HP TouchSmart tx2z - A Review of the HP TouchSmart tx2z Touchscreen Laptop

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laptopmag.com - 12/20/2008

HP TouchSmart tx2z - A Review of the HP TouchSmart tx2z Touchscreen Laptop

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HP’s TouchSmart tx2z isn’t the first notebook to offer iPhone-esque multi-touch functionality (that would be the Dell Latitude XT), but it’s the first geared toward consumers—and with a more reasonable price to match. Well, a more reasonable starting price; the tx2z starts at $1,149, but our ...

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Gizmodo: Capacitatve-Touch HP tx2 Tablet "Needs Work" Says Laptop Mag [Touchscreen PCs]

jkOnTheRun: Touchscreens add nothing to laptop usefulness

Engadget: HP TouchSmart tx2z reviewed: multitouch could use some work

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Capacitatve-Touch HP tx2 Tablet "Needs Work" Says Laptop Mag [Touchscreen PCs]
Gizmodo — It was supposed to be this wondertablet, a breakthrough device with iPhone-like capacitative touch screen, plus innovative software like its TouchSmart all-in-one siblings. But Laptop's testing shows the touch features aren't nearly good enough. This wasn't the first—Dell's Latitude XT took that honor—but HP had moved further ahead with touch interface design, and could have really knocked this out of the park. But the touch interface has two problems, according to Laptop's review: The software isn't as good as it could be, and the screen ...

Touchscreens add nothing to laptop usefulness
jkOnTheRun — ... This is what Laptop Magazine discovered when they reviewed the HP TX2. Even though this is a multi-touch screen they found trying to use it in laptop mode was not comfortable: ...

HP TouchSmart tx2z reviewed: multitouch could use some work
Engadget — HP was pretty jazzed about delivering the first multitouch "consumer" convertible tablet, but in Laptop Mag's point of view, that highly touted feature could use a bit of TLC. In fact, critics were pretty hard on the machine overall due to the multitouch not being "fast or responsive enough," but considering the $300 premium, we can't say such criticism is unjustified. Performance wise, everything was on par, and battery life was found to be respectable enough; at the end of the day, though, it only managed to score three out of five stars and couldn't ...