News - Fujitsu announces 5.6in Atom-powered netbook

[HEXUS]

It's super small, feature packed and trendy. But is the LifeBook FMV Biblo U/B50 a netbook or a mobile internet device?

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[Stompy]

Looks like its a tablet to me?

[Flibb]

Very nice but too many £££ for me, will probably swap out my wind in a years time so am interested in what comes to market.

[iworrall]

Reminds me of the last of the Sharp Zaurus range. Unfortunately, my wallet isn't that well fed.

[baius]

Three words: Wow. How? Now!

(Wow: Self explanatory, How did they do it? Now! I want one NOW I said!)

[Funkstar]

We've got our doubts, and a sluggish OS could be the LifeBook's Achilles' heel.

Or that really fragile looking hinge in the middle. That screen really doesn't look stable there.

[baius]

Or that really fragile looking hinge in the middle. That screen really doesn't look stable there.

Yeah, that would concern me, too. The ideal solution (I believe) is to have a "sliding" design like the MDA Vario 3, but I've only seen one tablet design (who's manufacturer/model name I can't remember) can do this.


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[MadduckUK]

So, we're giving Fujitsu the benefit of the doubt and creating a whole new category, we're calling this one a sub-netbook.

please don't. there are enough categories already without you needing to pull a new one out of your....hat....