HP TouchSmart Omni Expand All-in-one Desktop

HP TouchSmart desktop PC and the new Omni for consumers and business customers

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HP has upgraded all of its Consumer and Business All-in-one desktop PC today, the new configurations of its Omni and TouchSmart lines. This announcement is the first time HP has specifically targeted all-in-one business buyers. It 'also the first round of new schools, because HP said it intends to "evaluate strategic alternatives" for the PC business.

Consumer all-in-one updates to meet the HP workstations in different parts of price ranges. TouchSmart touch-enabled all-in-one line was previously limited to high-end, $ 1.000 TouchSmart 600 series, and more-affordable models TouchSmart 300. The new 20-inch TouchSmart 320 starts at $ 600 when it hits the market in October, and will be supported by $ 700, 21.5-inch TouchSmart 420 and $ 900, 23-inch TouchSmart 520

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Adobe 3D-capable Flash-11 Is Almost The Final

Adobe Systems has released the Release Candidate, Flash Player 11 yesterday, an update that makes significant changes to its widespread use, but the competitive threat of the browser plug-ins.

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Flash works to keep relevant, however, partly because of the address to the top. As web standards to assume the tasks of format, presentation, animation, audio and video, Adobe is primarily aimed at flash games, high video quality, and internal business applications.

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HP TouchPad Screen Can Now Support Android

HP TouchPad He is now able to run Android, the full use of the touch screen, with the technical team to TouchDroid.

Hard work of porting Android interrupted during the HP tablet, but much in demand, TouchDroid technicians were able to create the necessary drivers to convince 2.3.5 to run Android on the TouchPad and let people take advantage of touch screen.

PlayStation video (see below) showing the progress of your team, TouchDroid developer to demonstrate how it could be a smooth touch and talk about moving your fingers around the touchpad with the Android operating system, without delays or interruptions. He also demos of Android multi-touch feature, passing five fingers, then ten fingers on the screen.

Although currently using 2.3.5 Gingerbread TouchDroid Android platform on his show, its ultimate objective is to support the current tastes of the honeycomb sandwich or ice cream with a touch panel. The team seems to move quickly in just over two weeks, its developers are still trying to gather a touch panel that could be used for testing.

Recent developments will also be a conflict between some members TouchDroid to solicit money to buy Touchpad, an issue that actually divides the group into two teams are working separately.

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The 4.3-inch QHD screen, for example, has been absolutely fantastic for our brief moments with her. It is bright and crisp, and viewing angle is surprisingly large. The phone does not feel as smooth as the Droid X, and it's probably because the Droid Bionic is slightly thicker and more rounded at the edges. Measuring 4.96 inches long and 2.63 inches wide and 0.52 cm thick, the Droid Bionic actually feels more like Droid 2, except without the QWERTY keyboard. At 5.57 ounces, it's not exactly easy, but Heft gives a good solid feel in the hand. It also has a relatively smooth surface all around.

Bionic Droid

Description on this phone is certainly impressive. In addition to dual-core processors and 4G, Droid Bionic also 512 MB DDR2 RAM, a mirrored HDMI (so you can watch the video as well as a phone when connected to your TV), playback of 1080p video, camera 8 megapixel camera on the back and front VGA camera for video calls, Wi-coms, of course, mobile Wi-Fi hot spots up to five devices (unless the fees of the carrier), and the Android 2.2, the WebKit browser, the browser also play Flash videos. Gingerbread lovers should not worry either, as we have heard is upgradable to Android 2.3. Following the example of Motorola Pro Droid, Droid Bionic Also involved in a series of profiles for home, work, and this weekend, as well as enterprise-level features that include remote wipe, security, compatibility with corporate email, calendar and solid Quickoffice applications.

As mentioned, the price is still unknown, but the availability should be around the second quarter of this year. Check out our hands on images to enlarge. / P>

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