HP launches the Touchsmart tx2, convertible multi-touch tablet
HP announced on Wednesday the availability of its latest convertible tablet PC, the Touchsmart tx2. The Touchsmart tx2 sets itself apart from other tablets in the HP lineup by adding multi-touch to its list of features. The tx2 includes a capacitive multi-touch touchscreen that supports the use of gestures such as pinch, rotate, arc, flick, press and drag, and both single and double tap. The touchscreen has two modes of operation, the multi-touch interface to be used with your fingers and an “active digitizer” mode that is initialized with the stylus. When you are using the tx2 with a stylus, the multi-touch capabilities are turned off and the palm rejection feature is turned on. The tx2 ships with a fancy “imprint” finish, making it a consumer oriented notebook appropriate for a coffee shop and likely not a high powered business meeting. The base model starts at a reasonable $1,149 and has the following features:
- Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (32-bit)
- AMD Turion(TM) X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor RM-72 (2.1GHz)
- 12.1″ diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP LED BrightView Widescreen (1280×800)w/Integrated Touch-screen
- 3GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
- ATI Radeon(TM) HD 3200 Graphics with 64MB Display Cache Memory
- 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
- Webcam with integrated microphone
- HP Imprint Finish (Reaction) and HP Color Matching Keyboard
- Wireless-G Card
- SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
- 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
- Microsoft(R) Works 9.0
The base model can be upgraded for an additional cost to include a faster AMD processor, additional RAM, larger 5400RPM hard drive, Wireless N, bluetooth, a fingerprint reader and Windows Vista Ultimate. The Touchsmart tx2 is available now at HP’s online store.
Tags: HP, mutli-touch, notebook, PC, tablet, touchscreen, Touchsmart, tx2, tx2z
I was wondering when HP would port this onto their laptops…not a big HP fan but I want one.
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I own a HP Pavilion HDX9494NR with the 20.1 inch widescreen (Vista x64) and love it. Its nice when playing games on that big screen. I like the commercial for the Touchsmart desktop. I wonder if HP is going to make a similar commercial. HP seems to be making a lot of good looking PCs. Plus they actually sell their systems with 64 bit drivers which you can’t say much about Dell.
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Nice but I bought a Tx2500 back in August. Seeing how that was a huge seller, I don’t doubt this will sell the same way.
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I wish it is with a pressure-sensitive screen so that I can use it like the Wacom pen. Don’t care about the multi-touch thing.
Also missing is the TrackPoint. Not a fan of TrackPad.
Anything else is great. HP has been doing great lately. Well done and keep up the good work.
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Anyone else notice that you only get an estimated 2 hours and 15 minutes of juice with the standard battery? With the only other option being an 8-cell, no dice HP.
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dont you think that’d be a lil overboard to have 3 different inputs? although if you mean replacing the trackpad with trackpoint then sure.
i thought the point of touchscreen in the first place is to replace the other input devices…am i wrong?
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Well the Latitude XT has a trackpoint as well as a trackpad… of course, the XT is quite a bit more expensive than this, but I don’t think the lack of trackpoint is the main reason…
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I’d want it if it ran Ubuntu Mobile.
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BrianC, the article says it has a digitizer mode. Do Wacom tablets do something sensing pressure that a regular digitizer doesn’t?
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Does anyone know if this uses a wacom digitizer? If so it sounds awesome. If not it’s not worth talking about.
Ps. Wacom sells digitizer so tablet pcs can offer stylus input with 256, 512, and 1024 level sensitivity, just like a wacom cintiq
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BG quick ? Who the hell is drunknbass that he always posts from a BGR Mobile iPhone??
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I am surprised HP didn’t go with a solid state drive and an intel processor like the atom on this one. It would have increased battery life!
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@Kevin
Atom processor with Windows Vista is not a very good combination. The Dell Inspiron Mini 12 has that combo and the reviews are mixed. Some saying it is slow. Throw the whole touch interface and the processing required to handle that and I think you would about kill the machine.
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yea arent atoms for lighter (as in features) form factors? Until they can boost the performance of these tiny cpu’s i’d think they’re best for netbooks and such
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Why don’t they put stickers on it? I know we hate stickers, but they do tell us what is in the thing, especially the Wacom Penabled Sticker. They should use like a cling or something to show what’s in it but make it easy to take off. If someone has one, check your drivers to see if its Wacom. If it does, I’ll drop $2000+ on a high configuration…
2.4 Ghz Processor
500 GB Hard Drive
8 GB RAM (That weak graphics card needs all the help it can get)
All other features+Wacom=:)
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I WANT A BIGGER TOUGH SCREEN LAPTOP FROM HP…DOES ANYONE AGREE
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