After a delay of nearly ten months, HP (Hewlett Packard) has finally announced shipping its iPAQ 900 Series smart phones.

At the HP "Connecting Your World Conference" at Berlin, Germany, the company launched it's iPAQ 900 series of smart phones aimed at business customers. While the phones are scheduled to ship around June 30, launch dates and prices may vary from country to country.

The phones come with Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and also feature a QWERTY keyboard, a 2.46-inches display with QVGA plus resolution, and a 3 mega pixels camera for digital imaging with HP-owned Snapfish. The smart phones support 3G, UMTS/HSDPA, quad-band GPRS, WiFi with VoIP software function, and Bluetooth. They offer better GPS navigation with A-GPS chips. Hands-free operation and device commands option are made possible with built-in Cyberon Voice Commander and Voice Reply functions.

With the iPAQ series, HP has entered the market for smart phones but it has a serious competitor in Apple's newest iPhone 3G that offers faster access to Internet and email besides a host of business features and significantly, support for 3G, WiFi, and EDGE networks.