Monday, January 16, 2012

Touch Screen Desks?

As if we were not hooked up to the internet along with emails, Facebook, and internet fax services, here comes the desktop that is hooked up and a touch screen. The EXODesk demo didn’t involve a computer built into a display: The screen was hooked up to a Windows 7 PC that was tucked out of the way. The EXO UI looks nothing like stock Windows 7: You navigate by tapping a pop-up cluster of circles.The features I saw at ViewSonic’s booth included practical stuff (a calendar) and fun stuff such as a musical keyboard and an air hockey game. Samsung’s new Surface table is $8,400; EXOPC plans to sell EXODesk units, but not including the PC, for just $1,300, in a version aimed at people who want to develop apps for its user interface. It hopes to roll out a version for the rest of us later this year. Would you find this tool useful or not?
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