Choosing a UMPC just got a little bit more difficult! The Fujitsu Lifebook U1010 is going on sale in Australia for $AU1900. That directly translates to a fairly high dollar figure but if you take into account the usual territorial pricing differences you can recon on around $1100. We’re in a position now where the Everun, the Q1 Ultra, the Kohjinsha and the Lifebook UMPC’s are all battling for our love. Check out this live comparison list.
There’s also a review available from CNet Asia. I’d like to highlight one section of the review:
Sad to say, one of the pitfalls of the first-generation UMPCs was their weak battery life, a factor which still plagues this Lifebook. With around 3 hours of runtime between charges on its standard two-cell battery
Yes, the battery life hasn’t increased since early devices, what HAS happened is that the battery size has reduced. The Fuji uses a 19W/hr battery. That’s just two-thirds the size of the Q1 Ultra battery. The rest of the review is brief but sound. Don’t miss the video.
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Finally, there’s an official Fujitsu website up in English now. See Fujitsu Singapore.
