[senit] Touchscreen laptop

Hi

Thanks for clarifying, David. I'd already looked at the data sheet in  
the link you gave - there are several references to 'pen input', but  
under display it says "finger and pen optimised" - hence the  
confusion! Since my original posting, my colleague, Sandra, has  
managed to get through to somebody sensible in HP, who confirmed that  
it was pen only.

On 2 May 2008, at 15:28, David Colven wrote:

> Hi
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> No, this is a pen machine so no good with a finger.  It looks like  
> an active
> pen not just a stick.
>
> See
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> http://h20195.www2.hp.com/PDF/c01333151.pdf
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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".
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>> 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!
>>
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