Fujitsu LifeBook U820 Review Discussion

The Fujitsu LifeBook U820 is an ultra-mobile convertible notebook with a high resolution 5.6 display. Packing built-in GPS with Garmin navigation software, a passive touch screen, and a 4-cell battery claiming upwards of 7.5 hours of battery life this UMPC can handle almost any situation. In this review we cover all the reasons why spending above $1,000 on a U820 is worth it compared to $400 or $500 on a standard netbook.

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that's some super high res!
i'm not too sure about it's marketing position though. most people would just use a phone with gps and a 12'' notebook. impressed never the less.
i wonder why they fit a vista machine with just 1gb of ram, i think that's whats slowing it down, not the gpu, but the heavy os.

 

Can you post a pick with it next to your hand or a ruler?

Why does it not have 2GB ram?

And that is one ugly duckling.

 

I'm guessing because it's so tiny. maybe they even have to make special ram stick for it, or worse, they they have it soldered on.

 

Well above it says "1 GB DDR2 533 MHz SDRAM memory (Onboard memory)" I dont know if that is intagrated or standard.

 

Excellent review Kevin. The gadget freak in me would love one these to play with, but i think the price point and market saturation is going to keep it from shining to full potential.

 

...what is this fujitsu review week?


this notebook is WAY too smal and also proff that netbooks can have high res screen i think all netbooks should be 1024 x 768 OR 1280 x 1024

 

Great review, Kevin.

Too costly for my taste and I doubt it'll do well in the market.

I wish someone would make a netbook with a pointing stick in the middle of the keyboard already. You know, like a netbook version of the X200.

 

What a neat gadget, but at 5inch I don't see how useful it could be. I have a difficult enough time typing on my Acer Aspire One and it has almost double the size to it.

 

It's great to hear about the battery life being over 8 hours, that's been a huge drawback of every UMPC I've ever had the experience of using. Again though, this is really only suited to the ultimate road warrior who are willing to sacrifice performance and other challenges a small device presents (lack of ports, challenging typing experience). I'm sure Ed Hardy over at Brighthand would like this though, he's been a Sony VAIO UX as his main PC for a long time now.

 

The 1 GB of RAM is a limitation of the Intel platform.

I picked one of these up last week, and I have to be honest: I really like it. No matter what people say about one of the best things about netbooks being that you can carry them anywhere... I have yet to see anyone actually do that with one of those. The U820, though, really is something that you can take anywhere with you.

 

Wow, as his main PC. That's crazy. I could easily carry out most of my e-mailing and IMing through my Blackberry, but that's about as far as I am willing to go.

 

Nice review/pics's, Kevin

Too small for me though But there will be peep's who really like this!


Cin

 

thx for review!but yes,it is too small

 

they should have made it on the ion platform

 

Saw this on Engadget
Great review, Kevin!

 

How heavy is it?

The battery hanging out the back looks untidy. I would have given it a size bigger screen and integrated the battery into the overall outline.

John

 

Takes almost 2 minutes just to start up The specs on this device are too weak for the price. Netbooks are better performance for the price and portable smartphones are also faster.

 

Meh.

I was interested in the older version of this before netbooks came on the scene and I gotta say, I don't know what I was thinking. Its ugly, the screen is too small, the battery is too big and that keyboard looks way too uncomfortable.

I think the Raon Everun Note is the best small device out right now.

 

This is so much closer to my ideal personal computer than what I've seen so far. It's not there yet but it's getting closer. What I want is something tiny that I can take access and take with me anywhere, and also dock into different setups - a larger laptop, different desk setups, whatever is the best available for my location. one day ...