Take stunning 7.2 Megapixel photos with the ultra-compact, metal HP Photosmart R827 digital camera. The HP R827 features an indoor and outdoor 2.5 inch image display and is thin enough to slip in a pocket. With the latest generation of HP Real Life technologies, including industry-leading auto in-camera red-eye removal and HP Design Gallery, users can easily take brilliant digital photos perfect for printing and sharing. The HP Photosmart R827 digital camera also features a unique, internal 3x optical zoom lens that fits into the slim camera body for clear distance shots, and the new HP steady photo anti-shake mode helps prevent blurred photos. The estimated U.S. street price for the HP Photosmart R827 is $299.

HP Design Gallery
The HP Photosmart R827 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:

• 7.2 Megapixels for beautiful prints and enlargements up to poster size
  
• Internal HP Precision 24x total zoom, 3x optical, 8x digital
  
• 2.5 inch display for framing and viewing photos and menus, indoors or out
  
• HP steady photo anti-shake feature helps prevent blurred photos
  
• High-quality VGA video with audio shoots at 24 frames per second
  
• Ability to save still shots for printing in video mode
  
• On-camera button to order and share photos on Snapfish using HP Photosmart Express
  
• Features a thin, metal design to fit easily in a pocket or purse

Editing and Digital effects
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 automatic in-camera red-eye removal and HP Design Gallery adds artistic effects and borders right in the camera, includes slimming feature, no PC or software required. Furthermore Adaptive Lighting Bracketing allows users to adjust high-contrast photos to bring faces out of shadows and details out of backgrounds while automatically capturing three versions of the same scene, one with adaptive lighting off, one with adaptive lighting on low, and the final with adaptive lighting on high. In-camera panorama stitching allows the user to align, capture and review a panorama image on the camera and stitch up to five photos together to save as one image for easy printing before downloading to a computer. Improved Image Advice now provides real-time feedback to users on how to improve a specific picture the next time it is captured.

Software and Camera dock
HP Photosmart Software allows users to edit, organize, print, share and archive digital photos. Optional HP Photosmart 6221 Premium Camera Dock lets users easily save, view, print and share photos on a PC, Snapfish and TV, and recharge in-camera battery, plus a spare. Add Wireless capabilities by purchasing the HP Photosmart 6222 Wireless Dock Base to share your photos via a wireless home network.

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 photos online. The HP Photosmart R827 is expected to be available for purchase September 2006 in North America, and specific countries of Latin America and Europe.

Specifications:

• 7.2 Megapixel resolution
  
• 3x optical zoom, 8x digital zoom
  
• Dimensions 93mm (W) x 23.6Xmm (D) x 61mm (H)
  
• Weight 140 grams without battery
  
• PictBridge support
  
• JPEG (Exif 2.2)
  
• USB Connectivity

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.