Fujitsu's Lifebook U2010 gets new pics, specs

We've caught a few glimpses of Fujitsu's Lifebook U2010 in the past, but now we've got a whole handful of new shots of the crazy-versatile device, plus some fresh video and actual, honest-to-goodness specs. According to a Vietnamese forum, the miniature laptop / tablet will feature an Intel Atom CPU (at 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz), a 5.6-inch 1024 x 768 display, an 80GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM, a 3G radio, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, and will weigh 680 grams (about 1.5 lbs). No word on a street date or regions for the device right now, but the price is said to clock in around a hefty $1300.

[Thanks, Aki]

[Johan S @ Jul 26th 2008 1:37AM]

Gold medal. For Eee clone fail.

[jc @ Jul 26th 2008 1:44AM]

are you saying this is a clone? fujitsu's mini laptops were out way before eee pc.

[tekdroid @ Jul 26th 2008 6:38AM]

good thing they didn't clone mediocrity, otherwise it wouldn't have:

1) in-built GPS
2) 3G
3) or weigh 680 grams versus 1.1kg-1.4kg of eee pc
4) or have a unique small swivel pda/ tablet design.

...and it's priced accordingly.

[poulan @ Jul 26th 2008 9:55AM]

this is the type of laptop model which is really getting embarrased by the new netbooks for value for money.

[maveric101 @ Jul 26th 2008 1:34PM]

yeah, that Gigabyte does pretty much the same thing for half the price. though it is heavier. 1.5 lbs is pretty impressive. could that be without battery/small battery?

[GDUB @ Jul 26th 2008 3:29PM]

Idiot Fujitsu is a established laptop maker i don't think they are trying to compete with the cheap end of the laptop spectrum where the e is sorta perched at.

This laptop looks pretty cool a bit pricy but pretty cool.

[me @ Jul 26th 2008 1:43AM]

1st! and can engadget manage to post about something other than tiny computers for once?

[jdmbo1 @ Jul 26th 2008 1:48AM]

Damn dude, you're a dumb ass.

[Chris @ Jul 26th 2008 2:40AM]

I find it kinda refreshing now that the whole iphone thing is finally dying down

[deyanimay @ Jul 26th 2008 7:06AM]

Here:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/brandos-solar-mini-clip-fan-ruins-your-shot-at-picking-up-frien/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/revos-blik-radiostation-gets-ipod-dock-becomes-iblik-radiostat/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/sirius-and-xm-merger-approved-by-fcc-extreme-partying-commences/

[poulan @ Jul 26th 2008 10:26AM]

These netbooks that you are tired of reading about are a mini revolution taking place in a booming sector of modern computing - my question is, if you are not interested in what is happening with modern techonology why are you reading a technology news website?

[Flashpoint @ Jul 26th 2008 1:44AM]

Soon as I saw that form factor, almost 35 different possible ways that it could be used in white collar crime popped into my mind.

AND IT EVEN RUNS WINDOWS YAY !!!!!

[Valgas @ Jul 26th 2008 2:22AM]

Can you tell me in what way it could be used in white collar crimes? I'm kinda interested, I heard White Collar Crime is the most lucrative job market.

[TJ @ Jul 27th 2008 2:56AM]

"Eaasy money" ;-)

[Stellar Developer @ Jul 26th 2008 11:58AM]

Why did everyone low rank him... you ppl have no humor. Anyways, in order to use it for white collar crimes, you first need a white collar job which requires a masters degree or phd and 15+ years of experience to put yourself in a position of doing financial damage. Well, i guess thats not the only way. I suppose you could just work for a bank as a manager, sneak in after dark, hack yourself a few million and ne'er return : ) hmm... see, you sit down and the ideas just start rollin in

[Mustaine @ Jul 26th 2008 5:25PM]

Peter: "That virus you're always talking about, right? The one that could, uh, rip off the company for a bunch of money."
Michael: "Yeah, what about it?"
Peter: "Well, how does it work?"
Michael: "It's pretty brilliant. What it does is, every time there's a bank transaction where interest is competed, you know, thousands a day, the computer ends up with these fractions of acent, which it usually rounds off. What this does is, it takes those little remainders and puts it into an account."
Peter: "This sounds familiar."
Michael: "Yeah, they did it in Superman III."

[youngcalihottie @ Jul 27th 2008 4:51AM]

im glad to see the tab key moved to the correct side of the keyboard. but now the numbers are in the wrong place. make it 2 gig and $999, and id want one for sure.

[Chino B @ Jul 26th 2008 1:52AM]

Look at the "bluetooth" logo, its huge.

[Cycomachead @ Jul 26th 2008 2:08AM]

I know. Normally, I'd say it's to keep costs down, but that theory clearly won't work.

[Chris @ Jul 26th 2008 2:43AM]

Its just a sticker, you could take it off if you don't like it.

[Nick @ Jul 26th 2008 10:14AM]

It's not the sticker that's huge, it's the laptop that's small. :D

[Cycomachead @ Jul 26th 2008 2:07AM]

It;s actually not a bad idea having a touchscreen and the keyboard looks ok. However a bit bigger screen would be nice-about 7 in. I'd remove the fingerprint scanner and save space cost-it just leads to your figer getting sliced off later.

Anyway, none of it matters at $1300!!! It almost makes the MacBook Air look like a value, but you could have some serious computing power for less than that price in (mid-small) a laptop!.

[A.C.E.R. @ Jul 26th 2008 2:11AM]

crazy-versatile...

[flows30 @ Jul 26th 2008 2:22AM]

that's the same price as 2.4Ghz white Macbook!

[Don @ Jul 26th 2008 4:33PM]

you know....
And without a dvd burner in this bitch its an epic fail for US$1300

[Ruben @ Jul 26th 2008 4:52PM]

This is a purpose-built laptop. Its not a generic laptop like the MB, or any of the other 13", 14", etc. laptops. Your just wasting keystrokes comparing the two. No one in the market for a 13" laptop would think of buying this.

Its tiny, with a lot of features, and a touch screen. I thought you were gadget people. Don't you know by now that stuffing a lot of stuff into a small package costs a lot of money?

Any fucking excuse to bring up an Apple product. You fucks are relentless.

[Don @ Jul 28th 2008 10:32AM]

Low ranked you bitch!!!
-1

[Othello @ Jul 26th 2008 2:25AM]

I would Love this if it was 500 dollars cheaper.

[Kamokazi @ Jul 26th 2008 2:35AM]

So it's a Gigabyte 912 with built in 3G and double the price? Where do I opt-out?

[andres @ Jul 26th 2008 3:01AM]

outside.

[YpoCaramel @ Jul 26th 2008 7:58AM]

It's alot smaller mate, 5" screen which fits inside a coat pocket. Good luck doing that with a EEE.

[LarryLarryLarry @ Jul 28th 2008 5:17AM]

Is that a bezel in your pocket, or are you just happy to not see it?

[OneLove @ Jul 26th 2008 2:43AM]

Atom with a $1300 price tag? if it were under $1000 I would be sold.

[LuvMuffin @ Jul 26th 2008 2:53AM]

is it me or does that look like a finger print scanner on the right side by the screen

[Justin @ Jul 26th 2008 1:11PM]

That's what I was going to say. This little thing packs a lot of tech; I'd even consider using Windows with hardware like that.

[jOe @ Jul 26th 2008 3:00AM]

Will we see a similar update to the P1620?

[Geekliness.com @ Jul 26th 2008 3:25AM]

Kinda fugly!

[Andrew @ Jul 26th 2008 5:12AM]

Was going to say the same thing, but then most netbooks are (though I suppose the cost of this thing really voids it from being in that particular category!)

[Tired_ @ Jul 26th 2008 3:42AM]

5.6 inch display!? And I thought the Eee was cramped!

[Wez @ Jul 26th 2008 4:01AM]

Its a bit pricey for a laptop with a 5.6" display.

[0megapart!cle @ Jul 26th 2008 4:04AM]

Where's the mouse?! I don't even see a trackpoint. I have never seen such a small keyboard area on a laptop before, that is amazing.

[avester @ Jul 26th 2008 4:17AM]

I think that the mouse buttons are on the top left and the nipple on the top right, judging from the photos in the link.

Better than a touchpad since it takes a lot less space, and can be used in tablet mode.

[TareX @ Jul 26th 2008 4:15AM]

- Decent build.

- Small screen... not even a widescreen.... should have used all that real estate.
- No trackpad, no mouse "nipple".
- No dedicated Graphics chip
- 1300 WHAT?!?!?! Lost me.

[avester @ Jul 26th 2008 4:20AM]

1) This is something that fits to your pocket, you can't have a 17" LCD on a 5" device, sorry, laws of physics.

2) There is a nipple, look at the link.

3) To save the battery, who wants to do gaming on this device. And the space is a bit cramped on this device too, your videocard is probaly heavier than this device.

[avester @ Jul 26th 2008 4:21AM]

Oh, and the big bezel is since you hold it from there in tablet mode, look at the link.

[Paulmichael @ Jul 26th 2008 4:28AM]

Man, that would be pretty good for college. I've got an m200 though, and that is 12" with a nice 1400x1050 resolution, it more than suffices. $1300 is pretty steep, especially compared to the $388 (including shipping) that I paid for my Toshiba... Still nice though.

[Metkis @ Jul 26th 2008 5:12AM]

And I thought the original EEE was too expensive! It's all fun and games until someone capitalizes on a brand.

[Sarig @ Jul 26th 2008 7:31AM]

Uhm, this is an UMPC. And Fujitsu's been doing it for a few years, before the Eee was even rumoured.

[Unknown @ Jul 26th 2008 10:20AM]

After watching the video it is apparent that a keyboard this size is too small to touch-type on and a little too large to thumb-type.

I would love to see Fujitsu make the whole unit a little smaller by using a thumb keyboard (similar to the Treos or Blackberrys) and removing some of that bezel and fingerprint scanner. They could get the whole unit down to 6-inches if they could reduce the bevel size to 0.2-inches. It's getting close to Nintendo DS size range (5.25-inches)!

I can't wait until someone makes a similar computer that's the size of a Nintendo DS (pocket-friendly), with a WXGA (1280x720) multi-touch-screen, a decent thumb keyboard and nipple-mouse and has a dedicated button to quickly switch between computer and phone modes. Plus of course WifFi, 3G, Bluetooth, GPS, and a SSD. Oh yeah, make it fast and have all-day battery life. It doesn't matter what OS it runs as long as it can browse the web and has the Flash player.

[paul-engadget @ Jul 27th 2008 7:10PM]

@unknown
yes, it's the Sharp Willcom D4. well, ok, it's a bit bigger than a nintendo. ok, quite a bit bigger, but still lots smaller than the eee and the fujitsu u1010/u2010/u810 or whatever!