Fujitsu have announced a mobile medical companion, the touchscreen ESPRIMO MA Tablet PC. Fanless, and capable of being entirely sterilized, the ESPRIMO MA has a 10.4-inch display, integrated UMTS 3G and WiFi n, together with barcode and RFID readers. It weighs 1.3kg and has a dual smart card reader for security.
Fujitsu have updated their Scaleo Home Server range with two new models, adding capacity to the media streaming and NAS backup products. The Home Server 2205 is preinstalled with two 1TB drives, while the Home Server 2105 is preinstalled with two 500GB drives; however there’s room for a total of four drives in each. Fujitsu have used Western Digital Caviar Green SATA HDDs, for reduced power consumption.
Benchmarks schmenchmarks – what we want to see is Windows 7 running on more and more devices! Today it’s the turn of a couple of touchscreen ultraportables, one old and one new, to take the Microsoft pre-beta OS for a spin. The venerable Gigabyte U60 – rocking a VIA 1.2GHz processor and 1GB of RAM – takes first punt, closely followed by the Fujitsu U2010 (aka U820).
Fujitsu’s LifeBook T2020 convertible Tablet PC was announced last month, complete with some of the features the company has become known for in the touchscreen niche. The indoor/outdoor display is likely the biggest draw, being quite a hit with mobile professionals, but the new SSD options and WWAN should provide some upgrade temptation too. TabletPCReview have been giving the T2020 the once-over.
Fujitsu’s LifeBook N7010 with its curious “Touch Zone” secondary display could be viewed as a gimmick or as a realistic productivity enhancement: a 4-inch touchscreen embedded above the notebook’s keyboard, it offers users a secondary display for IM chats, toolbars or media. Laptop Mag spent some time with a pre-production N7010, and while they’re not 100-percent convinced, the Fujitsu certainly seems to make some compelling arguments.
Fujitsu have updated their ultraportable convertible Tablet PC range with the new LifeBook P1630, an 8.9-inch touchscreen-equipped notebook with magnesium-alloy casing. An update to the previous P1620, the P1630 adopts the Centrino 2 platform with a Core 2 Duo SU9300 ULV processor, WiFi a/b/g/n and a high-capacity battery good for up to 6.15hrs use.
The U820 isn’t the only fresh Fujitsu today with a touchscreen: the LifeBook N7010 is a regular 16-inch 16:9 notebook but it also has a 4-inch touchscreen embedded above the keyboard. This sub-display – which Fujitsu are calling the “Touch Zone” – can be treated as an extension of the main screen, with apps dragged ‘down’ to it, or be used as a toolbox for app controls or media playback buttons. Under the hood there’s a Core 2 Duo P8400 processor running at 2.26GHz, ATI Radeon HD 3470 graphics with 256MB GDDR3, and a Blu-ray drive.
The Fujitsu U820 UMPC (aka the U2010) has finally made it to an official spot on the company website, having cleared the FCC almost three months ago. The 5.6-inch micro-convertible also now has a price: $999 gets you the entry level version, with an Intel Atom Z530 processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 60GB 4,200rpm hard-drive and integrated GPS.
Fujitsu have announced their latest ultraportable, the LifeBook P8020, based on Intel’s Centrino 2 platform and weighing just 2.9-pounds. Replacing the LifeBook P8010, the P8020 uses an Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 ultra low voltage 1.4GHz processor with up to 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 12.1-inch WXGA driven by integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD video card and a dual-layer DVD burner.
Fujitsu have updated their LifeBook T2010 Tablet PC in the shape of the LifeBook T2020, a 12.1-inch convertible with Intel’s Centrino 2 chipset and an upcoming SSD option. Changes elsewhere are minimal, so it’s really the choice of SU9300 1.20GHz and SU9400 1.40GHz ultra-low voltage processors that are there to tempt you to update.
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