AT&T made official 2 days ago the forthcoming launch of the HP K3 Obsidian Windows Mobile 6.5 device now branded as the HP iPAQ Glisten for $229.99.

The Glisten features a QWERTY keyboard, 2.4 inch QVGA resolution AMOLED touch display, quadband GSM/EDGE and triband 850/1900/2100 UMTS/HSPA as well as a Wi-Fi radio, Bluetooth with stereo audio support and GPS transceiver along with a 3.1 megapixel camera.

The HP smartphone iPAQ K3 Obsidian is going to be released by AT&T.The iPaq K3 is powered by a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7200A processor, 256MB RAM and 512MB ROM. It features a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen display, built-in GPS, WiFi 802.11b/g, a 2 Megapixel camera and Bluetooth.

The Obsidian is packing:

• Windows Mobile 6.5
• 2 MP Camera
• GPS
• 256 MB RAM/512 MB ROM
• 3.5 mm jack
• WiFi
• QVGA Display

The iPAQ K3 Obsidian runs Windows Mobile 6.5 and includes a QWERTY keyboard. It supports tri-band HSDPA 3.5G and quad-band GSM networks. According to the slide, the main selling point of this phone is its large thumb sized keys.

The WSJ.com reports that Hewlett Packard will release a new smartphone in the next two months, aiming to grow its device business beyond corporate users.

The new device will have a and keypad and will use Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, say people briefed on the plan. It will be able to send and receive emails, and access the Internet. The device will debut in Europe, and will be sold by a mobile carrier in retail stores.

HP today announced the first shipment date of the HP iPAQ 900 Series Business Messenger, a 3G smartphone designed for maximum mobile productivity to a global audience at the HP Connecting Your World conference.The iPAQ 900 now ships with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional instead of the older 6.0 code and receives the improved home screen along with better mail support. Office Mobile is also packed in with the Professional edition to help read and edit documents on the road. The phone otherwise remains HP’s most feature-laden iPAQ with worldwide 3G over HSDPA, native GPS for navigation, Wi-Fi, and a 3-megapixel camera paired up with software to upload photos directly to Snapfish’s image pages. The QWERTY keyboard device makes up for its lack of a touchscreen in part through both voice dialing and still-rare voice command recognition.