Review of the Fujitsu Stylistic ST5032 Tablet PC

The first thing we noticed when we got our hands on the Fujitsu Stylistic ST5032 Tablet PC was how little it weighed. It’s one of the lightest around, weighing in at a mere 1.6kg it’s perfectly mobile. The dominating 12.1 inch XGA TFT screen is surrounded by a smart titanium and black design. It’s nice that it looks as expensive as it actually is. The Stylistic ST comes with a wireless keyboard, transforming it into a full desktop PC when docked on, and surprisingly, it still looks good. It’s pleasing dimensions are 12.76in width, 8.66in depth and 0.98in height. It is perfect for perching on the display of the exercise bike whilst sending those important early morning or late night emails. There is an SD slot for extra memory allowance and 6 quick launch buttons for applications and security control.

The great features list reinforced the great impression that the Stylistic ST provided with its design. It has the latest Intel 915GM chipset and DDR2 memory modules and 512 MB SDRAM memory. We were pleased to learn that it also has the Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900. You’ll want to get wireless at home and hope that your favourite jaunts already have it installed, as the Stylistic ST offers wireless connectivity and is Bluetooth enabled too. The native screen resolution is 1024x768, and with a transmissive outdoor display you can use it indoors and outdoors without any problems. For the security conscious amongst you - the myriad security features will excite you, they include BIOS lock, Hard Disk Lock, Stylistic Lock, Anti-Theft Lock Slot, Smart Card, Trusted Platform Module, Fingerprint Sensor for the fingerprint recognition technology (Fort Knocks seems like a burglar‘s dream in comparison). Audio is competently covered by SigmaTel audio. The included software spec is great for the price, with Microsoft Experience Pack for Tablet PC, Fujitsu Hardware Diagnostic Tool, Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0, Fujitsu Update Navi and Acronis True Image. The software CD ROM that’s included provides you with Norman Virus Control and Norman Personal Firewall for that bit of added security (like you really need it!).

After a quick play with the Stylistic ST notebook using the wireless network we linked up to the internet at the gym and at home and sent a few emails without any problems. The thin design makes it awesome for the gym, being so light-weight was a bonus too, especially for a busy day on foot. We used it outdoors without any problems, the screen is completely competent. The 1024x768 native screen resolution is low for the price but it didn’t put the dampers on its performance. The fingerprint recognition was fun to set up and easy to use, it was probably one of our favourite features. When requesting certain actions the Stylistic ST was slow to respond, we put this down to the Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 using system RAM.