HP Dreamscreen - I Don’t Get It, Do You?
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HP is introducing their new Dreamsceen computer which as of this writing, is currently not available. But over at Best Buy they have some information on what the HP Dreamscreen is going to be, but more importantly what it is not going to be. It is not going to be enabled with touch screen technology, and also appears to be an Internet device. By this I mean it is not a full fledged computer running software in the traditional sense.
Which makes me ask, I don’t get it, do you?
What I don’t get is what use will this device have for consumers? Is it a toy or what? We don’t know what the price will be, but I can imagine it will not be cheap. In a .pdf description of the new product, HP states that this device is a:
Smart connections to Facebook, Snapfish & more
- The HP DreamScreen is a gateway to the Internet using your wireless network to access weather info, Snapfish and your favorite web destinations.
- Stay current with social network sites like Facebook to keepup with your friends’ photos, status updates & upcoming events.
- Stream music & photos from your PC wirelessly to the HP DreamScreen
- Listen to internet radio from Pandora or HP SmartRadio.
- Be organized with a built-in alarm clock & calendar.
What do you think? Is this something you would buy?
Comments welcome.
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Buffet
September 17th, 2009
at 11:08am
I would not buy this, or anything else, for that matter, from Best Buy. I made that mistake once - never again. They are surely destined to go the way of their fellow criminals, COMP USA. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Paul
September 17th, 2009
at 11:55am
I don’t think it’s much more than an audio/photo appliance for the home. Consider the vast array of Internet radio stations, often bookmarked sites such as news and video, and stored MP3s, and this fits well into a dining room or kitchen as an entertainment appliance.
HP is really beginning to excel at this sort of consumer appliance, I think. I have one of their MediaSmart servers which run Windows Home Server. It won’t bake a cake or wash my car, but it’s become indispensible as a digital home appliance for me.
So, I can see this DreamScreen fitting into such an ecosystem quite well.
Ron Schenone
September 17th, 2009
at 12:25pm
Hi Paul,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.