HP announced first Multi-touch Notebook

HP announced its first multi-touch notebook- HP TouchSmart TX2. It may be the first notebook to feature multi-touch technology in its screen, but the first notebook to integrate multi-touch  technology in a notebook is Apple MaBook Pro, which used a multi-touch trackpad.

The multi-touch technology used is different from the iPhone's multi-touch. TouchSmart uses 'Captive touch', which claims to enable more accurate inputs. It also supports brushes, swipes and two-handed gestures like MicroSoft Surface. So unlike other touches in market you can now crop photos using two hands. It comes with a digital ink pen too.

The notebook features a 12-inch screen could swivel to slate mode just like its predecessor tx2500. The TouchSmart can be configured. The AMD Turion X2 Dual-core processor can be 2.0GHz or 2.4Ghz. Other features include upto 8GB RAM, a harddrive option from 160GB to 500GB, ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics chip. It also includes a digital TV tuner. Starting from just $1199, TouchSmart will be available in market by Jan 2009. Click here for more.