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Bumptop bought by Google

May 2, 2010 Doug Groves Android, bumptop, chrome os, google0 comment

Toronto based BumpTop, makers of the 3D desktop interface of the same name, has been acquired by Google. We’ve talked about Bumptop in the past, as it made for an interesting UI for touch screen computers. Earlier this year BumpTop appeared on HP’s tm2 convertible laptop, as well as releasing a verison for Mac OS X. The front page of BumpTop has a letter to it’s fans, and for the next few days the free versions for will be available for download. For paid users, there is an End of…

Bumptop appears on new HP TouchSmart convertible

January 6, 2010 Doug Groves bumptop, convertible, HP, tablet1 Comment

The Consumer Electronics Show is gearing up in Las Vegas, and with it comes literally thousands of new product announcements. There’s nothing better in January than looking at the geek toys you’ll be wanting NEXT Christmas. One of the announcements that caught my eye is HP’s TouchSmart tm2. The specs themselves are pretty solid. Windows 7 with a Core 2 Duo, ATI graphics in a fairly thin (but not truly slim) 12.1″ touchscreen which works with both fingers and stylus, and an expected 9 hours of battery life all for…

Bumptop: An OS add-on in need of a form factor

April 30, 2009 Doug Groves bumptop4 Comments

Recently, Toronto based Bumptop.com came out with a beta version of their Bumptop OS, an add-on for Windows that takes the 2D desktop metaphor and adds that 3rd dimension. I’ve been playing with it for a couple of weeks now, and here are my impressions…