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The TouchSmart tm2,
HP's new convertible tablet, is an upgrade of the tx2. Like its predecessor, the tm2 is a convertible notebook with multitouch technology.
Users can choose the configuration and input method that is most comfortable for the individual, whether it be using the keyboard or the touch-enabled display. When converted to a slate PC, the tm2 becomes a sketchpad with a digital pen. Using the digital pen, handwriting appears on the screen as digital ink, similar to writing or drawing on paper. The display also supports multitouch gestures; users can zoom, scroll and rotate by using more than one finger.
The tm2 contains low-voltage Intel Core 2 Duo processors and optional ATI Mobility Radeon graphics upgrades.
Other features include:
- Up to nine hours of battery life via the standard six-cell battery
- Fingerprint reader
- Advanced thermal design that helps keep the PC cool.(1)
- Exclusive touch-enabled games
- The Corel Painter Sketch Pad application for creating digital art
- A stylish aluminium design engraved with a ‘Riptide' illustration.
New touch applications enhancing the tm2 experience include:
- BumpTop, a touch-enhanced 3D interface for photos and documents that allows users to spatially organize and ‘toss' or share files and photos to social media sites or email.
- DigiFish Dolphin, an interactive 3D screensaver that recreates an ocean environment to be experienced via touch or a mouse.
- Corel Paint it! Touch, which allows users to draw and paint or turn photos into paintings using fingertips.
The tm2 now offers a touch-enabled Netflix application to US users, which delivers full-screen movies and TV episodes that are instantly streamed from Netflix over the Internet and can be watched any time at no additional cost by Netflix members with an unlimited subscription. Other recently introduced applications within the TouchSmart software include Hulu Desktop or Internet TV, Twitter and
HP Music Store.
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