Fujitsu Lifebook 2013 Concept Incorporates a Tablet for a Keyboard, Phone and Digital Camera

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  • 17 Jan 2012
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  • How about a revolutionary concept today, instead of the usual rumors and speculations? Prashant Chandra proposes a beautiful Fujitsu laptop concept, that also incorporates a tablet, phone and camera. Dubbed the Lifebook and seen as a concept from 2013, this original unit is what they call a modular device.

    You can detach its camera and use it as a digital camera, detach the tablet and use it as such or attach it and use it as the laptop’s keyboard or touch drawing area. There’s also a phone that you can insert into a special area and I guess that this device incorporates the CPU and storage space used by the laptop. The Fujitsu laptop may be bulky, but it’s still an interesting and original design you might want to keep an eye on.

    I particularly like the idea of having both a tablet and a laptop in a single gadget and connected through a 16 pin docking area. Data is available right away and the device is sensed immediately, also adding some new features to the laptop. I imagine that some virtual game controls will also add to the experience, once they’re displayed on the slate’s screen. Would you buy a Fujitsu modular laptop like this one?

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    • willem

      now google the bento book, somebody isnt as creative as you thought

    • Honest Tea

      SHUT UP AND TAKE MY HOUSE.

    • Mrjman910

       c-c-c-c-combo breaker

    • mjoerke

      Id rather have a windows 8 tablet as the screen and and android phone as the touchpad and the camera in the tablet. i hate “touch” keyboards and would rather have a tangible one thats pretty much a dock for all the connected devices and a massive battery

    • Genraven

      shut up and take my family 

    • Mortimer Perriwinkle

      I like turtles.

    • Wob

      SHUT UP AND SQUEEZE THIS COMMENT IN THE SIDE

    • Wobbbbbb

      9Gag and FunnyJunk both suck.

      Memebase at least has sourcing as to where they got stolen memes from, not to mention a rage comic builder that doesn’t require you to make it, save the picture, upload it to 9Gag and edit the watermark out.

    • Superdude879

      I love how people areew saying that Apple stole the iMac idea. You do realize, that Apple mad the first consumer-available computer, and Windows had come from apple. Not made, but Bill Gates used to work for apple.

    • Superdude879

      Lol android laptops suck BALLZ. They have an android laptop, run by an android phone. Cool idea, but if you like to use a laptop for more than browsing Internet, then NO.

    • Wow

      Ummm your comment would be valid if the Bento Book hadn’t been created for a FUJITSU DESIGN AWARD and already had FUJITSU BRANDING… really people… really…

    • xpL

      It would be better if they leave the physical keyboard alone, and let the attached tablet be the mouse pad.

    • :)

      shut up.

    • benraskull

      Shut up and OH GOD THE SPACE IS TINY!

    • Thatkitty

    • Stewie1991

      O_______O

      MY PRECIOUS!

    • gsimons

      auch there is not enough space

    • Roryb11

      I. WANT.

    • http://www.facebook.com/lilghostgirl Rhiannon Jane River Haell

      SHUT UP AND TAKE MY UNBORN CHILD, no but srs is this legit?

    • Does it even matter

      Your right

    • Stranger .

      yeah , because it would be harder to type :x

    • Andro_zeus

       Uhh… Steve Jobs was the CEO and co-founder of Apple, you idiot. Apple copying something and Steve Jobs copying something is round about the same thing.

    • GGG

      just take all the money i own

    • Headphone Guy

      Apple just lost. I’m saving my money for this.

    • Mark Hinkle

      Here we go as my view on the idea. This is a truly great design that could use some tweaking, but for the most part it finally ties all the gadgets we use together into a single synchronized unit. It’s frustrating to pick up your laptop and then once it powers on to finally realize that what you need it actually on your tablet or vice versa. For the most part this seems like an original inspired idea, yet I have a few qualms with it

      First there are some things that really could be bettered about it that I’m surprised fujitsu didn’t think of. The idea of making the tablet into the screen makes far more sense than what they’ve got, and it would allow the use for a physical keyboard. However I and many people I know prefer larger laptop screens, and tablets really get uncomfortable after they exceed 12″. That why tablets were made-a cross between the size of a phone and laptop with the best features of both. If the tablet were made too big or the laptop too small then the seamless functionality of the design would be shot down. 

      That’s why there should be multiple models like normal computers except for one difference. There could be a netbook family of lifebooks consisting of a standard 11″ screen size that integrates the tablet into the screen, and for higher price you get more HD space and a faster computer. Then there would be a performance family with an increased screen size ranging from 13″-15″-17″ with price and performance increasing each step up. These lifebooks would have the tablet integrated as the keyboard for derping around at home and also have a seperate physical keyboard to plug into that slot for when you need to get sh!t done. I see this as a win-win but I’d like to hear other suggestions.

      As for the phone, the idea of it receding into a small closed off alcove of the computer doesn’t make to much in the sense department. Every other attachment serves a purpose in making the laptop work; the tablet serves as a keyboard, and the camera is a rear facing webcam. So why then does the phone get stashed away? Why not have the phone serve as a multi-touch trackpad instead of the usual touch pad. This coupled with the tablet could make for some seriously fun apps on the computer. And if notifications came through on the phone like texts or calls, then it would be easily identified and taken care of through the laptop, or keeping your work going and answering from the phone.

      There really seems to be no problems with the camera from what I see except for the fact that with suck a protruding lens from the otherwise sleek design it would be a hassle for laptop sleeves and the such. As for computer specifics like processors and likewise it can be mostly inferred. With new tablets and cell phones packing dual-core processors with quads ’round the corner the computer should at least have a combined total of 4 cores (2 in the tablet+ 2 in the phone) if more aren’t added in the shell. Also from the pictures the lifebook seems pretty bulked up so the better be sufficient RAM and Hard Drive space as well as battery life. This is all speculations though so the actual computer will probably be a little less than what I’m expecting.

      Also another issue I’m seeing is that the best idea’s come from the smallest companies. Therefore their OS’s are pretty under budgeted and there for not as refined as Mac or PC. Also the tablet and phone’s app stores will be unknown to developers and have almost no apps on them. That’s why I think that even though this is a good idea the best thing for it is to be *gasp* sold to a larger company with the budget and popularity to pull it off. Sorry fujitsu, just how it is.

    • Brainphreak

      just like to say screw religion :)  

      You are the reason religion sucks too, you are judgemental, you even judge a person based on the device they use :) But I wont judge you, hopefully you grow out of that hehe

      its not better or worse, its just different… if you want a better or worse comparison, look at the specs, the numbers dont lie… if you are technically inclined you will see the pros and cons of iphone or ipad etc. over other devices.. same with mac versus pc… like everything in life there is definite pros and cons and the application is better for some and not others…

      People like an apple product because they like it, easy to use, or maybe found it first, maybe a long line of people, maybe popularity, maybe compatibility with other products, maybe compatibility with the work environment… hundreds or thousands of reasons down to  getting one for free!! hahahaha

      get off your ivory tower :)  

      no offense

    • Brainphreak

      you can build a macbook pro for around 900$? Do you have a store set up? I interested in buying one from you! 

      That my friend is how competition works! … or maybe you cant build one for 900$? probably a lot of overhead I imagine :) and Im guessing you may even want to be paid for the effort… :) However, if you can truly make one for 900$ Im interested!

    • Brainphreak

      Everyone is unoriginal… apple didnt invent electricity either.. yet all these companie sell us televisions and radios which basically just present to us electricity in a different way! how unoriginal… no electronic device has even been original! :)  

      People are ridiculous complaining about apple and lack of originality… maybe you dont understand the definition? look it up… if they were not different, they would not be selling separately than other devices.. they are different in many many ways.. for better or for worse :)  

      As if your PC your using right now was the original inventor and manufacturer of the first PC… haha You are using completely all unoriginal devices, so why pick on apple for doing the same? simple… something to bitch about, like old ladies in the barber shop :)

    • Kurousagishi

      Your interesting if not silly, and you seem to be very loud. Here is an interesting point. You are judgmental and you do judge.
      just like to say screw religion :)

      You are the reason religion sucks too, you are judgemental [sp use Firefox or something with a spell check function.], you even
      judge a person based on the device they use :) But I wont judge you,
      hopefully you grow out of that hehe.” See right there that is funny. I said belief in something, you sad Religion, first off those aren’t the same thing. Secondly to judge something I believe to be a religion is a judgement. You saying screw religion, and then saying I am the reason they suck is a judgement and a poor one again because its not accurate. You called me judgmental, true or not that statement is a judgement as well. So saying you won’t judge me when you did it at least three times is funny. This was my statement against religious people with out a grounded faith, “Comprehensively speaking, still claiming to be Christians, when in the
      Bible the harshest words were for the religious institution of the day.
      Something involving millstones around necks, look it up.” In case you missed it the first time. Lastly you wear your bias on your sleeve and preach at me from one side. Without even paying attention to the point that my statement doesn’t ever say apple. It was a generalized statement for a large audience. in case you missed it here you go. “TL;DR Your blindly accepted religion of popularity or perceived truth, does not make you right, or even the most worthwhile.” I am having trouble seeing what your seeing is judgmental since its not a judgement but a simple if then statement. Hey if I am the reason they suck, I’m not sure I want to know what you could possibly represent. in conclusion. TL;DR It seems as though you are judgmental and possibly could use some help with reading comprehension, seems to be a lack of that nowadays. Oh and your preferences are your own I don’t care, just mentioning their are people out there who treat apple like a religion, one involving Koolaid.

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    • romary

      When fujitsu Released this one, i’ll gonna buy it quickly.!!

    • youdumbasscunts

      INTERNET FIGHT

      What are you gonna do, caps lock the fuck out of each other?

    • GGG

      INTERNET FIGHT

      Would all you stupid internet comment schmucks stop fighting. Just read about the damn nice piece of technological material that is coming out and stop telling each other who’s  OPINIONS are correct….what the fuck are you kiddies going to do anyway, caps lock the fuck out of each other? 

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Yoges-Waran-Pillai/100001737744435 Yoges Waran Pillai

      wow well done fujitsu for  the lifebook

    • Catalinpetre96

      waaa so litle spaceee xD

    • Peidoxa

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    • Yahoo

      this is possible, and many computing companies can do it already. well, we have the technology, its not like we don’t. but the questions is what OS does this Lifebook gonna run/use? cause we talking about putting other parts into something and combine it into a what? android table? tablet PCs. as it show the keyboard is came from a tablet already, so i guess this not gonna to be a just bigger tablet, but something else differently, like a windows or mac(mac is apple. so, its a no)?  apple will not do this, because they got ipad, and imac. and since they don’t even wanna give you a imac that can touchscreen functional. why would they want to do this. cause doing so, is like killing their own products. by the way, it’s just out, the asus padfone is like this one. phone, tablet, and phone into a tablet+keyboard. 

      i think all the computing and electronic companies needs to do right now is to think about the functionality of the products they make now. not just copying each other, actually is not quite considering a copy. i mean a idea is there. just like the car, every car companies can build a car, it just depend on who can build it better. well, no car companies go around and say ” you copy me, you shouldn’t build or make car”. cause then there is only 1 car company in the world. 
      so, idea, idea, idea, how can you turn a idea into a better products, and by better mean. better than the other companies, and a lot different than the other companies. 
      it’s like you have a mac and a itouch, if you can put your itouch into your mac and using it as the mouse or touchpad or trackpad, etc.

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    • Hansen

      This is truely a brilliant concept. I seriously think this is the business tool we have been waiting for.

      Not quite like one of the other posts reads( SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!) but pretty much.
      as a former I.T. Person and now medium size  business owner with full hands on you already have my money in the bank Sirs / Mams.

      Just on thing, make sure the table and docking station has atleast 3 usb ports and onr hdmi.
      quite frankly, wireless connections with periferals a not all the they are made out to be just yet.

      So yes yes yes! lets get on man!

      Thanks,

      Hansen

    • Ako

      SHUT UP AND TAKE MY WIFE!

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    • Masy_mimi_2

      shut up and fuck me entirely

    • hshsoj

      SHUT UP AND TAKE MY F**KING LAPTOP

    • Alexx Kesich

      ATTACK OF THE MEMES!

    • Awesomer

      YOU MAY TAKE MY MONEY BUT NEVER TAKE MY…….oh wtf JUST TAKE MY SOUL!!!!!!!!!

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