Mobile

This Smell-O-Vision Flip Phone Stinks Of Something Awful

You know phones? Those functional communication and content-deliver devices that we carry around in our wallets and purses and use our mouths to speak into and fingers to poke at? You know what they need? A fragrance chip. To smell pretty. Apparently.


May 13, 2011
Computing

Folding Your Laptop In Half Is Passe; Fold This Thing In Quarters

Look, this Fujitsu hybrid notebook/tablet is years and years away from existing. And by then, will we use the notebook form factor at all? Who knows, but I love this flexible, folding screen, which avoids a distracting middle hinge.


April 22, 2011
Computing

Fujitsu Laptops Replace Optical Drive With Something Useless

I can’t remember the last time I put a disc in my laptop. Maybe an old mix CD. The world’s moving on from physical media! Great! But how about replacing that slot with something useful, and not a pico projector?


April 19, 2011
Computing

World’s Smallest Vein Sensor For Secure Access To Laptops

Instead of scanning fingerprints to determine a person is who they say they are (unless they’re holding someone’s dismembered finger, naturally), Fujitsu’s vein sensor does the job… only in a much smaller device, measuring just 29mm wide, 11.2mm tall and 29mm thick.


October 7, 2010
Mobile

Watch Fujitsu’s Dual Touchscreen Transformer Phone In Action

Over at CEATEC, Fujitsu’s showing off a snazzy dual touchscreen smartphone with a hinge that allows them to stack vertically or horizontally. And the most exciting part? They’ve let UI wizards The Astonishing Tribe loose to make the software. Watch.


September 14, 2010
Science

Real Wireless Charging Will Arrive By 2012, Fujitsu Claims

We’ve seen wireless chargers over the years, but like PowerMat’s Portable 2x model, batteries for the dock and swappable-batteries for the actual gadgets are still required. Fujitsu’s looking beyond all that with their “magnetic resonance” technology. No wires! No batteries!


July 26, 2010
Computing

Fujitsu Lifebook Tablet Supports Both Pen And Finger Multitouch

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Fujitsu has been making Lifebook tablets for years. But with the introduction of the iPad and the rise and rise of finger-based input, it’s good to see that their latest machines support both stylus and finger multitouch control.


July 12, 2010
Mobile

Fujitsu The Latest To Jump On Android Smartphone Bandwagon

Fujitsu, former iPad trademark owner and soft-spoken tech manufacturer, is jumping into the Android smartphone game. It will be the company’s first smartphone since it stopped selling the multifaceted devices back in 2007.


May 13, 2010
Computing

Fujitsu’s All-In-One 3D PC Has Dual Cameras For 3D MSN Video Chat

It’s destined to become Fujitsu’s flagship PC this year (at least in Japan), and while full specs weren’t available what we do know about this all-in-one is that it requires passive glasses and has dual cameras for capturing 3D video.


March 27, 2010

Apple Now Owns “iPad” Entirely

Maybe Steve Jobs had coffee with Fujitsu’s CEO too: They’ve given the “iPad” trademark to Apple. After the iPad event, making the name official, a confused Fujitsu claimed the name “iPad” was still very much theirs. Not anymore.