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Epson Develops a Rival to Microsoft Surface
Created 04/20/2009 - 1:38pm

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Epson Develops a Rival to Microsoft Surface

Posted 04/20/09 at 04:38:49 PM  by Andy Salisbury

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It looks like Microsoft’s Surface won’t be the only computer in the interactive touch-sensitive table market; Epson has recently announced their very own offering, the xDesk.

Aside from having an extremely cheesy name, the xDesk offers some pretty solid features for a machine of this caliber including a 52-inch, 1024x768 touch screen that can communicate with gadgets such as phones and cameras placed onto its surface, and the ability to recognize gesture recognition, allowing multiple users to drag around photos or draw. It’ll also transfer audio and video wirelessly though Bluetooth 2.1, but if you’d rather go the wired route and use FireWire or one of the five USB 2.0 ports, that works fine too.

Underneath the hood you’ll find a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 1GB of DDR2 memory, a 250GB HDD and an ATI HD 4850 GPU. Though, as for pricing and availability, there’s still no word.

Also, if you’d like to see a video if it in action, be sure to click here.

 

Image Credit: Epson

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TAGS: microsoft, consumer electronics, epson, microsoft surface, Epson xDesk
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Links:
[1] http://www.maximumpc.com/user/andysalisbury
[2] http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/04/17/x_desk/
[3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_petpWSa0ZU&fmt22
[4] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/epson_excites_htpc_fans_with_endeavor_st120_but_theres_a_catch
[5] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/Epson-L-500V
[6] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/Epson-PictureMate