Google has finally given a price and release date for the Jamboard, the 55-inch touchscreen display it wants businesses to buy and use as a hybrid whiteboard / conferencing system. That price is pretty high at $4,999 plus a $600 annual fee, but still much cheaper than Microsoft’s similar Surface Hub system. It’s designed for whiteboarding and teleconferencing, and it’s as good a system for doing anything else that I’ve tried.

It also finally has units out in the wild for the unwashed masses to try out at its Google Cloud Next conference, so I went out and did just that. It’s a 55-inch 4K TV with a touchscreen that can accept up to 16 multitouch points. It’s also pretty reflective, so if you have a well-lit conference room you probably…

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