Application: PDA & Phones

In November 2002, HP released the iPAQ h5450, featuring the FingerChip AT77C101. This was the very first PDA with a built-in fingerprint sensor.

There were many reviews about this product on the Web... Here are two papers about it:

• Biometrics for Large-scale Consumer Products (well, my paper :)
• biometric security with the iPAQ Pocket PC h5400 series white paper January 2003

The Cogent bioengine performed the fingerprint recognition.

Some other software have used the FingerChip like Utimaco SafeGuard.

• (2003) The iPAQ h5450 was announced to go on the moon. Maybe the FingerChip will be the very first fingerprint sensor on the moon ;-)
• (May 2004) Expedition 9 brought two iPAQ h5550 on the International Space Station. The FingerChip is the first fingerprint sensor to go in space! See the iPAQ with Expedition 12.
• (2004) see the iPAQ on the big screen in "The Bourne Supremacy".

• Biometrics technologies Authenti-Mate

• iPAQ Fingerprint Reader (5450 / 5550)

In 2003, HP released the h5550: similar to the h5450, the processor was upgraded as well as the RAM.

The iPAQ H5550 was also the base of the Tactical Communication D-DACT device, but the fingerprint sensor seems not having been used.

• In November 2004, HP released the iPAQ hx2700 family featuring the FingerChip AT77C104 in the hx2750/hx2755 associated to the Cogent bioengine and Credant software.

• (2005 Sep): HP released the HP iPAQ h2790 with Windows Mobile 5.0

• Colombia Anti Terrorism Mobile Fingerprint with Photo

• Prototype from Suprema.