When it comes to touchscreen all-in-ones, one thing all of us seem to agree on is that they need to be tilt-adjustable. Upright is great for watching video and standard desktop operation, but for extensive touchscreen operation, most people prefer a leaned-back screen. Well, HP’s got that well-covered with their new TouchSmart610 and TouchSmart 9300 [...]
HP’s refreshing the touch interface on its all-in-one PCs. The Touchsmart 600 and the newly minted Toucsmart 310 appear to have a heavily customized version of Thinix running on top of Windows 7. The Touchsmart’s UI is much more fluid and touch applications are no longer required to run in full screen, offering a little [...]
HP is pushing out a series of desktop upgrades, including a few for their TouchSmart multi-touch all-in-ones. Not only are they getting bumped up to the new Intel Core processors, but they’re bringin’ the noise with Beats Audio, a high-performance audio system developed in conjunction with Beats by Dr. Dre.
HP is charging forward with their TouchSmart series and inviting developers to get on board. Their development program launched today offers developers a kit that includes code samples, documentation and application programming interfaces (APIs) to take advantage of the touch capabilities in their TouchSmart line. Content providers, including Hulu, Netflix, Pandora, Rhapsody and Twitter, are [...]
Michael Arrington shared some incredible insight at TechCrunch about what it will take for desktop touchscreen computing to be a hit. So what does the future of desktop touch computing look like? Most experts I’ve spoken with agree that the problem was actually solved centuries ago. The proper layout for a desktop touch screen machine [...]
I met up with HP in San Francisco to check out some new PCs and talk about touch computing. Just about every PC vendor seems to be jumping on the touch bandwagon thanks to Windows 7, but what are users going to actually do with all this multi-touch goodness? HP provided several interesting demos, but [...]
Attention all developers: AbsoluteWindows.com is giving away an HP dx9000 TouchSmart PC. All you have to do to win is develop a compelling touch application. Watch for details over on AbsoluteWindows.com
Do you “live in the land down under” and have been wanting to get your fingers all over a multi-touch tablet pc? Then head over to HP Australia where they are giving away an HP TouchSmart tx2 Tablet PC. All you have to do is tweet an answer to their question of the week. Contest [...]
If I could buy one thing for my family this Christmas, it would be HP’s TouchSmart PC. From the finish of the design to the well implemented touch applications, HP nailed the entire experience. My family and friends have totally gotten into the TouchSmart and will be sad to see me ship this off to [...]
My son and I unpacked the HP TouchSmart, and I have to say that it was the best out of box experience I’ve ever had. I should have filmed the boot-up process – totally touch and very, very cool. HP nailed the experience. My son has been messing around non-stop with the TouchSmart ever since [...]
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