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Fujitsu announces its F-07C mobile phone running Windows 7
JAPANESE ELECTRONICS OUTFIT Fujitsu has announced its F-07C mobile phone, which it is claiming as the world's smallest PC.
The F-07C runs Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, not to be confused with Windows Phone 7. The phone can be switched between mobile phone mode and a Windows 7 PC mode.
Fujitsu said, "Windows® 7 F-07C mobile phone will be available in Japan from NTT Inc. beginning July 23, 2011. Despite its compact form, users can fully use the F-07C as a PC."
The phone and PC combination gadget has an Intel Atom 1.20GHz processor, 1GB of memory and a 32GB solid state disk drive. Fujitsu admits that in operation the processor will perform at 50 per cent of the quoted speed.
It also includes Internet Explorer 9 and a two-year Microsoft Office Personal 2010 license, which doesn't include Powerpoint.
The somewhat boringly named F-07C comes with a 4in LCD touchscreen with 1024x600 resolution. There is a rear facing 5.1MP camera and a front facing 0.32MP camera.
Fujitsu admits to a dire battery life of two hours when in Windows 7 Mode. The phone has a slide out Qwerty keyboard making it 19.8mm thick and the device weighs 218g.
Fujitsu said, "By combining both PC and mobile phone functionality, F-07C opens the door to a range of new uses." µ
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Wow - 2-hours of battery life - that is so awesome. All that that and the ability to install the internet onto your phone, and be able to browse the web and point and click and cut and paste and multitask and do all of the things that are so DIFFICULT if not outright IMPOSSIBLE to do with any other mobile device. Give me my LoseDoze Fone7!
What's the battery life like? How limited is this little (big?) phone? Does it work as a phone or is this just a tiny netbook?
My other major worry is cost. this looks like it would easily cost over $500 usd.
That alone could be a deal breaker.
But two-three things are not quite there
1) Ideally i do not like to switch from PC to Phone. Must be PC+Phone always. Android is cool toy but i'd still prefer Windows, TOO much of my stuff is there.
2) Intel needs to make next gen 22nm Atom ASAP. Really ASAP, basically yesterday. Or kick CEO out. THAT would be the power such device needs. Dual core is also a must - windows as always substantially improves when add second core.
3) The screen has to be 4.5-5" 1280x800. Current 4" is too smallish.
But anyway, this was great news.