jkOTR Mobile Media Edition 29: Fujitsu's Stylistic ST5112 slate Tablet

VGA iTunes compatible version (MP4 format, 640 x 480, 299 MB, 44 minutes)

VGA Windows Media Player version (WMV format, 640 x 480, 242 MB, 44 minutes)

What a powerhouse! The Fujitsu Stylistic ST5112 is all power and all slate. The 12.1-inch Tablet PC with the Core Duo processor runs for hours and hours After using the slate for a few weeks, I share some of the following aspects:

• Complete walk around of the device
• Thoughts on the pen and single speaker
• Skype demo with the dual array microphone
• Viewing angle of the screen and usage of the VGA out capabilities
• Hardware buttons
• Using the fingerprint sensor
• Covering the included applications
• Demonstrating the "warm" battery swap
• Final thoughts

Three quick production notes:

1. Lighting was a tad poor in my office studio, so the brightness isn't what we'd normally like to provide; I apologize.
2. Due to a lack of sunlight, I had to do a separate demo of the view anywhere screen on a different day; you'll see this in the final two minutes of the video. I nominate this segment as the "worst demo of a great screen. ever."
3. We now have a QVGA version of the video up on our YouTube channel if you want a lower-resolution version streamed.

A special thanks goes out to Allegiance Technology Partners for loaning us the Fujitsu Stylistic ST 5112 Tablet PC!

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Comments

[jk]

Another excellent video Kevin! This is one sweet slate and for right now in the Core Duo slate world the one to beat IMHO. I should point out one thing- when you show the suede back and mention that it was not placed optimally for lefties it is worth noting that the Fuji can rotate the screen in all 4 orientations so lefties can just use it the other way to get that smooth suede feel. :)

[Eve N]

Well, the fan would be a bit out of place. I am a leftie.

Thanks for this great video!!

[Northern_Rebel]

A couple of comments Kevin....

1. The two IR ports on the front of the TPC work with the Fujitsu IR keyboard and mouse. Unless Fujitsu has made changes they do not work with any other device. The IR port on the side is a normal IR port.

2. I have the ST4110 and the ST5112 is an upgraded model. I have Vista Buisness on mine and all the Fujitsu apps work fine. I have lost no functionality in going to Vista from XP. So the failure of the Fujitsu buttons and other custom apps surprises me. I would have expected the new ST5112 to have Vista drivers before the older unsupported models like mine.

[John Walker]

Kevin,

Great in-depth review. I probably would never use a slate device like this, but I enjoyed watching the review to see what's out there today. Thanks.