Feeling touchy? HP opens up TouchSmart

Have you always wanted to make applications that were touch sensitive? Well now you can and it all comes from industry giant called HP and their TouchSmart Software suite.


They have released TouchSmart Application Developer Guidelines to third-party developers thus allowing anyone with enough motivation to create touch-friendly applications within the TouchSmart Software suite on the popular HP TouchSmart PCs. HP also made an effort to distribute the guidelines to developers and provide an environment for developers to interact. After that only what is left is to upload the new creations via download hub on the site. Neat.


And that is not all. In order to popularize it more, TouchSmart Community is running a promotion that will send one lucky developer, with all expenses paid, to demo their software within the HP booth at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. He or she will also receive a free TouchSmart PC, HP MediaSmart Server, and a month of promotion in the community! The motivation is there and the promotion runs through December 5th with all details located here.
One last thing is that TouchSmart owners need to upgrade their TouchSmart Software to the latest version in order to install third-party applications. The upgrade is available free from HP's Support site and Developer Guidelines can be downloaded here.
So whether you are a developer and eager to start coding or you are a consumer eager to test new applications now you now what to do. One programmed Hot Wink for HP and their TouchSmart technology. Happy coding!