Fujitsu unveils LifeBook N7010 with secondary 4-inch touchscreen

We were expecting to see Fujitsu's U820 break cover this morning, but the company managed to keep another trick up its sleeve: the 16-inch LifeBook N7010, which features a second four-inch touch screen above the keyboard. Interestingly, the touchscreen isn't a SideShow display, but rather appears as a second monitor -- meaning you can replace the default launcher app with any window of your choosing, including full-screen video. Nifty trick -- we'd have been more into it if it had somehow been combined with the gesture-enabled trackpad, but we'll see if this design takes off. Other specs are nicely on the higher-end of things, if familiar: 2.26GHz P8400 Core 2 Duo, 256MB ATI Radeon HD 3470 graphics, 4GB RAM, 320GB drive, Blu-ray, 1.3 megapixel webcam, and WiFi / Bluetooth. Not bad at all for $1,499 -- too bad we don't have any availability details.

[Via Slashgear]

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[Emailacar @ Nov 4th 2008 11:32AM]

What a wee little keyboard - sweet.

[Flashpoint @ Nov 4th 2008 1:15PM]

This looks like a great idea. It would be cool to have a lcd like this with customizeable widgets.

But I'm suprised APPLE didn't do this first and charge $4000 for it.

[Matthew Hilario @ Nov 4th 2008 1:40PM]

Finally a laptop I can put all my stickers on!

[Luke D @ Nov 4th 2008 11:36AM]

Looks like someone has been paying attention to the "glass touch-pad like an iPhone screen" Mac rumors.

[Luke D @ Nov 4th 2008 11:37AM]

Oh, and sadly, for Apple fans, it's not Apple. :-(

[htd @ Nov 4th 2008 11:36AM]

the keyboard can definitely be larger, also I'd like this screen to be the replacement of the touch screen... with a button to switch between secondary display or blank touch screen, maybe...

[Phoenix @ Nov 4th 2008 11:44AM]

You want the screen to replace the screen?

[Evan @ Nov 4th 2008 11:41AM]

That is one massively thick notebook!

[EB @ Nov 4th 2008 11:42AM]

Considering the screen is 16", I have a feeling the keyboard is not as small as it looks.

[Matthew Hilario @ Nov 4th 2008 1:39PM]

That's what she said.

[Phoenix @ Nov 4th 2008 11:45AM]

...I want.

But yeah, would be nicer as a trackpad, but still...

[Jon Acheson @ Nov 4th 2008 11:46AM]

It doesn't seem all that useful to me to put a screen in that spot. It was hard enough for me to learn to touch-type without putting a screen down there for me to look at.

OTOH, it'll be great for Nintendo DS emulators!

[Lowest Ranked @ Nov 4th 2008 12:03PM]

It was hard to learn to touch-type? Keep 'em on the home-row, bro.

[Phoenix @ Nov 4th 2008 2:30PM]

It took me a few years, but that's because i didn't try and learn. i just naturally became able to type almost perfectly at about 90-100wpm with my eyes shut. If you actually TRY, it'll be faster.

[coffee @ Nov 4th 2008 11:59AM]

It's a great place for media controls, notifiers like email and chat, download monitors, alerts, etc.

[Zinger314 @ Nov 4th 2008 12:02PM]

It might be a good idea to put a webcam feed in the touchscreen, for all you narcissists out there.

[Shela Monster @ Nov 4th 2008 12:05PM]

Slide a Sidebar Gadget down to that screen for CPU/Memory and Time...
Or do like I would do, put WMP and have pretty little visualizations or a "movie" going.
(While doing more important things like homework or research..:)

[Ayman @ Nov 4th 2008 12:06PM]

Is that the New Nintendo DSi ?

[Levi @ Nov 4th 2008 12:12PM]

that second screen is for porn, duhh

[cheeseycom @ Nov 6th 2008 1:57AM]

Oh so it's that kind of 'touch' screen, I get it. Hehe. Clever.

[bolezhinkov @ Nov 4th 2008 12:32PM]

a number of things . . . there is way too much plastic bezel on this beast. the touchscreen shouldnt be way up there either.

in other news - that back ground is of prince edward island, canada. I used to around there with my friends when I was a kid. in the top right corner you see a little house; the old man who summered there was quite uncooperative . . . he'd always be yelling at us to go elsewhere.

[BOGRASH @ Nov 4th 2008 12:49PM]

perhaps the fugliest, clunkiest heap of crap to emerge in a while. clearly fujitsu feel that 'design' is something for others to fret over

[MikeWard1701 @ Nov 4th 2008 12:39PM]

Nice idea, fugly implementation.

[Chin-Poh @ Nov 4th 2008 12:40PM]

They had plenty of room for more buttons or a numeric keypad, what the hell?

Bezel is bad on screens and keyboards.

[joe @ Nov 21st 2008 1:33PM]

Thats one Ugly B*tch!!!

[noname @ Nov 4th 2008 1:55PM]

this is what I always wanted and wandered why it is not on the market, but not ABOVE the keybord, but bellow, as a trackpad replacement. Such display can easily do what trackpad, plus such icon navigation etc. In my opinion much better then that 2000$ keybord from that russian guy with small displays on keys. The only thing it need is an OLED

[Casanova @ Nov 4th 2008 2:02PM]

Kewl. Is it touchscreen?

[Phoenix @ Nov 4th 2008 2:54PM]

"Fujitsu unveils LifeBook n7010 with secondary 4-inch TOUCHSCREEN"

IT'S IN THE DAMN TITLE!!!

[Josh Ladella @ Nov 4th 2008 7:24PM]

nice post history n00b...

[MH @ Nov 4th 2008 2:07PM]

I think they should have combined the touch-screen with the touch-pad. Heck, if they had done that, they probably could have made the touch-screen-pad *seven* inches!

Wasted opportunity, IMO.

[Jinto @ Nov 4th 2008 2:14PM]

*cough*ugly*cough*

[PK @ Nov 4th 2008 3:16PM]

Boy that's an ugly machine.

[Boards of Canada @ Nov 4th 2008 4:28PM]

The price is right!

[Jayenkai @ Nov 4th 2008 5:38PM]

Just yesterday I was wondering how to strip out my DSPhat's Touchscreen, and create a kind of mini-touchscreen-tablet-thing beside my keyboard..
..
Seems I'm not the only one!!

[ugg.tryptophan @ Nov 5th 2008 12:28AM]

fujitsu keeps releasing awesome laptops that i cant afford...bummer