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HP unveils all-in-one retail system with touchscreen

May 9, 2012

HP's new all-in-one retail solution, the HP RP7, featuring a touch interface will be available in August, according to a company press release. It has also released the HP L6015tm and L6017tm Retail Touch Monitors, which offer a sleek, modernized design in associate-facing displays.

The HP RP7 provides associates with all the capabilities of a traditional retail system in a streamlined design that fits effortlessly into any retail environment. It is powered by Quad-core 2nd Generation Intel Core processors with Intel vPro Technology and is ENERGY STAR-qualified to ensure maximum performance, Ray Carlin, vice president, retail solutions, HP said in the release.

"The HP RP7's highly customizable features allow it to easily integrate into various retail environments enabling retailers provide a more engaging and seamless shopping experience to customers," he said.

Built for flexibility, the HP RP7 allows customers to choose the features that best fit their needs including system mounting and screen size options. Customers can also choose from a touchscreen with intuitive projective capacitive technology enabling a similar experience to most smartphones and tablets or a resistive touch technology.

New options

The HP L6015tm and L6017tm Retail Touch Monitors feature intuitive and familiar Projective Capacitive touch technology. The 15-inch and 17-inch displays offer maximum usability and durability, and their flush-glass design offers a sleek modernized appearance, according to the press release.

HP also introduced the 10-inch diagonal non-touch HP L6010 Retail Monitor, designed for use as a customer-facing display for order verification or promotional activities or as an associate-facing display in space-constrained environments.

Peripherals

Retailers can customize the HP RP7 and HP L6015tm and HP L6017tm Retail Touch Monitors to maximize valuable counter space by adding optional peripherals that can be easily integrated on all four sides of the display. They include:

• Fingerprint readers to provide additional security at the point of service
• Magnetic stripe reader that enables credit card transactions or loyalty card integration
• Webcam to support personalized customer interface with online/remote customer service representatives in a kiosk setup

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