Fujitsu unveils LifeBook tablet summer 2011

Bangalore: One of the renowned Japan-based brands, Fujitsu has recently unveiled its self-developed 10.1-inch, LifeBook TH40-D tablet PC featuring Windows 7 in Japan, U.S. and Europe. The TH40-D is a convertible tablet with 1024x 600 multi touch display and a sliding keyboard. The unique feature of the LifeBook TH40-D is its weight of about 1 kg. It comprises of two USB ports, optical track pad, an SD card slot and HDMI out. Powered by Intel Atom Z670 1.5 GHz processor, NVIDIA Optimus GPU and fingerprint scanner. The configuration can be converted for keyboard input when performing text input-intensive tasks such as composing e-mail. The storage solution consists of a120 GB hard disk and the 1 GB RAM resulting in a faster performance. It has a 0.3MP front facing camera which can be used for video-calling. It is predicted to have a six-hour battery backup as well. The tablet comes with Wi- Fi and Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity. The device sports a QWERTY keyboard, fitted with a tiny track pad positioned just to the right of the spacebar. Fujitsu designed the LifeBook TH40-D to aim for the enterprise market. It further plans to add support for a stylus and 3.5G module in the future. Fujitsu has also updated its FMV Series of consumer-oriented personal computers, with a total of 16 models in 7 product families. The device would cost a price of 80,000 Yen ($990) ( 44,950) and will be released at the end of June. While designing the FMV Series, TH40-D tablet, Fujitsu has undertaken a variety of provisions aimed at conserving energy and contributing to the environment from the basic product design stage. Announcing in a press release, Fujitsu commented that the LifeBook family features a 'hybrid motion' design that can swap between touch operations and keyboard input depending on the scenario in which it is used. Paul Moore, Fujitsu's Senior Director of Product Development, said, "There will be a lot of entries, and they'll either fly or die." Further he also added that, "We have an Android slate on the roadmap, and it would have Honeycomb. But the regions for distribution have not been settled yet." The competitors for the LifeBook TH40-D would be Asus, the company responsible for kicking off the entire netbook craze. Asus displayed a prototype of a 9-inch tablet at CES 2011. This tablet has four control buttons depicting an Android powered phone and might as well run on Google's operating system. Another competitor would be the Quanta tablet. It is a prototype with NVIDIA's booth. This tablet sports a Tegra 2 chip inside which comfortably can drive 1080p out via a HDMI cable and into the nearest HD display. With Wi-Fi, 3G, and Android for an OS, this prototype could be quite a nice little device.