I’ve never made it a secret that I like Fujitsu products. Having owned many iterations of the T-series Tablet PC they make I thought I would take an opportunity to showcase the newest in the family, the T902.

TEGATECH Fujitsu T902 Tablet PC

Before you watch the video there are a few factors would should consider about purchasing your own Windows based Tablet PC. Here are a short list of some thoughts I consider:

• Why do I want one? Ultimately buying a Tablet is partly gadget addiction as it is productivity gain. They are such a sexy (read: geeky cool) piece of equipment and a little bit of a status symbol, and always have been. I’m not always focused on the sexy-factor but now we’re more spoiled for choice than ever and have a chance to grab something productive and yet look cool too!
• How much am I willing to spend? Budget is always important and it may restrict you from some options. Lucky for me the good folks at TEGATECH (who sponsor the blog) give me access to the latest and greatest Tablets but not everyone is admittedly that lucky. Often when considering budget you’re either forced to compromise with specifications (be willing to get slightly less but pay less too) or sometimes the timing might not be right (be willing to wait a little longer for newer models that are often cheaper).
• How long do I wish to keep the Tablet? I know this may sound funny but I often spend more money on a device if I know I want to get out of it in a short period of time. This makes sense as depreciation is often less noticeable on newer, high sec’d devices, than it is on a cheap and nasty one. You’ll end up losing about the same on both, but ultimately you’ll have a better time with the more expensive model, while it’s in your hot little hands.
• How do I propose to use the Tablet? If I’m trying to replace a desktop then I always go BIG! If however all I need to is to have something for meetings then I consider weight and battery life, and screen brightness, very carefully.

These are some brief, albeit precise, train of thoughts I have as I’m hunting down a new Tablet PC. Today’s video is a brief showcase of the Fujitsu T902, and I would definitely consider this as a desktop replacement, work/meeting mate and a device for playful café jaunts and time wasting. It’s almost perfect in so many ways I’m so excited to own it. With the added benefit of a 480GB SSD inside the boot time on this beast is so quick it almost startles me.

The LIFEBOOK T902 is a 13.3-inch convertible tablet PC, sporting HD+ WideView IPS LCD, which comes with a dual digitizer and multi-touch support for advanced navigation and precise drawing in a wider viewing screen. The convertible tablet PC is equipped with full business features like Intel® vPro technology, SmartCard reader and optional Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for enhanced mobile security. Users can specify an additional port replicator for easy drop-and-go in corporate environments or use the modular bay for a second battery or second hard disk drive.

In case you’re interested, here is a link to some older posts with my Fujitsu Tablets, including trips to USA and more.

Link to video:

TEGATECH Fujitsu T902 Touch and Digitizer Windows 8 Tablet PC

>Today I had a play with the new Fujitsu T4310. The neat feature about this unit is that it hosts both traditional Wacom Active Digitizer (for crisp handwriting and drawing experience) while also including support for Multi-Touch gestures. One idiosyncrasy was that on the touchscreen a finger (or two) was the prefered input method, while a stylus (for pointing only) was no good. I found this interesting as the driver must be working over time to care enough to know if it was being touched by a finger or a stylus (dummy pointer). As promised by Fujitsu however when the Active Digitizer was present the unit switched to Active Digitizer seamlessly.

This “auto sensing” method of switching between Active Digitizer and Touch (multi or single) is not my preferred method for switching between the two input methods. I much prefer the way TabletKiosk does it on the Sahara i440D with a physical switch for alternating between the two input methods. This allows for a truer Touch experience when in Touch, and truer Digitizer experience when in Digitizer, without all the idiosyncrasies.

Here is a photo of pinch gesture in action (I like that it allows for a zoom-styled response in dialog boxes) and a photo a right-clicking (by a single finger on the screen and concurrently tapping with a second finger to create a right-click dialog box).