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Page 2 of 4 Battery and Connectivity: The battery in the U1010 is a 2-cell Lithium Ion job packed with a reasonable (for its size) 2600mAh of power which Fujitsu claim will keep this running for up to 3 hours. With normal usage, such as wireless on, actually using some programs every now and then, we find closer to 2 hours to be more accurate, longer of course if everything’s turned off and you’re not actually planning on using the notebook to do anything. A 4-cell 5200mAh battery is available as an option, but this will stick out the back and increase the size of the notebook a fair bit. It will however give you at least 4 hours of battery life, possibly more. Connectivity: Connectivity is surprisingly good for such a small notebook, there’s all the usual inclusions you’d expect on any current-day notebook, including Wireless-G networking included as standard, not quite as nice as having Wireless-N capability, but with this thing’s processing power it probably couldn’t make use of it anyway. The other basics are all there, Bluetooth, USB (one port only), Audio in and out (headphone, microphone), RJ45 LAN and External VGA (both via dongle out the front of the notebook) and flash card readers for both Compact Flash and Secure Digital cards. So it has everything you NEED, but really nothing extra. Side Ports (left) - Power, SD Card, Volume, Audio In/Out  . Side Ports (Right) Compact Flash Card, Power Button, USB Port (hidden)  . Dongle Attatched for RJ45 LAN and External VGA  A very basic webcam (0.3MegaPixel) is included and built in to the screen, along with a built in digital microphone, and a built in speaker of course, so video calls and web conferencing are made easy. Good thing too, as an aftermarket webcam clinging onto the screen would almost be bigger than the notebook itself. 3.5G: One of the U1010’s trump card’s against its competitors is the inclusion of 3.5G broadband connectivity built in. All you do it pop in your 3.5G/HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) capable SIM card from your mobile provider in the back on the notebook and you can have broadband speed anywhere you can find 3.5G coverage. The U1010 should work with just about any 3.5G network in the world, with Tri-band UMTS (HSDPA) support (850, 1900 and 2100MHz) as well as Quad-Band EDGE/GPRS/GSM support (850/900/1800/1900MHz). However the SIM and network must be 3.5G compatible and enabled, my Australian Vodafone 3G SIM would not work at all in any fashion in the U1010. Fujitsu claim access speeds of 3.6Mbps when connecting to a 3.5G broadband provider, and it seems like Telstra is the only Australian network compatible with this service right now, at least on the U1010, I’ll happily be proven wrong on this though if someone out there has more information on the subject.
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