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Small Business Promotion Offers Free Compaq iPAQ 3650 Pocket PC With Select Notebook, Desktop Purchase
HOUSTON, October 30, 2001
Today, Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) announces its first discounted desktop PC and notebook offering for small and medium-size businesses that includes a free Compaq iPAQ 3650 Pocket PC when purchased direct from Compaq on 1-800-888-2212 and free shipping when ordered online at www.compaq.com/bt. The special promotion is also available with Compaq's innovative 4-for-Free leasing program, allowing payments to be delayed until March 2002.
"Compaq offers cost-efficient access to state-of-the art technology," said Edgar Mejia, executive director for the Latin Business Association (LBA) - a nonprofit professional association dedicated to the success of Hispanic businesses worldwide. "We are using Compaq desktops, iPAQ Pocket PCs, and other technologies to develop and maintain our customer relationship management database and offer our associates high quality customer service." The LBA is the largest Latin business association in California. The organization has more than 1,400 active members and 42,000 magazine subscribers representing the business interests of over 550,000 Latin businesses in Southern California.
Compaq's award-winning iPAQ Pocket PC helps customers manage and access their most critical business and personal information anytime, anywhere. When combined with state-of-the-art notebooks or desktop PCs, small businesses leveraging this special promotion can jump-start their emerging enterprise with competitively priced solutions from Compaq. "This special promotion gives emerging enterprises the ability to simplify technology acquisition, streamline deployment, contain desktop infrastructure costs, ease financial planning and budgeting, enhance end-user support, and free-up valuable IT expertise," said Robyn West, vice president of North America SMB sales at Compaq. "And, if needed, we also have experienced Compaq program managers available to function as a small businesses single point of contact and accountability."
Final calls for this special offer are at midnight on Thursday, November 1st with the next featured product promotion beginning the following Tuesday, November 6th.
Company Background
Founded in 1982, Compaq Computer Corporation ("Compaq") is a leading global provider of enterprise technology and solutions. Compaq designs, develops, manufactures and markets hardware, software, solutions and services, including industry-leading enterprise storage and computing solutions, fault-tolerant business-critical solutions, communication products, and desktop and portable personal computers that are sold in more than 200 countries. Information on Compaq and its products and services is available at http://www.compaq.com.
Notes:
Compaq and the Compaq logo are trademarks of Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
This news release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the possibility that the Hewlett-Packard/Compaq merger does not close or that the companies may be required to modify aspects of the transaction to achieve regulatory approval or that prior to the closing of the proposed merger, the businesses of the companies suffer due to uncertainty; the market for the sale of certain products and services may not develop as expected; that development of these products and services may not proceed as planned; that Compaq and Hewlett-Packard are unable to transition customers, successfully execute their integration strategies, or achieve planned synergies; other risks that are described from time to time in Compaq and Hewlett-Packard's Securities and Exchange Commission reports (including but not limited to Compaq's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, HP's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2000, and subsequently filed reports). If any of these risks or uncertainties materializes or any of these assumptions proves incorrect, Compaq's results could differ materially from Compaq's expectations in these statements. Compaq assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
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