Sammual runs the insanely popular, often-updated PalmAddicts site and he needs our help. He’s had an older Tablet PC for nearly 18 months but it’s just not meeting his needs from what I gather. His budget has no upper boundary so the sky’s the limit here, however he does have some specific computing needs:
- High performance. We’d have to know more about computing tasks here because a ULV CPU might do the trick here; especially due to the next requirement.
- Long battery life in the 4 to 7+ hour range for those trans-Atlantic flights.
- Sammy appears to like inking, so I wouldn’t count out a full slate.
- The device needs to work with his Palm 680 in terms of synching; that shouldn’t be a problem with any options we find.
I think there’s a few choices out there given these base needs. The Fujitsu Stylistic ST5110 series offer Intel Core 2 Duo slates in either 10.4- or 12-inches and the standard battery rating is around 6 hours. A high-capacity battery will only add .3 pounds of weight over the standard battery and will net you around 9 hours of use. Here’s a video overview of the prior model.
From a convertible standpoint, the Lenovo X61 Tablet is a 12.1-inch contender as well. This notebook offers a multi-touch option for both pen and touch and the 8-cell battery option should get you at least six hours as well. The CPU isn’t quite as powerful as the Fujitsu, but a 1.6 GHz Core 2 Duo might be sufficient. James has a first overview of the X61 Tablet right here. What contenders would you add to the list? Any way we can talk Sammy into a UMPC? Be sure to watch his video plea and let’s give him a hand!
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