Fujitsu’s Tiny Convertible LifeBook U1010 Launches In Asia
So you read ourreview of Fujitsu’s P1610and you thought “hell no, that’s too big for me.” Well I won’t cuss you out for being fussy, I’ll just point you in the direction of their new LifeBook U1010 convertible tablet,first shownback in May and now released in the Asia-Pacific area. The size of a mere paperback, it has a low-power Intel Sealy 800MHz CPU which was promised to give the U1010 up to seven hours of battery life.
Obviously being only 17 x 13 x 3cm there have been some compromises on the keyboard; you’ll be making heavy use of the Fn key, as Tab and the arrow-keys are both second functions of the normal QWERTY keys.mobile888reviewed a pre-production model and found that while the U1010 makes an ideal media companion the preconfigured Vista setup – complete with resource-hungry Aero effects – meant no more than a couple of windows could be opened at the same time. Happily turning off the brazen visuals, particularly window transparency, made a big difference; maybe, like with theP1610, Fujitsu should consider selling both Vista and XP Tablet Edition versions.
As for that battery life, be warned that it’s with a larger four-cell pack rather than the dinky two-cell one featured in all the Fujitsu photos. The former is rated for 5 -7 hours, while mobile888 managed 2 – 2.5hrs out of the latter.
Still, if you want one of the smallest UMPCs with a still-usable keyboard, you might find the U1010 fits the bill.
