On January 14, Fujitsu will begin selling a 990g (2.18 lbs) Tablet PC named, LOOX P70R. The price will not be set but is expected to sell for around 230,000 yen.

Fujitsu has announced a number of new Tablet PCs. There are two new models in the "Lifebook" series, and three new models in the "Stylistic" series.

A pretty nice system unveiled by Fujitsu at the "Fujitsu Forum 2005" incorporates a technique called "Time Difference of Arrival" to calculate the position of objects in a closed environment. So, you'll be able to pinpoint the location of a wireless LAN card (and thus computer, and thus person) with an accuracy of 1 to 4 meters. This is o­n par with similar triangulation systems offered by GPS and PHS.

Three Fujitsu companies have gotten together to deliver the world's first flexible colour e-paper that doesn't lose its display when switched off. Woohoo!

Fujitsu Automation has announced their "HOAP-3" humanoid robot. It looks to be pretty compact with a 60cm height. Additions to this version include image recognition and some various sensors. I also didn't realize the thing has a Pentium M processor and runs Linux, and Fujitsu Automation even publicizes the internal interface info...this thing would be a homebrew delight!

Fujitsu is gearing up to release o­ne of the most powerful A/V desktop PCs ever released -- the TX90L/D is the first desktop to support the direct recording of terrestrial digital broadcasts, including 1080i HDTV broadcasts. I might also mention it has a 32" widescreen LCD.

Fujitsu has announced they'll be selling their LCD unit to Sharp. Though the details of the sale are yet to become known, o­ne thing is evident: I didn't even know Fujitsu made LCDs.

A Japanese company called Morisawa has teamed up with Fujitsu Labs to invent a new product called "KeiType." I'll summarize by just saying they're vectorized Japanese fonts, but I think in real life, things are much more complicated.

Some new batteries from Fujitsu with improved high-current performance. Knock yourself out!

A new range of tablet PCs from Fujitsu. Three models will be available - the "FMV-STYLISTIC TB11/B" and "FMV-STYLISTIC TB11/S", which have a number of security functions including a fingerprint sensor, and the "FMV-STYLISTIC TB11/R", which has a reflective TFT screen for improved viewing outdoors.

A new business notebook from Fujitsu that is unremarkable except for the fact that it can be ordered with the world's first implementation of an internal reader/writer for FeliCA contactless IC cards.

Update 10/14: Added an unnecessarily large image. -zmcnulty

What is MO?

Now that you know, this 640MB MO drive has the world's fastest rotation speed, at 6,551rpm.

Fujitsu Ten*, which I suppose is Fujitsu's venture into the car equipment market, has announced a new navigation system today with this quite comical "host."

More details inside.

*Though I can't find the full name written in Kanji anywhere o­n the official site, this "ten" is likely from "unten," meaning "to drive."
Update: Apparently the "ten" is for "heaven." Sorry! Thanks to sar again for the corrections.

If you've got nearly $9,000 to spare, Fujitsu will send you o­ne of their new "all in o­ne" RFID systems.
They apparently contain everything you need to test out what RFID could do for you.

Nothing really stands out though, unfortunately.
As far as I can tell. Hell, I haven't even read the article yet!

Going back over the article now, a 640 x 480 screen in landscape would be nice, particularly with the integrated 802.11b. Is this sort of thing standard now?

Fujitsu must enjoy coming up with these theoretical technologies, because they certainly put out a lot of them.
Anyway, I believe Nextel in the USA offers something similar to this (a walkie-talkie style option), except that it is o­nly for two people at a time. That, and I believe it's just a glorified cellular protocol, and the functions of the service are integrated into the phone as opposed to Nextel itself. But I could be way off base.
Fujitsu's system uses IP networking (whether it be cellular or wireless LAN), allowing for multiple users to take advantage of the technology at the same time. Since it's packet based...well, you would have to face data charges instead of minute charges. But that's what unlimited packet transfer is for :)
Hopefully this article will explain the technology better than I just did.

It has a 2.2" color QVGA screen, a CF slot, and uses Windows CE.NET as an OS.

I'll leave it to the Japanese to develop standards for device cooperation. They go bananas for this sort of stuff.
Fujitsu's "Task Computing" promises automatic integration of all sorts of devices, automatic function discovery, and minimal input from humans.
Well, I'll believe it when I see it. That's all I have to say.

Fujitsu (Hiroaki Kurokawa CEO) kicked off the sale of the new model Blade type server. The first shipping day is planned for May 27th. The price is set at 460,000 yen for a blade, and 860,000 yen for a chassis.I personally had the chance to see an older model of these blade servers in a business last year. It's amazing how much rack space you can save by using these things.

Not much to say beyond the headline, except that the phone will use the Symbian OS.

Following suit of IBM Japan and NEC, Fujitsu has begun selling used PCs o­n their website.
They are a bit odd in terms of specifications, but Fujitsu is offering some compensation for the certain disabilities the PCs may have. More information inside.

Damn, this is cool. Fujitsu has actually managed to make electronic paper look like a feasible technology. More details (though they are few, for now) and pictures inside.

Personally, I know nothing about Serial ATA, and what makes it so much better than normal ATA. Maybe someone can enlighten me?
Anyway, 2.5" means o­nly o­ne thing: notebooks.

Fujitsu Research presented their new LCD technology, likely aimed at PDAs, which features resolution 3 times higher than anything before it.