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HP Unveils Next Generation Touch Experience

By Aloysius Low - on 20 Sep 2010, 5:57pm

HP Introduces Next Generation Touch Experience

Consumer 'All-in-One‘ family also expands with introduction of HP Omni100 desktop PC

HP today unveiled the latest evolution of its touch experience. The redesigned HP TouchSmart310 desktop PC features a sleek, appealing new form and the most advanced version of HP‘s exclusive TouchSmart software to date. The end result is a more personal, intuitive and fun computing experience for consumers.

With nearly thirty years experience of touch innovation, HP remains dedicated to developing intuitive, multi-touch capable systems and software from the ground-up,‖ said Paul Donovan, vice president, Product Marketing, Personal Systems Group, HP Asia Pacific and Japan. ―The HP TouchSmart‘s unique interface lets users do more than just basic computing – it acts as the anchor of one‘s digital lifestyle, encouraging creativity, organization and a truly immersive experience

Create, communicate and personalize with just one touch

The latest version of HP‘s exclusive TouchSmart software transforms the desktop, enabling new ways to interact and connect with a PC. The enhancements include:

New visuals: The new software creates multi-layered backgrounds, providing a higher degree of personalization and transforming the user‘s desktop with more space and perspective.

New means of access: The new HP TouchSmart 4.0 software enhances how people access entertainment and applications.
— Magic Canvas allows free-form desktop personalization, allowing multiple user to post lists, photos, playlists and videos, among others
— The new Carousel provides easy access and a quick launch of HP TouchSmart applications, web pages and RSS feeds(1)
— A Magic Menu, which sits behind the Magic Canvas, takes only one tap to help users manage, applications, web pages, music and videos

The updated software makes it easier than ever to stay connected with friends and family through applications from Twitter and Facebook. A new built-for-Touch Facebook application lets users create a personalized video greeting and post it directly on a friend‘s Facebook Wall(1).

Additionally, HP today introduced the HP TouchSmart Apps Center. An icon on the TouchSmart Carousel, the HP TouchSmart Apps Center provides seamless one-touch access to downloadable applications from partners like Marvel Comics and the Cartoon Network(1). Applications include the following and more:

— Marvel Comics: Experience more than 8,000 of Marvel‘s greatest stories like never before – tap and swipe through the colorful stories of the most famous superheroes, including Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Spider-Man, Wolverine and more
— Cartoon Network: Animate your TouchSmart with Cartoon Network. Explore your favorite heroes with the Cartoon Network Ben 10: Comic Book Reader. Or try out the Cartoon Network Get Updated! application to receive regular updates on your favorite Cartoon Network program and characters

— A variety of Touch-enabled games to entertain every member of the family

The new version of the TouchSmart software will be available on the HP TouchSmart310 desktop PC as well as the current TouchSmart600 desktop PC. The TouchSmart600 desktop PC is also available with BeatsTM Audio – a unique, high- performance technology that provides an optimal sound experience – the way the artist intended it(2).

The TouchSmart tm2 notebook PC will include updated TouchSmart Mobile 2.0 software. TouchSmart Mobile 2.0 offers users a similar interface to the TouchSmart desktop, allowing users to drag multimedia content to the desktop like a personal canvas and access applications through a carousel view. Featuring many of the same touch applications as the TouchSmart desktop PC, the tm2 also includes DigiFish Dolphin, a screensaver that recreates an interactive ocean environment.

The convertible tm2 features a capacitive multi-touch display 12.1-inch(3) LED BrightView touchscreen display and provides a full notebook PC experience with Intel Core i3 and i5 processors and AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5450 switchable graphics.

High performance meets elegant design
The fourth-generation of HP‘s TouchSmart PC is a balance of elegant design and performance. The slimmer 20-inch(3) high-definition display(4) of the HP TouchSmart310 desktop PC sits upon a pedestal base that tilts up to 30 degrees. Built-in wireless LAN(5), webcam, front-firing speakers and optional TV tuner provide a robust multimedia experience. Other features include AMD VISIONTM processors with ATI RadeonTM graphics and up to two terabytes (TB) of storage.

Keeping the environment in mind, the HP TouchSmart310 desktop PC is ENERGY STAR® qualified and meets the standards for silver registration in the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT). Additionally, some components are 100 percent free of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC)(6).
Companies and ISVs choose HP TouchSmart PCs

HP TouchSmart 9100 range of commercial, touch-enabled PC installations are in progress with iconic brands such as American Airlines Admirals Club lounges, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and the San Francisco 49ers, showcasing diverse touch technology business use cases for new markets.

In Asia Pacific, the HP TouchSmart 9100 PC can be seen in various commercial businesses, like AJ Hackett in New Zealand who with the help of HP TouchSmart 9100 PCs is able to create a user-friendly and interactive way for their customers to complete their bungy jumping experience.

HP‘s AP Touch Exchange Program for Business Application Developers continues to build momentum, offering interested developers, ISVs and companies with the assistance and resource required to build touch-enabled applications within healthcare, hospitality, retail, education verticals.

HP Omni100 desktop PC offers stylish simplicity
The newest member of the All-In-One range, the HP Omni100 desktop PC offers the performance users demand in a sleek, all-in-one design. Simple to set-up, it features a 20-inch(3) high definition ready display, AMD VISION technology and Radeon graphics and up to 1TB of storage. The HP Omni100 desktop PC features the latest version of HP‘s MediaSmart software making it easier than ever to manage photos, videos, and music.

The innovative All-in-One PCs are part of HP‘s award-winning consumer offering, the most expansive of any PC vendor, including desktops, notebooks and printers. This breadth of choice gives consumers a wide range of features suited to their needs – along with the best value, functionality and innovation at multiple price points all in one smart design.

Pricing and availability in Asia Pacific
— The HP TouchSmart310 desktop PC starts at USD$1,099.00 and is available from September 20, 2010 with the new HP TouchSmart 4.0 software
— The HP TouchSmart600 desktop PC starts at USD$1,399.00 and is available from September 20, 2010 with the new HP TouchSmart 4.0 software and BeatsTM Audio technology
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— The HP TouchSmart tm2 notebook PC starts at USD$949.99 is available from September 20, 2010 with the new TouchSmart Mobile 2.0 software
— The HP Omni100 desktop PC starts at USD$499.00 is available from September 20, 2010

From the elegant design to the advanced features to the incredibly powerful suite of built-for-touch applications, the HP TouchSmart PCs re-defines what touch can do for you – and what you can do with a touch. More information about the products, including product specifications and images, is available at www.hp.com/apac/homedesktops.

Here's a demo of the TouchSmart310 PC 

 

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