[senit] Touchscreen laptop

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Hi

No, this is a pen machine so no good with a finger.  It looks like an active
pen not just a stick.

See 

http://h20195.www2.hp.com/PDF/c01333151.pdf

David Colven 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk [mailto:senit-
> bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Allan Wilson
> Sent: 02 May 2008 14:47
> To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
> Subject: [senit] Touchscreen laptop
> 
> Does anybody know if the HP tx2050ea has a touchscreen that can be
> used with a finger? It has a 12" screen and the price starts at £699
> (not sure where it finishes!) so it could be a useful device IF it
> can be used with a finger. The datasheets are vague - frequently
> saying "optimised for pen input", but on one occasion saying " finger
> and digitizer pen optimised".
> 
> I tried to contact HP directly to see if the 'touch screen' really is
> a touch (ie finger-touch) screen, but gave up! I dialled one number
> and eventually got through to someone in a call centre in India. He
> didn't have the information on his data sheets, but put me on hold
> (to Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama!) and then transferred me to
> someone else, who gave me a different number, which eventually
> brought me back to the original call centre in India, where they
> didn't have the information on their data sheets!
> 
> 
> Allan Wilson
> Information Officer
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