Fujitsu T5010 tablet PC breaks cover at university bookstore

Fujitsu doesn't seem to have gotten official with it just yet but, if the Virginia Tech University bookstore is any indication, it looks like the company is all but set to launch its new T5010 tablet PC. Assuming their specs are on the mark, you can apparently look forward to this one packing a 13.3-inch LED backlit WUXGA display, 2GB of RAM, an unspecified 45nm Core 2 Duo processor, a 120GB hard drive, the usual integrated Intel graphics, and a built-in DVD burner -- plus the standard built-in webcam and fingerprint reader. All that'll set you back $1,999 (including an HP all-in-one printer). While there's no word on an exact release date, the bookstore will apparently have models on display in July, with units available for pick-up in time for the August move-in.

[Via GottaBeMobile]

[Phil @ Jun 16th 2008 5:48PM]

I didn't know they made laptops that thick anymore.

[chroma @ Jun 16th 2008 5:57PM]

you mean WXGA. i was excited for a moment.

[Mark Price @ Jun 18th 2008 2:27AM]

No kidding. I was ready to put in my order when I first saw "WUXGA". For me, thin isn't nearly as big a selling point to me as resolution. I just wish the manufacturers would clue in to my demographic :)

[Matthew C @ Jun 21st 2008 9:46AM]

ohh ... I was so excited. I have a 15.4" WUXGA, but would love to see that in a 13.3" tablet.

[Biofeak @ Jun 16th 2008 6:06PM]

Finally powerful tablet, just took them forever.
This laptop is for artists.

[Thi mam(kris120890) @ Jun 16th 2008 6:09PM]

Better than the hp from a week or more ago.

[Bucky @ Jun 16th 2008 6:59PM]

I don't think they are targeted at the same audience. Yes, maybe students will be using them both, but the HP TX series is a low(er) cost, AMD based system. If that doesn't convince you, the $1000 difference should.

[Thi mam(kris120890) @ Jun 16th 2008 7:53PM]

I see. I now agree with you

[TareX @ Jun 16th 2008 6:09PM]

I like it a lot, except for the "usual integrated Intel graphics chip". They should stop producing those so manufacturers could start using real gfx cards.

But I love it... I hope it's not big though..

[maff @ Jun 16th 2008 6:25PM]

that's what she said

[Almighty- @ Jun 16th 2008 7:53PM]

This Tablet PC is so thick, they could easily fit a real gfx in there :(

[fuzzy @ Jun 16th 2008 6:54PM]

WUXGA wat?

WSXGA is already a big deal, since it's in only one panel on the X300.

[jpcoop @ Jun 16th 2008 7:53PM]

VT and Fujitsu have a very close partnership; I'm sure that price will be higher for not-students. The reason they'll be on display in July is because that's when orientation is and they've already said that vendors will be on campus to show off their stuff. As every engineer is REQUIRED to have a tablet and there are over 1,000 engineering freshmen they sell a lot of these things.
This just showed up on the bookstore page yesterday. I was just about to order the older model too.

[John @ Jun 16th 2008 8:31PM]

Ironically, the only use for a tablet that freshman engineering students had last year was to use Microsoft OneNote to do engineering homework using an engineering pad template... then to print it out and turn it in. Also on the required supplies list was a pad of engineering paper. Go figure.

[jP @ Jun 16th 2008 9:26PM]

I guess you haven't ordered yours then yet! Disregard the wall post on FB. lol. This model looks even better than the one you sent me a PDF about.

[Logan @ Jun 17th 2008 2:46PM]

John is half right... we used OneNote for the homework as he described, but we also used a program called DyKnow. It is a presentation tool that 'pushes' the slides that are being shown from a presenter's tablet to each tablet connected to the session (it was also projected on the big screen). It allowed the student, as well as the presenter, to take notes directly on our local version of the slides. The program had the speed (worked w/ 1000+ student classes connected at once), but lacked the organization/layout (for me at least) of note taking to replace my pen&paper. Not to mention the professors that would meaningless markings/arrows all over the slides that we couldn't remove.

The intentions of the tablet PC initiative are great, but until the software's ergonomics are optimized. Or possibly their integration in the classroom. Tablets have so much more use than mundane homework or watching a professor draw on my screen.

Of all the tablets that I saw used over the past 2 years. The Fujitsu's and IBM's were clear the winners. (I would estimate over 65% of tablets at VT were Fujitsu, 5% IBM :P)

As for me, I sold my tablet halfway through the year and bought a T61p. Its always good to see VT on Engadget though!

[MikeWard1701 @ Jun 16th 2008 8:46PM]

A decently specced tablet, but not good enough for me to fork out the extra £300+ over the HP TXseries.

The extra screenage and the intel c2d are tempting, but when you consider you can buy a TX, double its RAM, and put in a bigger HDD (it comes with double the Fuji's HDD as standard anyway) and still come in short of £1k its just not worth it.

[Cliff @ Jun 16th 2008 9:55PM]

There's no such school as "Virginia Tech University."

[kempcross @ Jun 16th 2008 10:38PM]

http://www.vt.edu/about/

"Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is a public land-grant university serving the Commonwealth of Virginia, the nation, and the world community."

[efitz11 @ Jun 16th 2008 11:59PM]

no, its Virginia Tech's University Bookstore. It's the University Bookstore is the official Virginia Tech Bookstore.

[Alex @ Jun 16th 2008 11:05PM]

Anybody think it's a bit expensive for what you get?

[natels @ Jun 17th 2008 8:43AM]

Yes, it's extremely overpriced.

[Garst @ Jun 17th 2008 7:21PM]

Maybe a tad, but with 45nm processor, 2GB RAM, LED backlit screen, webcam, finger print read, the fact that it's a tablet with what looks like will be an active digitizer, it could be a reasonable price. We also don't know what software it comes with.

[weightlifter @ Jun 17th 2008 8:19AM]

Ahh, you can buy an HP for 1/2 the price, with an AMD cpu :-( and 1/2 the battery life. I have a feeling the total specs are not posted due to Intel yet.... so... the best quality (made in Japan) and not sourced from country dujour.....

[weightlifter @ Jun 17th 2008 10:08AM]

Oh, forgot to mention, the HP is very "plasticky" I have owned both, (toshiba as well) and they are not bult solid like the Fujitsu's...
FWIW

[giantshroom @ Jul 8th 2008 3:22AM]

ahha oh man i was at orientation at Virginia Tech today and preordered this very machine

cant wait to pick it up in the fall, it'll be the fastest tablet available, and the jump in ram speed from 667 to 1066 is phenomenal