Therapeutic draw session in PC World, Guildford.

Categories: artwork, share-screening

Tags: Guildford, stylus t. Frog, PC World, Samsung Galaxy Pro, Nexus 9, Microsoft Surface Pro 3, Lenovo Yoga 2, HP PAvillion

Date: 01 November 2014 18:49:33

The half term break has been neither restful nor peaceful so a therapeutic draw session was called for. First off - the Samsung Galaxy Pro:

...which I was delighted to see had S Note app installed. That made me smile - it's something I'm more than happy to use to create a picture. That was closely followed by an HP Pavilion 11 inch laptop:

Which I was also delighted to see had the very fab Fresh Paint app on. So delighted I completely forgot to take anything like a good photograph of (and had also forgotten to bring a USB stick with me so was doubly stuck). That was followed by a Lenovo Yoga 2:

...which only had Paint on. That's not terrible - it's not a bad drawing app at all. But Fresh Paint is the first thing I always look for on a Windows 8 touch screen. I also couldn't find a way to get rid of the 'Touch here to find out more' dialog box... The last machine I drew on was the Surface Pro 3 which I like a lot. I even managed to persuade a staff member to try out the app (Fresh Paint again) and he did a pretty good job indeed for a first time on a touch screen :)

All in all a lovely 90 minutes drawing on a range of touch screens. If I had the money I'd have bought all of them - there weren't any I disliked the screens or machines of. Ironically I went in in the hope that they might have a Google Nexus 9 and had a few conversations about it... but that's still to arrive (although the staff were as keen as I am to see the tablet. But hey, I can always pop back later and draw again :) )