Mobile PhonesFujitsu named Japan's futuristic new LOOX F-07C is designed to function as both a smartphone and a mini-tablet, packing Symbian and Windows 7.Hang in a minute! Windows 7? Lest the shock of a double-starts mobile devices makes confusion to set in, we're not talking about Windows 7 Phone.
It has been made official that a Fujitsu dual-booting the phone running both Symbian and Windows 7 will be launched later this year. Dual-booting devices is a rarity in itself, but Fujitsu LOOX F-07C seems to be one of a kind device running the odd combination of operating systems. While Symbian may have some life left in it even more obvious choice for a dual-booting the device would be Android, despite everything, there is a dual-boot Windows / Android device on the market in the form of ViewSonic's ViewPad 10 Running Windows 7 over Windows 7 Phone seems to be an indication that the point of this unit is to provide an apparatus that can function as a phone and a laptop rather than one that offers a smorgasbord of mobile operating systems. If the thought of having a phone that can switch between Windows and Symbian is not appealing when it is at least pretty good spec'd.
No, this baby crams in 32-bit Japanese version of Windows 7 Home Premium, Engadget reports.
Internal storage comes in the form of a 32GB SSD drive and there is also support for a microSD card to expand memory.
How bizarre that OMC put it back in 1996.The original spec list mentions a 1.2 GHz Atom processor, so it would certainly have a good go to run Microsoft's latest operating system, albeit with some processor-intensive functions such as Full HD Playback missing.
It is of course a slide-out QWERTY keyboard that should make things easier when you use the two-year licence for Microsoft Office Personal 2010.
The unnamed chip is unlikely to be Intel's new Z760, which will run at 1.5 GHz.
The two operating systems represent two different modes.
The 2 cm thick phone has a beautiful 4-inch touch screen pimping a 1024 X600 pixel resolution (only slightly higher than the 16:9 widescreen) and a slide-out keyboard.
When the mobile phone mode phone will use Symbian and can deliver a battery life of 370 minutes of talk time on 3G.
Early video of the device shows it sits in a USB docking station, which means it can be used as a desktop replacement on a push
When in this mode, Windows 7 drops to a much lower 2 hours, and when the battery gets low the device automatically goes back to Symbian.
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This original phone will launch with NTT DoCoMo around June / July and is expected to cost around ¥ 70,000 ($ 866).
It may end up permanently attached to the pier on its specifications are to be believed - in Windows 7 mode has a 2-hour battery life
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Apparently it goes for the Symbian phone when the battery is low
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We believe consumers will spend much time with the Nokia's one-time best friend
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It features two cameras - a 5-megapixel snapper with face detection and autofocus, and a 0.3-megapixel efforts for video calls
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It takes a microSD card up to 32GB
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With a June or July launch date, converts it expected the price to around £ 540
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Whether it ever leaves Japan is another matter
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We have already seen some interesting concepts from Fujitsu, but no British market for phones
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On a practical note, we are not convinced sticking a full-fledged version of Windows on a smart phone is such a live, active move
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Why not drop the dual-boot shenanigans, throw out Symbian and load it up with Windows phone instead? Or better yet, Android?
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