HP slips into thin with TouchSmart 2 all-in-ones
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Jun 10th 2008 6:14AM
posted Jun 10th 2008 6:14AM
A year and a half ago, Bill Gates himself announced the TouchSmart PC chunk. This time, a simple press release will have to do the job as HP announces the $1,299 TouchSmart IQ504 (PC) and $1,499 TouchSmart IQ506 (PC with TV tuner). Arguably, the thinner, touchier, bigger, 22-inch all-in-ones deserve better. Inside the 2.6-inch thick chassis you'll find a 500GB disk, 256MB of NVIDIA GeForce 9300 M HS HD graphics, 802.11n WiFi, and 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo T5850 processor thumping through the cycles. Launching in 17 countries next month including the UK, Japan, and the US. Another shot after the break.
Update: Video courtesy of CrunchGear posted after the break [Warning: obnoxiously loud soundtrack]
Update: Video courtesy of CrunchGear posted after the break [Warning: obnoxiously loud soundtrack]
Touch as in touchscreen?
Well...the press release is clear...the article however not.
(It is a touchscreen.)
Touch as in iTouch, as in the touch interface available on the iPhone.
You know, the iPhone...
Sorry, I was just being facetious
Actually I was waiting for Apple to bring out a Multitouch Mac.
Seems like they have missed a great oppurtunity to be the first with these for consumer use. In a few years the technolgy will be so cheap that mass producing touchscreens is just like $20 more expensive than producing normal screens.
Touchscreens in consumer products will be a huge hit. (Especially since the iPhone has paved the way for this user-interface.)
Touchscreen existed years before the iPhone.
iPhone didn't really introduce anything new besides a fancy package with an unjustified premium.
maybe they just dont want millions of RSI lawsuits, It would be quite crap
I'm looking forward to the Apple press events in a few years where they show off a touch screen iMac and the fanboys claim it's original and everyone else is copying.
Yeah, but the Newton was the first touchscreen PDA, so YES, they did introduce touchscreens to the rest of the world.
LOL at video. Netherlands - Italy: 3-0 :D
Yeaah I'm shocked too *shocksmiley*
now, how bout photoshop ?
Well, that's a program, written and created by adobe, originally for Macs. They have since given up on the Apple platform and moved over to PCs as the main contender for software.
The program itself is an image manipulation and editing suite, and it's latest iteration (CS3) is possibly the most widely used image editing software in the world, among both professional and consumer markets.
Does anyone know if this includes an HDMI port for connecting an external video source. I'd like to use it as a monitor for an xbox 360 at 1080p as well as using it as a computer.
I think you'll have to wait for a 24" model
Not bad...
Hmm... looks great, I truely hope this means more touch screens for iMac kinda computers and laptops
HP have got it spot on with this - and I'm an Apple fan. The colour of the case is very consumer friendly - can blend in in any room, from the kitchen to a study or living room. White is too clinical. The shape is also less clinical than the new iMac. The touch screen interface makes it intuitive - i got to play with the old version, which was too slow and bulky, but the concept was well implemented for a first generation device.
All said, I bet Apple will do something shexy poos with the next iMac, else they will lose the momentum once MS implement consumer level Surface technology.
Did you see the lag in resizing the photo? Also, why is there a mouse cursor if it's a touch screen? In the first few minutes the system seems to lose about half the touches, fingerswiping is too abrupt and simply pointing to a picture means waiting for five seconds. Seriously, five seconds? To display a picture?
What's with the huge unresponess. The custom skin design looks very slick though, it has that Apple tv look which is very cool. It's still on the pricey side for what it has to offer though.
I wouldn't call this unresponsiveness. It's just the fact that the dude doesn't seem to have a clue on how to use the thing (looks like sometimes only a single tap access a folder and then you have to double tap you open a file). Double tapping like a queer. I mean not once did he double tap at the same speed, it's either too fast, too slow or not even at the same place. God Damn! I wished somebody would come and cut his finger.
@Ike
Like a "queer?"
Grow up ya bigot.
Not bad since it's a touchscreen. It's a good alternative to the iMac which is priced about the same.
Ah, looks slick, but it took away my two favorite features of the Touchsmart 1 - the screen that was adjustable (angle, height, etc), and the little docking space for the wireless keyboard/photo printer. Now it's just a boring all-in-one. The features (besides touchscreen) that differentiated it in the all-in-one niche are gone. I was planning on buying one of the 1st generation to put in my bedroom instead of a TV. I was hoping 2nd-gen would fix some of the glitches of the first one, not get rid of the features I wanted!
100% agree with you...how hard is it to put an adjustable height stand! please! Just when i was leaning towards an iMac (and dual boot for Vista for the MCE), this all in one makes the choice a little tougher..but ultimately no adjustable height is a deal breaker for me...geez
I saw some of the demos on the hp website. It looks like you can put the keyboard under the stand in this one and the monitor tilts back and forth, not up and down though...
CableCard support please.
All that scroll bar at the bottom needs is for the icons to move about when you click on them...
2 Things:
1. looks like MS/HP took some ideas from the apple side of things..... (Not flaming etc.... I'm just saying there's a few similarities).
2. Looks nice.. but it seems about as responsive a rock..
I love it. This brings us a few steps closer to having a Star Trek-like interface, which would be a dream come true for a Trekkie like me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwXBPjLdJnU
like on the Nokia 770
or on home controls
http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/15/lcars-esque-touchscreen-controls-home-excites-trekkies/
Damn that touchscreen is unresponsive, or that pc is way slower than spec'ed. Either way, that's no way to demo a product. Hopefully the final product will be far more accurate and speedy.
One of the key interesting statistics for a PC like this, which would very likely double as a Media Center TV for a bedroom, is a measurement of its noise levels. For having a thin package, is cooling a problem and are fans running all the time?
Have to agree with bujuanon. The best feature of the first version is the adjustable screen which is vital ergonomically with touchscreens. HP had it cracked and then threw it in the bin :(
LOL. nice song choice. thought my computer was going wack and launching random tracks from my hd. that's a mashup track from best of bootie 2005. reach me at docdj.com/contact if you need more info on the track.
Can anyone tell me what is the song that is being played in this video? A link on youtube or somewhere would be helpful too,
Thanks,
It is Shake That Ass by The Lovemakers, an Oakland band. But it is a mashup with some 50 cent song. I know the Lovemakers, they are great
live, but could care less about fiddy...
Lovemaker's original video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8yhyO_ljs8
Lovemaker's website:
http://www.thelovemakers.com/
On their website you can click on audio and wait for the annoying player to load. If you click play the tape case opens and you can scroll down with the slider to the right. Look for Shake That Ass Mashup...its after the original.
I hope that was exhaustive enough.
That looks pretty sweet. I wouldn't mind getting one over the one I currently have home. But, yes I said but, would be nice to wait and see what early adopters have to say about it. Don't wanna use my hard earned money as a lab rat
:)
I'm not a big HP fan but that is indeed a sweet looking rig.
It's a little non responsive at times.
I guess the future of computing come down to one word:
FINGERPRINTS!
I agree, I dont want to see people wearing these everywhere.
http://www.applefanboyz.com/2007/12/02/ipod/phonefingers-for-the-iphone-and-ipod-touch/
I thought touch was supposed to be a big new thing on window's 7 but hp makes it work reasonable well on vista so what the deal then?
Windows 7 has multitouch, Vista doesn't.
Windows 7=iPhone on your computer. Without that annoying polished steel interface.
Actually, Windows 7 is going to address pretty much every complaint on this blog about the touch pc in the video. HP is just messing around because they can. I believe that's why these things are not super-powerful. Once Windows 7 is out, then companies like HP can put the money behind more powerful touch computers. Mainly because the OS will be completely touch ready. Q.
Wall Mountable?
Wait a sec, has anyone else noticed?
It's only a Core Duo, not Core 2 Duo? Or a typo?
Or is HP getting rid of their old Core Duo stockpile?
I checked the HP press release and it said Core 2 Duo. The T5850 is defintely core 2.
T5850 is Core2duo
Wow, huge improvement in the looks dept. over the last ones!
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/microsoft-announces-the-hp-touchsmart-pc/
sorry. thought i replied to post below. then also noticed someone else already replied. peace all.
So is that a regular single-touch resistive screen, or a multitouch surface? If multitouch, is that using DI (eg: Microsoft Surface, which they have demod crammed into flat panels), or is it a capacitive screen (eg: iPhone, which only takes fingers)?
PS:
To those who seem to assume this is multitouch... a finger swiping across the screen to move stuff is not a multitouch gesture. Hell, multitouch gestures can be mimicked on resistive touch screens with some work. Finally, before this pops up again, it seems folks must be reminded: The iPhone has a 3.5 inch screen, where multitouch is useful mainly for shortcut gestures.
I think one of the other articles said it was a camera-based touch not resistive or capacitive.
That is one good looking pc. I'm really getting excited about the future of home entertainment pc's.
I'm sad that it doesn't appear to have hdmi, which seems like a no-brainer, given the size of the screen. It would be perfect for a console monitor. Still sweet though.
I want
My dad is going to get an all in one soon, so I hope I can convince him to get this one
damn that is hot- especialy for an HP
why the hell can apple not pull their heads out of their asses and build one of these
also, the keyboard looks muuuuuuuch better than on a reg HP desktop
mine was sooo bad that i switched to a Logitech S510 Cordless
which i love
That's a real beauty. When I saw the first TouchSmart, I was a bit disappointed. The monitor and set-up seemed really large, and not pleasing except for the screen portion.
Glad to see that the TouchSmart 2 changes all that. This all-in-one actually has a nice industrial modern design, touch features, and a pretty UI to compliment the features. I wonder if the MS Surface team had something to do with some of the new TouchSmart menus...
Great work HP. I love to see more units with actual appeal, rather than a bunch of similar laptops with confusing product names and few technical differences.
Seems much more sweeter already than the Dell XPS One and Gateway One. Will it do multi-touch when Windows 7 comes? I hope so.
Why isn't this "breaking" news?
The MS Surface team had nothing to do with this. In fact, Microsoft was not involved. Well, that's not quite true. The software leans heavily on Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation, but that's about it.
The touch screen is actually capable of multi-touch, even without Windows 7, and there are a few areas where you can use two fingers to manipulate things.
@John. No, no, no. Why do apple fans not do their research before they talk? Apple did not introduce touch screen to the world. If you are lazy, you can at least check wikipedia and learn that others patented the idea way before Apple. HP was the first to market 25 years ago!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-THdG5gVTw
I interned in Cupertino last summer... no, not at Apple--HP has offices there, too--and I learned they were coming out with this all-in-one. Great work.
The first edition was bulky for a reason. If you are a parent of a toddler, would you want one of these things falling on top of him or her? The base for the first-gen was heavy for a reason.
With this new model, beware your kids... however, with one cable... less chance for tripping. ;)
HP may not get the design completely right always, but they're not in this just for profits and cult-like followings. Ever wonder why HP leads the market around the world? Not many Brazilians, Indians, Chinese, etc can afford $1000+ machines.