OREANDA-NEWS. June 06, 2011. Fujitsu today announced the North American availability of the STYLISTIC(R) Q550 slate PC, a 1.7-pound Windows(R)-based tablet PC designed for creating and consuming content. The STYLISTIC Q550 is distinguished as a business-class slate PC with its suite of stringent security features, seamless interoperability in business, healthcare, government, and educational environments, and appeal of using any of the more than four million available Windows apps. The STYLISTIC Q550 features the Intel(R) Atom(TM) processor Z670 that is purposefully built for tablets and offers longer battery life, enhanced performance, and new features. Mobile professionals and students alike will enjoy its brilliantly bright 10.1" wide display with precise and pressure-sensitive digital pen input plus a touch screen for multi-touch input. The STYLISTIC Q550 slate PC, available through the Fujitsu website (www.shopfujitsu.com) and all Fujitsu channels, is priced starting at USD 729(1).

 "There should be no market confusion that the STYLISTIC Q550 slate PC is designed for the enterprise market," said Bob O'Donnell, program vice president, IDC. "Businesses and vertical industries want Windows-based slate PCs in order to remove adoption barriers such as security and easy mass deployment and manageability, as well as current application compatibility."

Key Features:

Exceptionally bright (400 NIT) 10.1" wide XGA LED backlit IPS anti-glare display. Great for collaboration and viewing in all types of environments, including outdoors.
Display supports both digital pen input and capacitive multi-touch for intuitive input. Automatically recognizes when users are working with a pen, allowing them to rest their hand on the screen when writing. Built-in handwriting recognition software converts input to text. When the pen is not in use, the slate PC automatically readjusts to a touch interface.
Over 8 hours with a four-cell battery. With its quick-swap battery, quickly replace the battery for those marathon shifts.
Advanced security features including biometric fingerprint sensor for quickly logging onto online accounts, integrated SmartCard reader slot, full disk encryption, and embedded Trusted Platform Module (TPM)(2)
Built-tough! MIL-STD-810G tested meeting nine military standard tests for various demanding environmental conditions including transit drop, dust, functional shock and high temperature(3).
Optional integrated 3G mobile broadband support (available Aug. 2011) to stay connected, whenever and wherever. Support provided for UMTS and EVDO from a single SKU.
Front-facing and rear-facing webcams with complementing dual microphones for video conferencing
Integrated HDMI port for connecting to an external monitor or HDTV for sharper images, or to a projector for broad audience communication and collaboration
USB port for sharing information or connecting a printer, external hard drive or external optical drive
Extremely light; starting at 1.7 pounds.