Fujitsu P1610 mini-Tablet available for pre-order

I just got word that the Fujitsu P1610 mini-Tablet PC is now available for pre-order from J&R.  The P1610 is still not showing on the Fujitsu site but the folks at J&R are quoting a ship date of November 7.  The price for the P1610 is $1799 for the following specs:

Includes: 2600 mAh Lithium-Ion battery, AC adapter, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, Office OneNote 2003, Google Picasa, Norton Internet Security 2006, and more.
Intel Core Solo Processor Ultra Low Voltage U1400 (1.2GHz)
2MB of L2 Cache
533MHz FSB
8.9″ WXGA Indoor/Outdoor Touchscreen Display
512MB of DDR2 533MHz SDRAM
60GB PATA 100 4200RPM HDD
Shock-Mounted and Shock Sensor Enabled
Integrated Atheros Super AG 801.11a/b/g Wi-Fi Wireless Network Adapter
Integrated 56K V.90 Modem
Integrated Bluetooth 2.0 Support
Integrated Fingerprint Sensor and BIOS-enabled for Computrace/LoJack Theft Recovery System (service subscription required)
Ports – 2 USB 2.0, 1 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet, 1 Headphone, 1 Microphone, and 1 VGA Out
Kensington Lock Slot
One Type I/II PCMCIA Card Slot (32-bit PC Cardbus architecture)
One SD Card Slot
Unit Dimensions – 9.13″ (w) x 6.57″ (d) x 1.46″ (h)
Unit Weight – 2.2 lbs.

The P1610 sports an 8.9” touchscreen with palm rejection technology making it possible to control the interface with your fingers yet allows resting the palm on the screen for handwriting without vectoring.  The inclusion of the PC Card slot makes me think long and hard about this mini-Tablet.  Yowza!

(via Josh Hall)

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