Typical price: £1,000
What is it: Tablet PC with 12.1-inch, multitouch screen
What we think: Offers great design, decent performance and a good feature set, but its multitouch capability is limited
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 30 March 2009
Tags: HP, HP TouchSmart tx2-1020ea, PCs, stylus, processors
We like:
Robust and stylish design; makes full use of Vista's tablet PC features
We don't like:
Only supports two-fingered multitouch gestures; expensive
CNET UK judgement:
The HP TouchSmart tx2-1020ea is attractive, robust and offers decent performance, but its multitouch capability is disappointing. The majority of multitouch gestures will only work within HP's MediaSmart suite of applications, and the tx2-1020ea can't recognise those made using three or more fingers. At this price, you'd be justified in expecting better
Full review:
Tablet PCs have traditionally been aimed at niche business markets. HP, however, is attempting to persuade home users to embrace the format, with its TouchSmart tx2-1000 series. Given the bad press tablet PCs usually generate, HP is taking pains to describe the TouchSmart tx2-1020ea as a notebook PC, but it sure looks like a tablet to us. Continue Reading...
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