Fujitsu LifeBook T2010 Notebook

Fujitsu LifeBook T2010 Notebook

Published November 27, 2008 at 06:43:24 AM, by Thai Tan

Fujitsu LifeBook T2010: A Potential Contender in the World of Ultraportables - Short Review

Convertible tablet laptops are all the rage now, and with the introduction of the Fujitsu LifeBook T2010 convertible tablet the competition turns to the slim and light category in this market.

Perhaps the most noteworthy thing about the Fujitsu LifeBook T2010 convertible tablet is that out of all the tablet PCs out on the market today, most tests indicate that it has the longest battery life out of all of them. With nine cells of juice to power you up for over seven hours, there certainly is a lot you can do with this convertible tablet. This alone might already be worth the $2558 that you will plunk down in order to pay for it.

Most tablet PCs on the market, thanks to the active digitizer, are usually hard to view under normal lighting conditions – making the screen wash out in black or grey like in most PDAs of the past. But the Fujitsu LifeBook T2010 convertible tablet’s versatile screen is surprisingly easy to view when outdoors.

Speed-wise, the Japanese computer markers could have done with a better processor on this unit as it only has 1.2 GHz Core 2 Duo U7600 as well as a mere 2GB of RAM. Benchmark scores for a unit with this processor and RAM clocks in at a score of 52 (on the WorldBench Beta 2) which is two points lower than most ultraportables.

What’s Missing

There is no optical drive found on the Fujitsu LifeBook T2010 convertible tablet. Because the design is meant to keep it in the slim and light range of ultraportables, it had to shave off the optical drive to save centimeters off the measurement. The entire package, however, also comes with a USB DVD burner (double layer) but is so heavy that the combined weight of the Fujitsu LifeBook T2010 convertible tablet with it is at almost six whole pounds (including the power adapter). Fujitsu may have cheated just a little bit with these accessories to make the entire tablet fit in the slim and light category.

Keyboard Geography

The inner part of the tablet pc gives it extra points. The eraserhead-type pointing device is soft and easy to flex, though there might be some need to calibrate it in order to get it navigating in the desired speed (it has the tendency to move around really fast). The palm rest is generous, and further observation reveals that it is actually a front- mounted battery. Nevertheless, the unit doesn’t get hot and is quite comfortable to hold.

All the standard features of an ultraportable are present – Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for wireless communication and a Smart Card slot to add an extra layer of data security. However, the business performance aspect of the Fujitsu LifeBook T2010 convertible tablet is compromised because it has a PC Card slot rather than the more accepted ExpressCard slot and comes with only two USB ports.

A Lot of Potential

In sum, the Fujitsu LifeBook T2010 convertible tablet presents a lot of potential for a bigger market in the ultraportable range. If the Japanese computer maker can address some of the shortcomings mentioned here, it would truly be a bargain even at such a price.

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