Fujitsu-Siemens LifeBook P1610

Notebook specifications

Notebook: Fujitsu-Siemens LifeBook P1610
Processor: Intel Core Solo U1400 (1200 MHz)
Graphics adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (128 MB)
Display: 8.9 inch 16:10 (1280x768 pixels)
Weight: 1 kg
Average score: 68.4% - average
Average of 5 scores (from 8 reviews)

Reviews in English

75%Fujitsu-Siemens LifeBook P1610
Source: Bios Magazine
Computers powered by the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system, and equipped with a sensitive screen designed to interact with a complementary pen, are called Tablet PCs. Tablet PCs are fully-functional laptop PCs, but with the added benefit of being able to use a stylus/pen directly on the screen just as you would a mouse to do things like select, drag, and open files; or in place of a keyboard to handwrite notes and communication. Unlike a touch screen, the Tablet PC screen only receives information from this special pen. It will not take information from your finger or your shirt sleeve - so you can rest your wrist on the screen and write naturally. Your business doesn’t live in an office - it goes wherever you go. And with the LifeBook P1610 you have simple ways to connect, communicate, network, and get it done - whether you’re in the office or on the road.
Date: 07/23/2007
Rating: Total score: 75% features: 60% workmanship: 95%

80%Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook P1610
Source: Reg Hardware
While the P1610 isn't going to win any performance awards, it's up to the job of everyday tasks. What it lacks in power it easily compensates for in portability. The keyboard is a little on the small side, but other than that it's a very usable machine. The tiny size comes at a premium, but when judged against other similar systems it's reasonably priced. It's a machine you really could take with you everywhere and still be able to get something done once you arrive.
Date: 05/04/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 70% performance: 60%

60%A truly portable tablet PC, but one that's dogged by poor battery life
Source: vnunet.com
With Windows Vista now housing full tablet functionality, Microsoft must be hoping for a boost in sales of the much maligned tablet PC. Pros: Very light; small chassis; good features; Cons: Poor battery life; low-spec components; expensive; Overall: It will appeal to those after a portable tablet PC, but battery life is poor and you pay a hefty premium for its small dimensions
Date: 03/23/2007
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 40% features: 60% mobility: 50% ergonomy: 60%

70%Can Fujitsu Siemens make the Tablet PC useful?
Source: Pocket Lint
Tablet PC has never really caught the imagination of the average computer user. It’s great for business, where the interactive screen can be shared by a couple of people for writing notes. The Fujitsu Siemens P1610 is great to use and its light weight means you aren’t tied down to carrying a brick around with you. However, its battery life really lets the useability side down. It may be great to use in meetings but we’d recommend using at a secondary machine and not as your sole notebook.
Date: 02/26/2007
Rating: Total score: 70% mobility: 60%

This ultra ultraportable features a swiveling, tablet-style screen.
Source: PC World
The Fujitsu LifeBook P1610 is a well-designed, extremely compact, and flexible notebook. Anyone who roams around a lot during the workday and needs continual access to a computer is an ideal candidate--particularly if price isn't a big concern. If you frequently spend some of your work day outside (for legitimate reasons--or not), you'd probably find this little computer invaluable, too. Otherwise, a full-featured ultraportable, such as Fujitsu's LifeBook P7120 or Sony's Vaio TX series, is probably a better bet.
Date: 02/01/2007
Rating: price: 40% features: 80%

LifeBook P1610 Tablet PC (1.20GHz Core Solo U1400, 1GB, 80GB, Windows XP Pro, 8.9)
Source: PC World
This attractive ultraportable model packs a lot of functionality--including a swiveling touch screen--into a tight space. Pick up the svelte Fujitsu LifeBook P1610, and you'll barely feel as if you're carrying a notebook PC. And no wonder: At 2.2 pounds, the $2419 (as of 12/18/06) P1610 puts the "ultra" in ultraportable. The P1610 is similar in weight and size to its predecessor, the LifeBook P1510. (It's slightly slimmer at 1.4 inches deep, and it measures 9.1 by 6.6 inches.) Included, however, are several notable improvements, among them a reasonably roomy 80GB hard drive, and a PC Card slot in lieu of the P1510's integrated CompactFlash slot.
Date: 01/03/2007

57%Fujitsu LifeBook P1610 (Core Solo 1.2GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD)
Source: CNet
The Fujitsu LifeBook P1610 combines the best features of ultramobile PCs (tiny size, easy-to-use touch screen) and convertible tablets (an attached keyboard, laptop-caliber performance). As with most hybrid technologies, however, the LifeBook P1610 forces you to make some compromises: its tiny keyboard makes extensive typing a challenge, and--though we'd like to carry the P1610 with us all day long--its battery life isn't enough to last through a full day of work.
Date: 12/14/2006
Rating: Total score: 57% price: 40% performance: 50% features: 70%

Reviews in German

The Mini-UMTS-Tablet-PC
Source: Notebook/Organizer/Handy 5-6/07
Date: 04/20/2007
Rating: ergonomy: 50%

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an onboard integrated video chip and can be called a faster clocked GMA 900 (on Mobile Intel 945GM Express chipset, which is available only starting with Core Duo/Solo). 2006 it is the most often used graphics solution and is classified in the weakest third of mobile graphics solutions. So it can only be used for elder games. For office applications and surfing it is without any doubt sufficient.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core Solo: Intel Core Solo is a successor of the Pentium M and a single core version of the Core Duo with less current consumption than the Pentium M (maximum 27 Watts). The performance is slightly better than with an equally clocked Pentium M. These processors also are apt for subnotebooks due to the low current consumption.

U1400:
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8.9": The notebook has a very small and rare Display format for Subnotebooks. There hardly exist any smaller displays and this format is rare.
The advantage is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the tiny display has the advantage, that it needs few current, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is very exhausting vor the eyes. High resolutions can hardly be used.
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1 kg: This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist hardly any models in this extreme class of weight. 7-9 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.

Fujitsu-Siemens: FSC is one of the mayor international manufacturers with especially high market shares in Germany. In the German speaking countries many notebook-models of FSC are reviewed. Only few of these tested laptops achieve top positions according total rating and price/value rating.
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