CES 2012 Roll-Up: HH Features From CES

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by Marco Chiappetta — Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 09:00 AM EDT

Today, we got a chance to see the new ViewSonic EXOdesk. This new interactive touch screen tabletop uses an HTML5-powered interface created by EXOPC. As you can see from the video below, the EXOdesk supports gesture-based control of applications and multi-touch input.

The demo we saw featured a 32-inch screen and was powered by an external PC running on a Core i7 CPU and integrated graphics. The panel supports 10 points of touch with a resolution of 1920x1080. The EXOdesk can be used in a variety of situations including business settings, education, for entertainment, and for media editing.

Some of the applications that are being showcased at CES 2012 include a news reader, reference apps, interactive books, weather, calculator, clock, calendar, media player, and board games. We expect many more applications to come: since EXOPC believes applications will be a huge driving force behind the success of the EXOdesk, the company is planning to invest heavily in application development. Pricing and availability for the EXOdesk have not been announced.

EXOPC EXOdesk, Driven on ViewSonic 32-Inch Multitouch Display

ViewSonic is also showing off its ViewSonic TDi2340 Touch Display and the ViewSonic ViewPad 10Pi tablet. The ViewSonic TDi2340 Touch Display is a 23-inch display with 10-point capacitive touch input. The TDi2340 is based on the latest ARM11 CPU and uses a customized ViewSonic interface that lets you share photos and stream media content wirelessly.

ViewSonic TDI2340 Touch Display

The ViewSonic ViewPad 10Pi features dual cameras for business video conferencing and a 1280x800 IPS display. This is a dual-OS device runs on both Android 2.3 as well as Windows 7 Professional. The ViewPad 10Pi is powered by Intel’s Oak Trail z670 processor. This tablet is expected to be available later this month for about $850.

ViewSonic ViewPad 10Pi Tablet

Tags: Nvidia, AMD, Intel, Lenovo, Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, Samsung, ViewSonic, ces2012

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com