Flybook (Transmeta)
MFR’s Description: Mobility redefined! Flybook is a go-anywhere, do-everything computer. It’s as powerful as a desktop or a heavyweight laptop PC and as handy as a mobile phone. At a tiny 235 x 155 x 31mm, it’s crammed with the latest multimedia and telecommunications technology. Flybook is the office in your pocket!
Reviews located at the bottom of the page.
Flybook (1GHz Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 CPU)
Note: This is soon to have a successor - the Flybook V3
Company/Manufacturing Information
| Company: |
Holbe Dialogue Europe/Dialogue Technology |
| Company Website: |
Flybook.biz |
| Model Name: |
Flybook |
| Product Page: |
Flybook.biz |
| Type: |
Notebook/Tablet PC Hybrid/Convertible |
| Introduced: |
Summer/Fall 2004 |
| Cost (MSRP/Street): |
@ $2490.00 Base
Distributors (World-Wide) |
CPU/Processor & Chipset
| Processor Company: |
Transmeta |
| Processor Model: |
Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 |
| Processor Speed: |
1GHz |
| Bus Speed: |
? |
| Cache Size/Type: |
64K L1 (128K combined L1)
512K L2 |
| Systemboard Chipset: |
ALi 1535+ |
Display and Graphics
| Graphics Chipset: |
ATi Radeon Mobility high performance low power chipset |
| Screen Type: |
TFT LCD Touch screen |
| Screen Size: |
8.9 inches |
| Widescreen: |
Yes |
| Resolution: |
1024×600 Wide-XGA/WXGA |
| Video Memory: |
16MB |
| Video Out: |
1xVGA, 1xVideo |
| Touch screen: |
Yes |
Memory
| Memory Capacity: |
512MB |
| Memory Slots: |
? |
| Memory Type: |
DDR SO DIMM (SDRAM) |
| Memory Speed: |
? |
| Shared With Video: |
No |
Storage
| Hard Drive Interface: |
Ultra DMA 66/100 |
| Hard Drive Capacity: |
40GB through 80GB
60GB - 7200rpm |
| Hard Drive Size: |
2.5″ |
| Optical Drive: |
External |
Battery
| Battery Type: |
Lithion Ion |
| Default Battery Size: |
3-Cell |
| Mfr Estimated Runtime: |
? |
Dimensions, and Weight
| Weight: |
2.7lbs |
| Height: |
1.22″ |
| Width: |
9.2″ |
| Depth: |
6.1″ |
Networking
| Wireless: |
Built-In |
| Wireless Type: |
IEEE 802.11b |
| Ethernet: |
10/100 Base-T/TX Ethernet |
| Modem: |
56K |
Input
| Keyboard: |
80-key standard keyboard |
| Mouse: |
Trackpoint |
| Pen/Tablet: |
Yes |
I/O Ports
| USB Ports: |
2x USB 2.0 |
| Firewire (1394): |
2xIEEE 1394 |
| PS/2, Serial, Parallel: |
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| Infrared: |
? |
PC Card Slots: |
1x PCMCIA Cardbus Type-I/II |
| Flash Memory Card: |
? |
| Bluetooth: |
Yes, version 1.1 |
| Port Replicator: |
? |
| Other I/O: |
|
Audio
| Audio Chipset: |
AC-97 |
| Audio I/O: |
Microphone jack, Headphone jack |
| Note: |
|
Software
| Installed OS: |
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home or Professional Edition |
| Drivers: |
flybook.biz |
Protection and Security
| Fingerprint Reader: |
|
| Harddrive Shock Protection: |
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| Hardware Passwords: |
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| Other: |
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Warranty, Misc
Reviews (Excerpts) - Click publication links to read the full review
HANDTOPS.COM - July 2004 - As someone who travels every month or two on business, I will be extremely happy with my new travel-mate. It is lightweight, very powerful, fully capable of connecting multiple USB and/or FireWire devices, GPRS, BT and more. The FB will be replacing my travel-worn Fujitsu P-2040 and I would sincerely recommend the FlyBook to everyone who was looking for such a powerful ultra-portable. Well done, Dialogue.
Pocket-Lint.Co.UK - July 2005 - Where the Flybook stands out is in its choice of design and features…..while it’s certainly not the best example we’ve seen of a tablet PC, it serves its purpose well.
