Friday, 23 September 2011

Kiosk

Kiosks4business have developed a complete range of off-the-shelf kiosk designs and applications software. Our kiosks utilise rugged and reliable electronics and our capabilties include hardware & software design, installation, maintenance and support for your kiosk project. A range of wall mount, desk mount and free standing kiosk designs, our products are designed to be easy to use, with stylish designs and intuitive software. Our designers can also create bespoke kiosk designs if you have a particular requirement.

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Touchscreen Facts...

Touchscreens are screens that are connected to computers, and the screen is used to operate the computer software. A Touchscreen is a screen that you touch to move yourself through different screens of computer software or web browsers.

Touchscreens offer a way of designing a computer or kiosk without any of the usual clumsy furniture that a computer usually has – the keyboard and mouse. Touchscreens have taken the place of keyboards, the mouse and trackerballs on some computerised devices such as PC tables and Touchscreen kiosks.

A touchscreen does not need a keyboard or a mouse to navigate; this is because the users finger becomes the navigation tool. If a keyboard is needed so that the user can type in data, the touchscreen software can simply show a keyboard on the touchscreen itself.

Touchscreens enables kiosk designers to create stylish and beautiful looking kiosks, because they have less components to take into consideration, so they can focus on the overall finished look of the kiosks and how the touchscreen fits into the kiosk. A touchscreen gives the finished kiosk a sleeker and more modern look.

A touchscreen provides all the functionality of a traditional type computer at the touch of your finger rather than at the touch of a button.

A thouchscreen has revolutionised the way we can design kiosks, removing the need for unattractive buttons, leaving us with clean and sleek designs with a much more modern and contemporary designs.

Monday, 19 September 2011

Touchscreen Kiosks


Touchscreen Kiosks are available in a choice of styles for wall, desk and free-standing, our kiosks feature high brightness touchscreens with options including stainless steel keyboard, telephone handsets and many others. Our touch screen internet and information kiosks can be supplied with or without our intuitive kiosk software and can be fully branded to suit.

Check out our Touchscreen Kiosks at Kiosks4Business

Tuesday, 6 September 2011

The Advantages of ‘Off the Shelf’ Touchscreen Kiosks

‘Off the Shelf’ Touchscreen Kiosks are more cost effective. ‘Off the Shelf’ Touchscreen Kiosks are usually held in stock and so the manufacturer has a batch of these touchscreen kiosks made, which reduces his costs and he passes some of these savings onto the customer, making an ‘Off the Shelf’ Touchscreen Kiosk a cheaper option.

Although you may think that an ‘Off the Shelf’ Touchscreen Kiosk would look like everyone else’s kiosk who has bought this model, you’d be wrong. Touchscreen kiosks can not only be branded on the software with your company logo, but they can also be branded on the metal work of the kiosk, usually on the stand. Further more, the kiosks metal work can usually be painted to any colour that you would like. It sounds very simple, but changing the colour of a kiosk can have a dramatic effect on the overall look.

‘Off the Shelf’ Touchscreen Kiosks are quick. Because kiosk suppliers are always making this model, and perhaps have a few in stock, it’s a quick machine to make and well practised. With bespoke touchscreen kiosk, consultations, designing and prototypes of new kiosks all takes time to develop. Buying an ‘Off the Shelf’ Touchscreen Kiosk might likened to buying a new flatscreen TV from the electric superstore – find the model you like and take it away.

Companies selling ‘Off the Shelf’ Touchscreen Kiosks usually will have a number of software solutions that are ideal to run on the kiosks. These software solutions might be surveys, information points, retail solutions, virtual reception, virtual queuing and so on. Very often these software programs have been developed specifically for these machines and make an ideal partnership. Additionally, buying an ‘Off the Shelf’ Touchscreen Kiosk with a software package can save you even more money. If you are buying both the hardware and software of an ‘Off the Shelf’ solution, always ask the sales person what their best possible price is.

I suppose the main advantage with ‘Off the Shelf’ Touchscreen Kiosk is that you know it’s a tried and tested design that just works. Any teething problems that the kiosk may have had in the early development stages have been ironed out, and this solution now is a reliable and sound ‘Off the Shelf’ Touchscreen Kiosk which provide years of service.