, a feature that enables consumers to quickly and easily add creative effects and borders to their photos right on the camera. With HP Design Gallery, consumers can choose up to 10 different borders, including burnt, soft or torn edges, 12 different artistic effects, such as kaleidoscope, retro and slimming, and four unique color tints. All of these creative touches can be simply applied to photos with just one touch of a button on the back of the camera without spending extensive time using sophisticated software on a PC.

Features:

• 7 Megapixels for beautiful prints and enlargements up to poster-size
  
• 24x total zoom; 3x optical zoom and 8x digital
  
• Big, 2.5 inch image display, intuitive button layout
  
• Compact and stylish metal camera is designed for quick one-handed shots
  
• On-camera button to order and share photos on Snapfish using HP Photosmart Express
  
• 16MB internal memory allows users to store photos in the camera
  
• Extra storage capacity available with optional Secure Digital card
  
• Record video clips with sound at the touch of a button
  
• HP Photosmart Software for easy-to-use editing, organizing, printing and sharing

Image improvement
HP Real Life technologies help take the guesswork out of digital photography, making it easy to produce great photos that are crisp, realistic and true-to-life. HP Real Life technologies include industry-leading in-camera red-eye removal and HP Design Gallery adds artistic effects and borders right in the camera, including slimming feature, no PC or software required.

Share and Print
HP Photosmart Express makes sharing, printing and saving digital photos easy, users simply take a photo and select its destination right on the back of the camera, up to 34 destinations, including email addresses, online albums, printers and Snapfish for ordering prints online. When the digital camera is later connected to a computer or the optional camera dock, the selected photos are automatically printed and/or emailed without burdening the recipient with large file attachments. Email recipients see thumbnails of the images in the body of the email message, as well as a link to the web page where they can easily view, print and save the photos, and upload them to online albums. Optional HP Photosmart 6220 Digital Camera Dock lets user easily transfer photos to PC to print, e-mail or save, plus recharge in-camera batteries.

Specifications:

• 7 Megapixel resolution
  
• 3x optical zoom, 8x digital zoom
  
• Dimensions 95mm (w) x 31.7mm (d) x 62mm (h)
  
• Weight 120 grams without battery
  
• USB Connectivity
  
• HP offers a comprehensive support package

About HP Total Care
HP offers a comprehensive warranty for printers and cameras that includes up to one year of technical support, parts and labor as part of its HP Total Care portfolio of services. With HP Total Care, customers have more options for convenient support, including eSupport options such as printer diagnostics and software driver updates; real-time chat with a support agent; as well as 24x7 toll-free technical support in both English and Spanish. HP Total Care strives to deliver quality support with one-hour email response times; increased first-time resolution rates and reduced customer hold times. More information regarding these HP products announced is available at the HP website.

About HP
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended Oct. 31, 2005, HP revenue totalled $86.7 billion.