After almost calling this blog posting “U810 > UX50?”, I realized that it may be a bit too cryptic. Actually the Fujitsu LifeBook U810 Tablet PC does remind me of a supersized Sony Clie UX50 dressed in black. It is probably because the screen of this clamshell Ultra Mobile PC swivels to form a tablet, just like the Clie UX40 and UX50. However, the U810 becomes an ultraportable tablet PC.

The specs of the Fujitsu LifeBook U810 Tablet PC are as follows:
Powered by a 800MHz Intel A110 Processor, with 1GB of RAM, it has a 40GB hard drive, integrated Mobile Intel Express 945GM Graphics, a 5.6 inch touchscreen (measured diagonally) and runs Windows Vista Premium. As for size, it is 6.6 by 6.5 by 1.1 inches, and weighs 1.6 pounds. It includes Bluetooth 2.0 and 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g wireless as well as wired 10/100 Ethernet. Of course there is the obligatory fingerprint reader, microphone, a VGA (0.3 Megapixel) camera and a card reader which supports Compact Flash and SecureDigital memory cards. Oh, and only one USB port, but because this UMPC is actually reasonably priced, small omissions like these can be overlooked.

Unfortunately the processor does seem a little underpowered to run Windows Vista. Apparently you can get the Operating System downgraded to Windows XP Tablet Edition, which would make for a much more pleasant user experience.

Posted on February 9th, 2008 by mervyn