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wallcraft · 05-23-2007, 06:02 PM

A convertible tablet PC has replaced pen and paper (and a standard laptop) for some people. For this reason, I think the Fujitsu FMV-U8240 is the closest we have yet seen to what UMPC's will look like in the long term. Use it as a tablet for handwriting entry and reading e-books, flip to its keyboard mode for heavy text entry. It is also one of the most expensive UMPC's, but you can charge more for good design when it is new. Later on the design gets copied by everyone. I would probably prefer a slightly larger device, but the same basic design should work from 5.6" to perhaps 10" screens (as demonstrated by the 9" Fujitsu P1610).

05-23-2007, 06:02 PM	#4
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	A convertible tablet PC has replaced pen and paper (and a standard laptop) for some people. For this reason, I think the Fujitsu FMV-U8240 is the closest we have yet seen to what UMPC's will look like in the long term. Use it as a tablet for handwriting entry and reading e-books, flip to its keyboard mode for heavy text entry. It is also one of the most expensive UMPC's, but you can charge more for good design when it is new. Later on the design gets copied by everyone. I would probably prefer a slightly larger device, but the same basic design should work from 5.6" to perhaps 10" screens (as demonstrated by the 9" Fujitsu P1610).