Fujitsu Stylistic Q702 slate tablet

Fujitsu has joined the slate tablet parade with the release of the Fujitsu Stylistic Q702. This new slate tablet from Fujitsu has an optional keyboard dock like the popular dockable tablets d Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime and Samsung Series 5 Hybrid. The Fujitsu Stylistic Q702 has Windows 7 Professional installed but it supports the latest Windows 8 from Microsoft. Upgrading the Fujitsu Stylistic Q702 to Windows 8 would cost an additional $40 from the tablet’s base price.

The Fujitsu Stylistic Q702 is designed for mobile professionals. It has excellent security features such as fingerprint biometric sensor, TPM hard-drive encryption and Intel anti-theft technology. This tablet is designed to safeguard your data on the go. A keyboard docking platform will turn the Fujitsu Stylistic Q702 into a laptop and boost its battery life.

The standard 4.5 hour battery capacity will be doubled to 9 hours as the docking station is equipped with an extra Fujitsu Stylistic Q702 battery. The expansion dock also provides additional ports such as USB, ethernet, and VGA. Other power features of tablet include third-generation Intel Core i3 or i5 processor, 4 GB ddr3 and 128 GB ssd (solid-state drive).

The 11.6 inch display panel of the Q702 is built with latest IPS display technology. The AH-IPS (Advanced High Performance In-Plane Switching) gives the Fujitsu Stylistic tablet color accuracy, wide viewing angles and anti-glare features which make the tablet suitable for outdoor use.

Fujitsu Stylistic Q702 Tablet Specifications:

Processor: Intel Core i3 or i5 third-generation 

Display: 11.6 inch AH-IPS (Advanced High Performance In-Plane Switching)

 Operating System: Windows 7 Professiona linstalled, Windows 8-ready 

Storage: 64/128 GB ssd (solid-state drive) 

RAM: 4 GB DDR3 memory 

Weight of Fujitsu Stylistic Q702 is about 1.88 pounds.

 Fujitsu Stylistic Q702 Docking keyboard is optional and will be sold separately.

Acer, Lenovo plan to launch Windows 8 tabs later this year

PC makers Acer and Lenovo are planning to introduce Microsoft Windows 8 based tablets in the third quarter (July-Sept) of this year 2012. The companies might announce the tablets at the Intel Developer Forum 2012 which is set to be held in San Francisco, USA from 9 September, 2012. 

DigiTimes noted that both PC makers have started tapping the supply chain for the components. These merely the raw plans being charted on the 2012 roadmaps and the expected time of release could be pushed ahead by a month or two. 

Microsoft is busy testing the beta version of its major Windows 8 operating system for desktop/laptop platform. Alongside, the company is also working on the Windows 8 OS for tablet platform. The PC makers participating in the Windows 8 tablet platform hardware are expected to show tablets running Windows 8 in the later part of this year. 

Fresh reports suggest that Acer and Lenovo are pushing to be the first ones to show the Windows 8 OS running tablets in third quarter - when the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco takes place on 9 September. Acer already had launched Windows 7 based tablet — Iconia Tab W500 while Lenovo had launched IdeaPad Tablet P1 with Windows 7 running on it. 

Meanwhile, Google Android based smartphones and/or tablets are expected to be unveiled at the Intel Developer Forum that will take place on 11-12 April in Beijing, China, else on 15th May at IDF scheduled in Sao Paulo, Brazil. 

 

These developments take place on the international scale so we won't be surprised if India gets to see the first Windows 8 based tablet by the end of this year. Also it is too early to guess the pricing of these tablets but from the market trends, we can expect them to be competitively priced along-side the Android OS based tablets.