Lenovo X200T Tablet at the FCC, With UWB

Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Tablet The Lenovo ThinkPad X200T Tablet PC, Lenovo’s widescreen sequel to the ThinkPad X61T Tablet PC is pretty close to being available in North America. It’s now shown up at the FCC.

The thing that struck me was that it (at least the model sent to the FCC) has a “Bluetooth and UWB transmitter” – that is, Ultra Wideband. UWB has a short range, but it’s got a good bandwidth – if it goes through as Bluetooth 3.0 (which I believe it will), to give you a comparison: UWB can transfer data up to 480Mbit/second while Bluetooth version 2.0 + EDR transfers data at up to 3Mbit/sec. It should be able to retain low-power requirements as well.

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Fujitsu LifeBook T5010 – First Impressions (GBM, TabletPC2)

Earlier this week, GottaBeMobile and TabletPc2 published their first impressions / first look at the new 13.3-inch convertible Fujitsu LifeBook T5010. The T5010 is Fujitsu’s flagship convertible ultraportable (converting between a Tablet PC-like form factor and a regular laptop) and comes with an active digitizer … Read more

Viliv S7: Announced

UMPC Portal has posted some photos and videos of a brand new little netbook / ultraportable that was demonstrated at the Fall 2008 Intel Developer Forum. It’s the 7″ Viliv S7. It’s a convertible with a touchscreen – the 1024×600 display rotates / swivels around … Read more

HP EliteBook 2730p Video (Notebooks.com)

Notebooks.com has a video from Hewlett-Packard’s Kyle Thorton showing off the new features from the HP EliteBook 2730p, including the traditional buttons that had been missing in the 2710p (screen rotation, ESC) as well as desired by end users (jog dial). The stylus/pen garage has … Read more

Gigabyte M912V Review (LAPTOP Mag)

Joanna Stern over at LAPTOP Magazine has published her full review of the convertible 8.9″ Gigabyte M912V, one of the most interesting of the netbooks / sub-notebooks. The model reviewed , the M912V can be had for $699 USD (a very good price given that … Read more