Accessories ordered for the Fujitsu P1620

Time_hourglass_141970Right now the Fujitsu P1620 is showing an estimated ship date of tomorrow which I hope is a firm date.  I did order (and have received) some accessories for the P1620 and I want to share what those are so you can get an idea for how I will use the Fuji when it finally gets here.  I ordered the Fuji with the 6-cell (extended) battery instead of the standard 3-cell and I also ordered a second extended battery.  The two extended batteries will get me 10 – 12 hours of combined battery life and will be more than enough for all day.  I also ordered a second A/C adapter as I do for all mobile PCs so I have a second one available for traveling.  The spare battery and adapter will ship with the P1620 according to Fujitsu.  I also ordered the port replicator which should ship at the same time.

I ordered some third party accessories that I know I will use with the Fuji and most of them have already arrived.  First up I ordered a Lamy 4-in-1 stylus which is an awesome pen and stylus combination.  I had one before but I spilled coffee on it a while back and it ruined the tip selection mechanism.  The pen is great so I ordered a new one as I love using the stylus for inking on the Fujitsu.  It arrived last week.  Second up I ordered a Waterfield Designs SleeveCase since I threw in the one I had with the P1610 I sold.  The case is custom fitted for the P1620 with the extended battery and makes for the smallest functional case I will use to carry the Fuji around.  I got one with a flap and D-rings for the shoulder strap which I already have.  I also ordered a Belkin USB DVD drive that I can use with the P1620 for installing software, ripping music CDs and booting should the need arise.  It was only $60 as I ordered it from Fujitsu under a special deal.  It should arrive tomorrow.

I did some research and discovered that the SD card reader in the P1620 is fast enough to run ReadyBoost in Vista from the SD card.  This was something I wanted to do with the P1610 but that drive was too slow to run ReadyBoost.  Since this new drive will run ReadyBoost I got a 2 GB Sandisk SD card from Amazon for $16 and it arrived two days ago.  I anticipate ReadyBoost will make the Fuji run Vista even better than without so we will see.  It was worth $16 to test this out.

My Verizon v740 modem is an ExpressCard modem so I will use the Novatel XCA-3 adapter I bought last year when I had the P1610.  This will let me use the v740 in the PC Card slot of the P1620 so I can have always connected goodness. 

That’s the whole kit and I can’t wait to get the Fuji in-house and get going with the small form factor of the P1620.  I know this wait for the shipping is excruciating.

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