Touchsmart

Best Buy announced some after-Christmas deals on computers for those of you who didn't get one under the tree this year. The end-of-season computer offers launch today (December 25) on BestBuy.com and continue in-store on December 26.

The two-day offers include:

• Lenovo 10.1" netbook featuring an Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB memory and a 160GB hard drive – all for $197 (regularly priced at $299.99).
• Dell Studio 17" notebook for $699.99 (regularly priced at $779.99) featuring an Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 processor, 4GB memory and a 500GB hard drive.
• Asus G60 16" gaming notebook for $899.99 (regularly priced at $999.99) featuring an Intel Core 2-Duo P7450 processor, 4GB memory, 320GB hard drive and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M graphics card with 1GB of dedicated graphics memory.
• A $279.98 Acer nettop computer and 20" monitor with 1GB memory, 160GB hard drive and a Nvidia Ion LE processor (regularly priced at $339.98).

Also, from Dec. 27 through Jan. 2 Best Buy will offer HP TouchSmart all-in-one computers for $799 (regularly priced at $899) and $899 (regularly priced at $999). The $799 model includes 4GB of memory and a 500GB hard drive, or for $100 more, upgrade to a 640GB hard drive and a built-in TV tuner.

Have you waited until the last minute to get a gift this holiday season? To make it easy for you (and at this late date it has to be easy, right?), HP has rounded up a selection of gifts for every lifestyle and budget.

For the tech trendsetter:

HP TouchSmart PCs have the latest touch innovations and feature a high-definition (HD)-capable or HD widescreen display. HP TouchSmart PCs offer exclusive built-for-touch applications including Hulu Desktop, Netflix, Rhapsody and Twitter. Plus, the HP TouchSmart 600 easily connects to gaming consoles. Starts at $899.

The HP Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart Web printer is the world's first web-connected home printer with one-touch, wireless, on-demand access to popular web content. The growing number of HP Print Apps on the HP App Studio includes Disney, CNET.com, Google Maps, Coupons.com, Fandango, Snapfish and DreamWorks Animation. Additionally, the printer reduces packaging waste by shipping in a reusable bag. Starts at $399.

The HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One printer is simple and intuitive to use thanks to its convenient HP TouchSmart control panel. With the sweep of a finger, you can view, edit and print lab-quality photos directly from your online albums at Snapfish.com without connecting to a PC. Starts at $199.Read more

I told you about the new HP Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart Web way back in June, and now I'm pleased to tell you that it is available for purchase online at HP's Online Store. Priced at $399, this all-in-one device not only prints, faxes, copies and scans, but also gives you on-demand, one-touch access to printable content from the web.

Print App partners include:

• Disney Online and its websites Disney.com and DisneyFamily.com, offering coloring pages and craft projects from a choice of characters, such as a Disney Princess, Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse and Handy Manny as well as fun recipes.
• CNET.com for product reviews of the latest tech gadgets and gift guides.
• CBS News for text versions of 60 MINUTES.
• Flickr, to allow members to access and print their photos directly from the printer.
• Tabbloid for creating and printing customized newsletters by selecting any combination of RSS feeds from favorite blogs and websites.

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HP isn't new to touchscreen products. They started producing them in 1983 – 25 years ago. The user has the choice of finger tip or stylus pen. The Touchsmart tx2's Multi-touch technology means you can use two finger gestures such as pinch, rotate, arc, flick, press and drag, and single and double tap. They say, "The convertible design with a twist hinge allows consumers to enjoy the TouchSmart in three modes: PC, display and tablet. With a rechargeable digital ink pen, users can turn the tx2 into a tablet PC to write, sketch, draw, take notes or graph right onto the screen – and then automatically convert handwriting into typed text."

The enhanced HP MediaSmart digital entertainment software suite is optimized for multi-touch input to make it simple to enjoy high definition movies, TV, music, or pictures. MTV is partnering to provide rich video content from 10 television channels including Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.

HP Imprint designs range from cutting edge to elegantly sophisticated and the "Reaction" styled case design for the tx2 should follow nicely.

It is powered by AMD Turion Processor at a starting U.S. price of $1,149.

Read the press release for more information.