Hasta La Gadget!

Fujitsu has been wowing us with cellphone concepts for quite some time, but this year’s round at CEATEC is undoubtedly a show-stopping bunch. Some of the hottest ideas to come from the outfit’s most recent mobile phone design contest were on display here in Japan, and we went end to end capturing the lot. The clear pebble mock-up (shown above) was easily the crown jewel (in our mind, anyway), with a small black blob able to morph into different screens (media panels, a keypad, web browser, etc.) depending on which corner you drag said blob into. There was also a design reminiscent of paper mache, not to mention one with a circular vibe that just has to be a long lost cousin to Motorola’s AURA. Have a gander at the masterpieces in the gallery below, but don’t bet on these hitting your favorite carrier anytime soon.

Filed under: Cellphones, Misc. Gadgets

Fujitsu cellphone design contest yields mind-blowing results: hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s definitely not the first LifeBook to boast a multitouch panel, but given just how popular the original T5010 proved to be, we’re pleasantly pleased to see the outfit bless that very convertible tablet with a touchscreen. The new dual digitizer option gives the 13.3-inch machine a whole new purpose in life, as it now supports two-finger touch (for rotating, pinching, zooming, groping, etc.) within Windows 7. Oddly enough, Fujitsu’s choosing to ship this with Vista until October 22nd rolls around, so we’d advise you to hold tight for another month and change if at all possible. Everything else about the rig remains mostly the same, though the $1,759 (active digitizer) / $1,859 (dual digitizer) starting tags are actually lower than the MSRP given to the first T5010 in early 2008.

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Fujitsu gifts LifeBook T5010 convertible tablet with multitouch LCD originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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My my, we’ve seen heatsinks bigger than this latest Esprimo Mini PC from Fujitsu. The Q1500 might look like your run-of-the-mill underpowered nettop, but its makers have successfully crammed a mobile Core 2 Duo CPU and a slot-loading Blu-ray drive inside to make one hell of an appealing little goer. 4GB of memory and a 320GB hard drive fill out the generous spec, and yes, there’s a HDMI out as well. Basically, you’re looking at a Timeline laptop adapted to the desktop, which would also suggest that the unknown Intel CPUs are of the CULV variety. Of course, all that grunt won’t come cheap and the base Core 2 Solo, DVD drive-packing option will start prices off at €699 ($998) when these hit Germany later this month.

[Via Slippery Brick]

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Fujitsu Esprimo Q1500: Core 2 Duo and Blu-ray in a laughably small form factor originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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And now we know what the “world’s fastest” air-cooled gaming rig is made of — a 3.33GHz Intel Core i7-975 and a pair of souped-up GeForce GTX 295s running in SLI. They’re backed up by 12GB of DDR3 memory, a 150GB WD Raptor as an OS drive and two 1TB storage hangars, but you must be wondering where all that German ultra clocking is. Well, the motherboard is of Fujitsu’s own making and a custom tweaker-ready BIOS is promised, but the truth is we really can’t see anything overclocked especially for this rig. Which is not to say it won’t be the most powerful pixel pusher in the world (this week), with hardware like that we’re sure you’ll be able to run Vista Business without a hitch… oh yea, that’s the listed OS, and since we’re spilling bad news, recommended price tag is €4,000. If you’re anywhere near Cologne this week, head on down to gamescom, and if you ask really nicely, the Fujitsu people might even let you play on this fiery beast of a machine. See it undressed after the break.

[Via Netzwelt]

Continue reading Fujitsu unleashes CELSIUS ULTRA specs, offers test drives at gamescom

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Fujitsu unleashes CELSIUS ULTRA specs, offers test drives at gamescom originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fujitsu managed to pique our interest in its forthcoming gaming desktop with the promises of some “German ultra clocking,” and it now looks to have fully revved up the hype engine, with it launching a new teaser site for the rig, and revealing its name: the CELSIUS ULTRA — because nothing says fast like all caps. Unfortunately, there’s still no word about any little details like specs, a price or a release date, but the teaser trailer we saw before has now received a suitably dramatic soundtrack, and Fujitsu says the desktop should be showing itself at the now-happening KnastLAN LAN party in Landshut, Germany. As far as we can tell, however, no pictures of the rig have surfaced just yet.

[Thanks, Maik]

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Fujitsu’s new gaming rig gets a teaser site, and a name: CELSIUS ULTRA originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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