14 DAY TRIAL // The market of convertible tablets might not be the greatest of segments on the IT industry, but it doesn't seem to be in any danger of disappearing, so the fact that Fujitsu is now selling one of these things isn't too great a shock.
Media tablets may be a relatively new product type, but convertible ones have been in existence for much longer than them.
The reason they have been holding out fairly well is the fact that they meet the portability and performance standards needed by professional applications, like healthcare, education, industrial etc.
If one were to describe a convertible slate in just a few words, it is a laptop whose screen can rotate and bend back, so that one can swap between the laptop and tablet form factors.
Naturally, this means that the screen has support for touch input, usually multitouch with stylus recognition included.
Fujitsu's LifeBook T901 definitely qualifies as this sort of electronic device, actually featuring two touchscreen options.
An active digitizer is included by default, but one can pay $100 extra for the dual digitizer option, which can track up to five fingers at once.
Like most every other product of its type out there, the LifeBook T901 is powered by an Intel central processing unit.
In this case, the 2.5 GHz Core i5-2520M vPro is backed up by 2 GB of DDR3 memory and packed, along with all other necessary computer parts, inside a 13.3-inch casing whose LCD display has the native resolution of 1,280 x 768 pixels.
Finally, some measure of security exist, thanks to the integrated SmartCard slot, Fingerprint Sensor, and embedded TPM.
Prospective buyers need only drop by the special web page that Fujitsu has added to its website in order to place their order, although they will have to part with at least $1,899.