Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 , we were impressed with the little tablet PC.
It offered business-ready security features and rugged construction, and
provided better ease of use than many competing 32-bit Windows tablets.
With the Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 (Intel Atom Z690), the tablet gets an
upgraded processor while retaining
all the features we liked about the previous model, such as long battery
life and a stylus for pointing precision. The Atom Z690 processor in
the new Stylistic Q550 may not match the laptop-grade processor found in the Samsung Series 7 Slate (700T1A) but it ranks high among similarly equipped tablets.
Design and Features
The Q550 is ruggedized for business and retail use, with a magnesium-alloy frame and a screen covered in scratch-resistant, chemically strengthened glass. Built to meet military endurance standards for shock, vibration, altitude, temperature, and humidity, it's capable of withstanding the rigors of both the show floor and the production line
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The Q550 is ruggedized for business and retail use, with a magnesium-alloy frame and a screen covered in scratch-resistant, chemically strengthened glass. Built to meet military endurance standards for shock, vibration, altitude, temperature, and humidity, it's capable of withstanding the rigors of both the show floor and the production line
The tablet measures 0.63 by 10.83 by 7.56
inches (HWD), and weighs only 2 pounds. This is heavier than the
previous version of the Q550, which weighed 1.87 pounds. The extra
weight can be attributed in part to different internal hardware, but
also to a heavy rubber bumper that has been added to the back side of
the tablet; the bumper makes the tablet 1 inch at its thickest point.
When resting on a table, the bumper causes the tablet to tilt upward at a
slight angle, and provides traction and a more secure grip when you're
holding the tablet.
The 10.1-inch touch screen offers 400 nits of brightness and 1,280-by-800 resolution, which is enough for enjoying 720p video. The display has a built-in mono speaker; its sound wasn't terrible, but the lack of stereo sound may disappoint some. The touch screen is intended to be navigated primarily with a stylus—the same model found on the Motion Computing CL900 but fingers will work just as well, if not with the same precision. Unfortunately, the new Stylistic Q550 still has one of the few failings seen in the previous modelno place to stow the stylus.
On the back side of the Q550 you'll find a user-accessible battery. Whereas most tablet PCs seal the battery into the chassis, the battery of the Q550 can be removed, replaced, and even swapped out during use.
Along the edges of the tablet you'll find a physical on/off switch, a dedicated Ctrl-Alt-Del button, and a button that rotates the screen display—something the Q550 doesn't do automatically when you rotate the tablet. You'll also find security options like a fingerprint scanner on the back of the tablet, a SmartCard reader on the edge of the chassis, and an embedded Trusted Platform Module (TPM). A single USB 2.0 port and a full-size HDMI output provide some flexibility in connecting peripherals and external displays, and a docking port lets you connect to a Fujitsu brand dock .
Wireless connectivity has been enhanced for this model; a Gobi 3000
wireless broadband module supplements the basic 802.11n Wi-Fi and
Bluetooth 3.0. Also inside the tablet is a 62GB solid-state drive (SSD),
and although it's fast, you may want to bolster that storage with an SD
card. The integrated SD card reader will accommodate cards up to 32GB
in capacity, increasing the storage space by more than half. The Q550 is
also relatively free of bloatware, with only a few tablet-specific
utilities and Microsoft Office Starter 2010. Fujitsu covers the
Stylistic Q550 with a one-year warranty, but that can be extended to two
or three years respectively).
Performance
This Stylistic Q550 is equipped with a 1.7GHz Intel Atom Z690 processor, a step up from the 1.5GHz Atom Z670 found in both the previous Q550 and the Motion Computing CL900 . In our CineBench R11.5 rendering test, which serves as our processor speed benchmark, the Stylistic Q550 (Intel Atom Z690) scored 0.19, a slight edge ahead of the previous Q550 (0.18), but still not matching the 0.22 scored by both the CL900 and the ViewSonic ViewPad 10pro 2007 battery-life tests, the tablet's overall battery life dropped to 7 hours 8 minutes, down from the 7:42 of the older Fujitsu. Despite this drop in battery life, the Q550 still offers better all-day endurance than the ViewPad 10pro , which only managed 4:27
.
The 10.1-inch touch screen offers 400 nits of brightness and 1,280-by-800 resolution, which is enough for enjoying 720p video. The display has a built-in mono speaker; its sound wasn't terrible, but the lack of stereo sound may disappoint some. The touch screen is intended to be navigated primarily with a stylus—the same model found on the Motion Computing CL900 but fingers will work just as well, if not with the same precision. Unfortunately, the new Stylistic Q550 still has one of the few failings seen in the previous modelno place to stow the stylus.
On the back side of the Q550 you'll find a user-accessible battery. Whereas most tablet PCs seal the battery into the chassis, the battery of the Q550 can be removed, replaced, and even swapped out during use.
Along the edges of the tablet you'll find a physical on/off switch, a dedicated Ctrl-Alt-Del button, and a button that rotates the screen display—something the Q550 doesn't do automatically when you rotate the tablet. You'll also find security options like a fingerprint scanner on the back of the tablet, a SmartCard reader on the edge of the chassis, and an embedded Trusted Platform Module (TPM). A single USB 2.0 port and a full-size HDMI output provide some flexibility in connecting peripherals and external displays, and a docking port lets you connect to a Fujitsu brand dock .
Performance
This Stylistic Q550 is equipped with a 1.7GHz Intel Atom Z690 processor, a step up from the 1.5GHz Atom Z670 found in both the previous Q550 and the Motion Computing CL900 . In our CineBench R11.5 rendering test, which serves as our processor speed benchmark, the Stylistic Q550 (Intel Atom Z690) scored 0.19, a slight edge ahead of the previous Q550 (0.18), but still not matching the 0.22 scored by both the CL900 and the ViewSonic ViewPad 10pro 2007 battery-life tests, the tablet's overall battery life dropped to 7 hours 8 minutes, down from the 7:42 of the older Fujitsu. Despite this drop in battery life, the Q550 still offers better all-day endurance than the ViewPad 10pro , which only managed 4:27
.
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