Appliance-based interactive displays

With an appliance-based interactive whiteboard system or flat panel, your teams can effectively collaborate without requiring a dedicated meeting room computer. Our appliance is an embedded computing device with built-in whiteboarding and collaboration features. It also offers security features that prevent software or malware installation, ensuring a consistent user experience. Both the SMART Board® interactive whiteboard and flat panel are available as appliance-based options.

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Appliance-based interactive whiteboards and displays

Multitouch support with freestyle interaction Two people can simultaneously write, perform mouse functions, erase and manipulate objects.
SMART Meeting Pro software Write notes on whiteboard pages or over any application – then save and share them with others.
Accessible collaboration features Pens, ink controls, the eraser, input selection and volume control are readily available.
Intuitive on-demand functions Includes a one-button-and-on design with a LCD display and USB port. And you can easily access whiteboarding, web-browsing and PDF-viewing functions immediately after turning the system on

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Touch gestures Zoom, flick and rotate objects easily – appliance-based interactive displays support touch gestures such as those used in the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system.

Powerful collaboration

An advanced collaboration environment provides virtually unlimited digital whiteboard space, the ability to write over any application, options for saving your work and integration with Microsoft Exchange. With the power to share information, capture brainstorming results and distribute action items instantly, you can ensure that everyone is on the same page and working towards common goals.

Intuitive interaction

The familiar, inviting design of our interactive displays encourages use by making interaction with digital content a natural experience. You can use your finger to interact with any application, pick up a pen and write over it, and move easily between documents, digital notes or the Web. And multitouch support means that two people can write, erase and manipulate objects simultaneously.

Simplicity and reliability come together

Appliance-based interactive displays provide easy access to whiteboarding and collaboration tools. You don't have to log on, so the appliance is always ready to use. And its secure system design prevents software and malware installation, ensuring that the user experience is reliable and consistent.

Which option is right for you?


	PC-based interactive whiteboard systems and flat panels	Appliance-based interactive whiteboard systems and flat panels
Intuitive, multiuser surface
Intuitive whiteboarding and collaboration features
Access to applications and network drives on your computer
Built-in security features that prevent software and malware installation
No in-room computer required
Ability to connect a laptop

Appliance computing device

SMART's purpose-built computing device eliminates the need for a dedicated meeting room computer. Users can collaborate immediately without logging on to a computer or network. They can capture their notes and save documents to a USB drive or a network share drive, or send them by email.

Built-in functionality

Users can collaborate immediately with virtually unlimited whiteboarding space, reference existing content by viewing PDFs and presentations, or browse the Web with HTML 5 compatibility.

Security features

The locked-down system design prevents software and malware installations that could affect consistency and reliability. This ensures that the appliance starts up quickly and provides immediate access to its whiteboarding and collaboration tools.

Multitouch surface with object awareness

Appliance-based interactive displays use SMART’s proprietary DViT (Digital Vision Touch) technology to track and identify the actions of two users – DViT recognises when users switch between a finger, a pen or an eraser. Two people can also write with a pen, erase with their palms or fists and move objects with their fingers independently – without having to press buttons or access on-screen menus.

Freestyle interaction

Two people can instantly start working individually or together to complete actions such as writing in digital ink or moving objects with their fingers. It’s perfect for freestyle collaboration and brainstorming.

Touch gestures

SMART's interactive displays offer the familiar experience of other touch-enabled devices. They make it easy to work with content in an extraordinarily natural way using simple, intuitive hand and finger gestures, including one- and two-finger navigational gestures like panning and flicking pages, and object gestures like zoom, toss and rotate. They also support touch gestures found in Microsoft Windows 7.

Accessible collaboration features

All the tools that you need to interact are right at your fingertips. The pens and eraser are conveniently located at the front of the interactive whiteboard or flat panel and you can also access buttons to select the colour, launch the On-Screen Keyboard and use the right-click and help functions. You can connect USB devices and switch between them easily, and volume controls are located at the front for quick access.

SMART Meeting Pro software

Included in every Freestorm system, SMART Meeting Pro software offers advanced collaboration tools, virtually unlimited whiteboarding space and the ability to capture images and write notes over any application using SMART Ink. This intuitive software is also integrated with Microsoft Exchange to streamline your meetings and allow quick distribution of meeting notes.

SMART GoWire auto-launch cable

Connect a guest laptop to the interactive whiteboard or flat panel and you can run SMART Meeting Pro software with no installation required. It’s perfect for workspaces that are not network-enabled or where guest laptops are frequently connected.