Ultraportable laptop with SIM card/UMTS functionality
Feb 26, 2007, 2:02 am
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Ultraportable laptop with SIM card/UMTS functionality
Hello everybody-- I'm in the market for a new ultraportable to replace my Dell D400 Latitude (which I've come to love like a son but have to replace due to the fact that the 1.4ghz Pentium M processor with 512MB memory and a 30GB hard drive doesn't work as fast or efficiently as I need to those days).
What I'm looking at is the D420, Vaio SZ, Lenovo X60s, and Fujitsu Q2010.
I am mostly Europe-based so WWAN functionality isn't important to me. What I would prefer is something like the Q2010 offers--the chance to slip in a SIM card and allow it to wirelessly hook up with UMTS networks here in Italy.
Is the Q2010 the only laptop that offers this, or are there others?
What matters to me the most is the weight, performance, and looks (battery life not as much so)
I appreciate any tips/recommendations from the experienced crew here! Thanks
What I'm looking at is the D420, Vaio SZ, Lenovo X60s, and Fujitsu Q2010.
I am mostly Europe-based so WWAN functionality isn't important to me. What I would prefer is something like the Q2010 offers--the chance to slip in a SIM card and allow it to wirelessly hook up with UMTS networks here in Italy.
Is the Q2010 the only laptop that offers this, or are there others?
What matters to me the most is the weight, performance, and looks (battery life not as much so)
I appreciate any tips/recommendations from the experienced crew here! Thanks
Feb 26, 2007, 6:40 am
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Feb 26, 2007, 6:53 am
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TOO ultraportable!
To me the absolute minimum is a 12 inch screen (that's why the Vaio TX is not under consideration)
If, as it appears, the Q2010 is the only one in this category with this functionality, I'm not going to buy it over the others just because of it. I can simply use my Treo 750 with PDANet hooked up as a wireless UMTS/HSDPA modem. It's just a little bit more trouble.
The reason is because the high price tag and cramped keyboard of the Q2010 is scaring me off.
I'll more likely opt for a D420, a SZ, or the Lenovo x60s.
Am I on the right track here or did I miss something else in this category?
Thanks
If, as it appears, the Q2010 is the only one in this category with this functionality, I'm not going to buy it over the others just because of it. I can simply use my Treo 750 with PDANet hooked up as a wireless UMTS/HSDPA modem. It's just a little bit more trouble.
The reason is because the high price tag and cramped keyboard of the Q2010 is scaring me off.
I'll more likely opt for a D420, a SZ, or the Lenovo x60s.
Am I on the right track here or did I miss something else in this category?
Thanks
Feb 26, 2007, 10:55 am
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 545
Get a Panasonic Y5 - the European version. Has a 14" screen and core 1.6Ghz Duo CPU at just 3.4 lbs.
The Euro/US version comes with WWAN but has a DVD-reader/CD-writer, whereas the Japanese version has no WWAN, but includes a full DVD-writer. Why they did this, I have no idea.
I can vouch for these things, they are fantastic. Really well built, although not cheap. I have had the Japanese version of their W5 (12" screen at 2.64 lbs) for a while and just sold it to get the Y5 instead because of the bigger screen.
I would have recommended that to you but the W5 has a 1.2 Ghx core solo, which would not be faster than what you have.
You can contact them and find out where their vendors are in Italy.
http://www.toughbook-europe.com/ENG/2153.aspx
http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebo...hBook-CF-Y5/p1
http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebo...hBook-CF-W5/p1
http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebo...-ToughBooks/p1
The Euro/US version comes with WWAN but has a DVD-reader/CD-writer, whereas the Japanese version has no WWAN, but includes a full DVD-writer. Why they did this, I have no idea.
I can vouch for these things, they are fantastic. Really well built, although not cheap. I have had the Japanese version of their W5 (12" screen at 2.64 lbs) for a while and just sold it to get the Y5 instead because of the bigger screen.
I would have recommended that to you but the W5 has a 1.2 Ghx core solo, which would not be faster than what you have.
You can contact them and find out where their vendors are in Italy.
http://www.toughbook-europe.com/ENG/2153.aspx
http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebo...hBook-CF-Y5/p1
http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebo...hBook-CF-W5/p1
http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebo...-ToughBooks/p1