jkOnTheRun video- Entertainment on the Fujitsu P1620
I can hardly express strongly enough how happy I am with my recent purchase of the Fujitsu P1620 and part of the reason is the great leisure activities I do with it. In this video I show you some of those activities that endures the P1620 to my heart and why I am so happy with it. You will see how I browse the web, read the New York Times, listen to music and podcasts and read magazines on this great mobile device. You'll also get a feel for how I do all of this using just my fingertip for control. Enjoy the show!
Cool video. It is tempting to me to get my own... But can we see some video of you actually inking on it? We've seen some of the results in still shots, but i'd love to see it as it happens. I don't own a tablet pc and so it is not something i'm that familiar with. i'd just like to see the ink appear on the screen... just a suggestion... i'm so tempted...
Posted by: Michael | March 09, 2008 at 03:58 PM
Michael, check out the video of the P1610 where there is lots of inking. It's the same on the P1620.
http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2007/01/jkontherun_revi_3.html
Posted by: James Kendrick | March 09, 2008 at 04:14 PM
Awesome video James and it's making me feel really good about my purchase. They moved the delivery date on me again to the 13th but that's okay. I was wondering, James did you load SP1 on your machine? and do you still have the sleep of death problems you've documented in the past?
Thank you.
Posted by: jc | March 09, 2008 at 06:55 PM
James,
Great video gives me loads of ideas for my own tablet which is somewhere near Memphis right now.
For the fingerprint reader scroll function is this through the use of a third party app or something unique to the 1620?
Thanks!
Posted by: Josh Smith | March 09, 2008 at 10:11 PM
James, great video that shows how the Tablet can be such a useful machine. Keep the video's coming.
JC, I do believe that James is not having the sleep of death on the P1620; from what I have read, it was his HP Tablet that was having that problem but he solved it.
Josh, the fingerprint reader scroll function is part of the Fujitsu. I have the Fujitsu U810 and I also use the FingerPrint reader to scroll pages up or down. It comes in handy when you have it in Tablet mode.
Posted by: HG | March 09, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Hey James,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the P1620 does -not- use a Wacom Digitizer for its pen, does it?
Posted by: Alan | March 09, 2008 at 10:41 PM
James
Next time you shoot a vid of you using some gear you might put the camcorder on your left. When it is on your right your arm obscures the gear when you are using it or work with your left hand.
Great job otherwise.
Posted by: Travis | March 09, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Thank you for the video. Is your WLAN 'g' or 'n'? It seems very responsive.
Posted by: nomo | March 10, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Some answers:
I have never had sleep or resume problems with the 1620 and I have not installed SP1 on it.
My network is draft N but the 1620 is b/g.
The 1620 has a passive digitizer so is not Wacom.
Posted by: James Kendrick | March 10, 2008 at 07:56 AM
Two questions:
1. What happened to the Kindle for reading ebooks?
and
2. Magazines? Do they still make those?
(Okay, that was 3 questions. Sorry.)
Posted by: Scott_H | March 10, 2008 at 06:01 PM
James, What was the Firefox tablet addon that you use to scroll around on the Fujitsu? Thanks, Eric
Posted by: Eric | March 10, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Eric, the Grab and Drag extension.
Posted by: James Kendrick | March 11, 2008 at 06:26 AM
Scott, I use the Advantage with eReader as I never got past the lack of a back light on the Kindle.
Posted by: James Kendrick | March 11, 2008 at 06:28 AM
This is the prime contender for me currently. I appreciate your site and this video is great, thanks. I am looking for my first tablet, size is crucial. I am a production and publications professional, and spend my time between photoshop (which I hear works with an active digitizer) and marking up pdfs.
My primary questions are: can I make this have basic functions of photoediting, illustration, etc. with the passive (but great) digitizer, and is there any way to get some pressure sensitivity (whether software/hardware). Everything else makes this seem perfect.
Posted by: Espi | March 13, 2008 at 06:42 PM
Espi, you cannot get pressure sensitivity with a passive digitizer and for the uses you stated I would strongly recommend a Tablet with an active digitizer. You would be better off with a slightly bigger screen for photo editing too. Check out this site for coverage of the HP 2710p which I also have and would be great for your needs.
Posted by: James Kendrick | March 13, 2008 at 06:53 PM
Thanks, James. (I'm a James too) I'm actually watching your 1610 youtube right now - really great, thanks again. I really am leaning towards this awesome unit for some needs and another with an active (or instead of a tablet pc, a wacom usb tablet) for photoshop.
Probably should have mentioned a few things:
I'm the very happy owner of the latest 8-core (still can't get over that) Mac Pro my employer just got me along with 42 inches of screen real estate. I'm on it all the time, with XP in tandem through Boot Camp/Parallels and can do all the big photo stuff there.
I've been a 17-inch G4 Powerbook owner since it was launched as the 1st 17-inch "portable" back in 2002. I find now that it has never been "portable" enough and absolutely love the size of this 1610/1620. I can see actually taking it out and using it!
I have 2 pcs and the 17" PB in regular use and about 6 computers at home in various states of undress, but I rarely leave the 8-core beast now. I want to sell all of them and get a real portable/UMPC tablet.
Price isn't a concern, I just want the best smallest tablet available and this seems fantastic. If I'd have to supplement a Cintiq or something, so be it.
Keep up the great work.
James
Posted by: Espi is James Austin | March 13, 2008 at 07:23 PM
My Fujitsu P1620 arrived the same day yours did and I've been *extremely* happy with it. This is my first tablet, so I hadn't experimented much with using my fingers instead of the stylus much at all until I saw your video. Would you recommend getting a screen protector or should the screen be ok without one? Would the protector make it less easy to use one's fingers? I'm already having to use a fair amount of force when tapping, but my nails are very short. Thanks!
Posted by: Lenore | March 14, 2008 at 10:34 AM
Lenore, glad you are happy with your P1620. I do not like screen protectors and never use them myself.
Posted by: James Kendrick | March 14, 2008 at 01:56 PM
Hi, nice to see that! I've ordered mine yesterday, and eagerly waiting for it! I've had an Asus R2H UMPC for a bit more than 1 year, but as much as I like the tablet PC concept I've always blamed the lack of keyboard that really is obvious when there's a lot of typing to do (e-mail for example), the foldable USB keyboard that comes with not being considered as an option as you really don't want en extra thing to carry around when you have an UMPC... The low display resolution (800x480) was a pain too (dialogs are often too high and it's impossible to click OK without changing to a higher unsuited resolution before), and the 900MHz Celeron was useless, even for simple browsing. So now I could tell the weak points, and the P1620 seemed as the perfect device that adressed all of them I clicked the "Buy" button ;)
Now, I've read in one of your previous posts that you were considering using a CF card in the PCMCIA slot as an SSD, and I had the same idea. Did you finally get to do that? If yes, what kind of transfer speed do you get out of it? With what kind of CF to PCMCIA adapter? Any possibility to boot from it?
Regards
Posted by: Kilrah | March 15, 2008 at 05:16 PM
kilrah, that wasn't me who was going to try the CF SSD. With 100 GB of disk I don't need one.
Posted by: James Kendrick | March 15, 2008 at 06:39 PM
I don't know if this is the best place to post this or not. I know though that a lot of your readers would be interested. So here goes.
I just ordered the 2 GB ram upgrade for the P1610. Should ship on Monday. I'll let you all know how well it works.
Posted by: Mr. Sting | March 15, 2008 at 07:55 PM
Mr. Sting, based on my upgrade of my LS800 from 1 GB to 2 GB, I think you'll be happy with the increase in performance. Good luck!
Posted by: Genghis Khent | March 16, 2008 at 12:17 AM
Oh yeah sorry, it was indeed in a comment. I was asking this as I've been using my R2H onboard a small plane for navigation, and my HDD seems to have suffered from it (SMART bad status warning / serious slowdown in transfer rates)... Maybe it's not linked, but with the 1620 I'd want to try installing a copy of Windows and the programs I need on a CF for use in this kind of environment, leaving the HDD off. Oh well, guess I'll just try myself ;)
About RAM upgrade: Be sure to deactivate virtual memory in the system control panel once you have your 2GB. That will improve performance a lot further.
Posted by: Kilrah | March 16, 2008 at 04:50 AM
You do not want to run a hard drive of that size above 1,000 feet or damage can result...
"the system relies on air pressure inside the drive to support the heads at their proper flying height while the disk is in motion... If the air pressure is too low, the air will not exert enough force on the flying head, the head will not be at the proper height, and there is a risk of head crashes and data loss. (Specially manufactured sealed and pressurized drives are needed for reliable high-altitude operation, above about 10,000 feet..."
Posted by: Donovan | March 23, 2008 at 08:10 AM
Yep I know that, and the drive in question was never above 7000ft. I guess your 1000ft is a typo, otherwise I shouldn't even run it at home ;)
BTW, still no luck ordering the P1620. That's gonna take long...
Posted by: Kilrah | March 24, 2008 at 05:52 PM