Gadget World Review - HP TouchSmart Touch Screen Computers! [aboutcomputer99.blogspot.com]

Gadget World Review - HP TouchSmart Touch Screen Computers! [aboutcomputer99.blogspot.com]

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About time touch screen laptops and desktop computers are finally flooding the market. As early as the end of October Hewlett-Packard is shipping several desktop and laptop touch screen models, and a few more by the end of the year. All new HP models will have Windows 7.0 operating system.

Although HP wasn't first to introduce touch screen computers into the market, as Dell already had a $ 2000 version debuting in spring, TouchSmart series are definitely aimed at average consumers. Toshiba will also have a few touch screen laptops coming out at the beginning of November. Toshiba Satellite models will attempt to attract customers with their newly designed Toshiba Life Space featuring Bulletin Board - for day to day activities, tasks, and projects, and Realtime - interactive and user friendly way to browse files, photos, documents, videos and more.

So what is it so special about the upcoming HP TouchSmart computers? Well first of all it's the price. Consider ing cutting edge technology - think iPhone for a second, about $ 500 on the market - now picture a screen 10 times bigger, with a lot more apps and features - starting at $ 799, HP TouchSmart series computer is a steal! Wireless, powerful, and incredibly elegant with at least 20" (up to 25" of full 1080p) of touchable surface is ready to take a designated spot in the family room or even your kitchen.

Laptops are also available and will feature a touch screen that can be rotated 180 degrees and used as a tablet. Users can draw and write by hand and/or use an electronic pen to satisfy their creative needs. It will also feature a webcam and "photo booth" interactive touch screen app. Hulu, Netflix, Pandora, Recipe Box and many other touch enabled apps are also included in both laptops and desktop pc's.

Windows 7.0 OS has a few benefits of its own. Designed particularly for fast-growing touch technology, useless background activities are eliminated for faster loadi ng and turn-off times, as well as greatly improved and simplified operating system to sufficiently increase battery life. Finally Microsoft is headed in the right direction.

HP has a good selection of possible upgrades to the desired system. Up to 2.93Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 8GB of RAM, 1TB of space, 1GB NVidia GT230M video card, Gigabit LAN, 25.5" 16:9 Widescreen touchscreen surface, TV Tuner and a wide range of applications will be available within a few months. Screen can also be used with gaming consoles (Wii, PS3, Xbox360) as well as full compatibility with all digital cameras, video and storage devices.

Consumers can finally indulge in a new interactive way of browsing through web pages, photo albums, and video collections at a touch, flick, whisk, or a tap of a finger. Digital content can now be explored with the multi-touch functionality.

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Question by Noel E: What programs/apps do you recommend for touch screen computers? I have a HP Pavilion tx2500z (tablet/touchscreen computer). I am looking for a good apps for it .e.g. cool iris. What other programs/apps do you recommend for touch screens. Thanks! Best answer for What programs/apps do you recommend for touch screen computers?:

Answer by shadowfax2020
Corel Painter is awesome. You can pick paint colours, mix them together on-screen to make your own colours, choose different brush types etc. It's pressure sensitive so the harder you push the deeper and darker come out the paint colours. Its as close you can get to actually painting without all the messy stuff! You might also want to check out. Microsoft OneNote.

Answer by z☺☺mjet►►►
I have a Toshiba Portege M700 and use Cooliris too - flicking through the stream of photos with your fingers seems to work well! If you want some software specifically for tablet pcs you can find a useful list here http://www.tabletpcpost.com/ http://www.tabletpc2.com/Software.htm Of the free software, I particularly like Artrage Starter Edition- it works well with a stylus http://www.ambientdesign.com/artragedown.html Also, Inkseine is interesting http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/inkseine/ if you are a blogger, Windows Live Writer using the Ink Blog plugin is very neat http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/ http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=80ddd0aa-585c-4191-b7a5-dbfb2341d284&l=8 If you have Vista then you are probably using the snipping tool but I like a free app called PrtScr - not optimized for a tablet but it works well http://www.fiastarta.com/PrtScr/ Don't overlook windows journal as a note taking tool - but evernote is pretty nice http://evernote.com/ you can download a desktop app that lets you ink notes - you can store web clips online and sync your notes - what's more you can search your ink notes - worth exploring As for paid for software, the best note taking tool is Microsoft's Onenote and an affordable pdf editor is PDF Annotator with full inking support. For launching apps, try Circle Dock http://circledock.wikidot.com/ although I prefer True launch Bar (truelaunchbar.com) a free version is available http://www.freelaunchbar.com/

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