Fujitsu LifeBook Uses Oak Trail and a Sliding Mechanism

It seems that the newest Atom processor to leave Intel's labs has been scoring design wins ever since it came out, with Fujitsu now adding to the list by unveiling the LifeBook TH40/D.

Since the Intel Atom Z670 processor came out about a month ago, it is no real surprise to hear that makers of tablets have adopted it.

In fact, the Santa Clara, California-based company itself is quite eager to see the chip inside products running the Android operating system.

Still, since it is a more powerful chip than before, it also has what it takes to much more easily run the Windows 7 operating system.

That said, Fujitsu revealed that it has put together, or will soon finish creating, one slate known as LifeBook TH40/D.

Set to start selling on the Japanese market at the end of next month (June, 2011), the model is among the more expensive of tablets, with a price of ¥80,000, which is the rough equivalent of $990.

Still, the price does include some assets that most media tablets can't really match, and this implies more than the 4,200 RPM (rotations per minute) hard disk drive of 120 GB.

Basically, the newcomer has a sliding mechanism that allow one to pull a physical keyboard out form underneath the slate, complete with a small trackpad, allowing the screen to stand almost upright in the process.

In other words, it has similarities with the ASUS Eee Pad Slider and another device from Samsung.

That said, the 1.5 GHz Oak Trail Z670 Atom chip is backed up by 1 GB of DDR2 and has integrated graphics that get to handle the 10.1-inch display, whose resolution is 1,024 x 600 pixels.

Other specifications include HDMI, an SD card slot, two USB 2.0 ports, Bluetooth 3.0 and 802.11b/g/n WiFi.

Finally, the whole thing is run under Windows 7 and it will fall to end-users to decide if the price is worth it or not.