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The Consumer Electronics Show has come and gone. Though there were few revolutionary new products at the show this year, in the smartphone space, we saw a number of promising new devices, many from companies that haven't been performing well in the United States in recent years, including Nokia and Sony. Huawei and Fujitsu also had impressive showings, but overall, Windows Phone may be the winner at CES 2012. While it still has a tiny… Read More

In Japan, Fujitsu is one of the mobile industry's big players, but the company really isn't well-known for phones elsewhere in the world. At CES 2012 they've been showing some very interesting new devices, and has now confirmed in an interview they're planning a push into the North American market. Speaking to AllThingsD.com at CES, Fujitsu's senior vice president called the US market a “priority”, and… Read More

The cellphone revolution of the last 10 years has been amazing and the influx of smartphones and tablets that now crowd our shelves are challenging the ways we compute. Unfortunately for Intel, all of these new devices are powered by ARM processors, not Intel chips. Sure, Intel is still dominating when it comes to PCs, but PCs aren't the growing market anymore. At Computex in May, Intel debuted 10 new tablets, all running on its Atom chip… Read More

Microsoft unveiled the next version of its Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system, code named “Mango,” at press conferences in New York City and London today. Among the most important details: Mango will be the first OS to run on the new Windows Phone-powered Nokia handsets. Acer, Fujitsu, Limited and ZTE will also be added to the list of smartphone makers to release Mango-based devices, along with Samsung and LG. The OS update… Read More

There's no denying that the design of notebook computers has been more of an evolution than a revolution for the last 20 years: sure, trackballs have disappeared in favor of trackpads, screens are larger (and in color!), and the systems are far sleeker and much more powerful than their early brethren. But if you were to put a notebook from 1991 next to a notebook from 2011, most people would notice the system's similarities rather… Read More

The new ultra-portable scanner weighs just over 12 ounces. It is small enough to fit into a briefcase or purse, allowing users to digitize documents on the go. The ScanSnap S1100 can be used on both PC or Mac and utilizes its innovative paper path system and fast front-side color scanning functionality to quickly scan anything from contracts and long receipts to business cards and plastic IDs. The ScanSnap S1100 is powered by a single USB… Read More

Japanese technology giants Toshiba and Fujitsu have announce they're planning to combine their mobile phone units in Japan—and, unsurprisingly, much of the focus of the new business will be on smartphones. The companies expect the new firm to launch in October; when it does, it will become Japan's second largest mobile phone maker with nearly 19 percent of Japan's mobile phone market. “By combining their mobile… Read More

Sometimes a lot of power in a little package is exactly the right thing, and to that end Fujitsu has just taken the wraps off its new LifeBook T730 convertible tablet PC. The T730 is a capable of functioning like a traditional notebook—and offers a 12.1-inch display—but the touch-sensitive screen swivels and flips to make the unit a true tablet PC:—and with options like Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors, a dual digitizer… Read More

Watch out smartphones, Fujitsu’s latest edition of its LifeBook series is the new ultra-portable, multi-touch device in town. Fujitsu says that its pocket-sized PC, the LifeBook UH900, boasts a bevy of features that could take both smartphones and netbooks down a notch. This compact device has a 5.6-inch “vivid glare screen,” 62GB SSD,

Fujitsu has announced its new LifeBook T5010 convertible tablet PC, featuring a multitouch-capable 13.3-inch WXGA display, with an optional dual digitizer designed to support touch-based featured coming in Windows 7. With the dual digitizer, users will be able to perform two-fingered action for common tasks like scrolling, panning, zooming, and rotating objects and media on screen; the T5010 also sports a modular bay that can be used to hold a… Read More

Just when Amazon looked like king of the mountain with its Kindle 2 eBook collecting reams of press coverage, Fujitsu seems to have punched the wind out of the poor thing with the FLEPia – the very first color eBook. Fortunately for Amazon, a number of caveats associated with moving over to full color may make the FLEPia more of a novelty than a true head-to-head competitor with the Kindle. The FLEPia’s eight-inch screen offers 1024 x 768… Read More

Fujitsu is reducing the price of their Plasmavision P63XHA40US 63-inch HDTV monitor by $5,000 dollars effective immediately. This baby used to have a retail price of $17,999 but can now be had for a mere $12,999. LCD and plasma TV prices are continuing to plummet due to oversupply and lower manufacturing costs. The Plasmavision P63XHA40US uses Fujitsu's Advanced Video Movement-II (AVM-II) digital video processor and a 10-bit video… Read More

By now you've probably seen the Tek Panel, an all-in-one Home Theater PC with a 37-inch LCD and our CES 2004 “Best of Show” pick. We predicted that this trend would take off and it certainly is. We recently ran across another HTPC with an integrated LCD – this time a 22-inch panel from Japanese manufacturer Fujitsu. The FMV Deskpower integrates a powerful HTPC with a 22-inch LCD The Fujitsu FMV Deskpower line of HTPCs… Read More

Fujitsu has expanded their popular line of LifeBook laptop computers with the LifeBook N5000. The N5000 features a desktop Pentium 4 running at 3.0GHz or 3.2GHz and has an integrated wireless card that handles 802.11a, b and g. The Fujitsu LifeBook N5000. “Demand for portable PCs has grown significantly among U.S. consumers over the past year,” said Alan Promisel, analyst for International Data Corporation. “Driven by… Read More