The Associated Press has in interesting article by Jessica Mintz, available on Yahoo, that talks about the truly ultraportable notebooks/Tablet PCs cropping up, including the following ultraportables: Vulcan FlipStart E-1001S OQO Model 02 Sony VAIO UX Fujitsu LifeBook P1610 Excerpt from the article: Each device … Read more
NotebookReview.com has posted their review of the Fujitsu Lifebook P7230 earlier this week. The LifeBook P7230 is one of the smaller ultraportable notebooks, with a 10.6-inch widescreen display, powered by an Intel Core Solo U1400 (Ultra Low Voltage). Even with it’s small display, it still … Read more
The Fujitsu LifeBook B6210 and the Fujitsu LifeBook P1610 are adding solid-state drives (flash memory based) to the available options for harddrives/storage. The two “convertibles” (being able to convert from a normal laptop to a Tablet PC-style form factor) will have the ability to use … Read more
LAPTOP Magazine has finished their review of the Fujitsu LifeBook P7230, an ultraportable from Fujitsu with a 10.6-inch widescreen display and powered by Intel’s U1400 1.2GHz Core Solo (the U1400 is an Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) CPU).
They were impressed with the fact that it had an internal optical drive, as well as with the small size and light weight (around three pounds), but they weren’t fans of the small keyboard.
In more Fujitsu P1610 news, a jkOntheRun reader has pointed out that the P1610 is now officially offering Microsoft Windows Vista for customers in the United States. Microsoft Windows XP Pro, Windows XP Tablet Edition, or Vista Business Edition are being offered as the OS for the P1610, with no price difference between the three. Vista Business Edition includes Tablet PC functionality (there is no longer a seperate Tablet edition of the OS – with Vista it was folded into the regular lineup).