Well, I've finally got some photos online of the Fujitsu. Full set here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/silicondepend...57601843755726/I've shown it beside some SL3x00 Zaurii, a Toshiba Libretto U100, and a Macbook Core 2 Duo. And one bad shot in London Drugs beside a Sony UX380.
The keyboard is pretty good. The Z is still better at thumb typing, but the Fuji is loads better than any other Intel device I've tried. The screen is almost exactly the same DPI as the Z's, so reading it isn't any problem. It seems quite bright, with good colour as well.
Ergonmically it's pretty good. I have the extended battery (they haven't shipped my standard battery yet), so it feels a bit top heavy.
Performance is *very* good. Full screen DIVX video at HD resolutions runs without a hitch, as does full screen flash video. I'm running under XP Tablet edition and it feels very snappy.
Doesn't generate much heat, and the fan is quiet when it's running.
Battery life on the extended battery is a solid 5 hrs, even with wifi. (Sitting idle I saw a time of 7h 18m reported by the battery tool)
The SD card slot appears to only be SD, and not SDHC compatible. I haven't tested it yet, but a friend of mine does have an 8gb card will soon be able to shove in there. The CF card lets me use my Z's CF accessories (like bluetooth) as well as memory cards.
Downsides? Construction feels a bit soft and plasticy. The back of the screen is plastic compared to the Z's Aluminum. The hinge mechanism is metal, thankfully, but does give the impression of being a weak link. In practice it's been more solid than expected, but we'll see. It's also too big to put in my pocket, which I know but is still annoying.
The keyboard is a little...wonky. No page up/down, and you have to press FN to get the arrow keys. I"ve fixed this by remapping the keys so the arrows work straight out and the other keys require FN. It's okay for everything except the "." key, which I remapped to use one of the now useless Kanji keys. There are also 2 special buttons beside the trackstick that were mapped to arrow up and down. I've replaced that with pge up/down, which will make using it as an ebook reader a little nicer.
I haven't had much time to do much with it yet. Getting an English version of WinXP Tablet working was a bit of an experience. I expect to really put it through it's paces this week
I've got the docking station, hooked up to an external 500gb HD, DVD-RW, ethernet, 17" LCD, and Mouse/Keyboard. I suspect that you really could use this setup as your desktop computer without too much worry, given the surprising grunt of the A110 processor.
I've imaged it using clonezilla, onto the 500gb drive. It's easy and fast enough that I suspect I can swap HD images with no more fuss than on the Z. I'll eventually try out Vista and Linux on here, but I suspect XP tablet (with possibly Linux in a vmware image) will be the day-to-day OS.
So, I can't be rid of my 3000 yet. I've bought a new battery for it and will continue to carry it as my writing and database tool. I'm going to set up Unison to keep the Z, the Fuji, and my Desktop synchronized so it won't matter where I am or what I'm doing - I'll always have access to my latest documents and work Looking forward to it.
If anyone is still reading this, I'll gladly answer any questions you might have about it
