Todays Lusty Gadget: Fujitsu LifeBook FMV-U8240 ultra-mobile PC

The Register has a preview of the new Ultra-mobile PC from Fujitsu. It is very, very small, at about 0.5 kilos. Looks fairly usable, though. The major selling point is the reasonable price, at about 9 500 sek (or ¥164,000, £685) for the version with 1 GB of memory. 4 hours of battery life is acceptable. Combined with an extended battery 8 hours should be possible. If the price stays on the same level, I might actually consider replacing my IBM x40 laptop with one of these. I really like the x40, but it weights 1.6 kilo with the extended battery and 1.2 with the standard battery, which only lasts about one hour and thus is pretty useless. This would be half the weight. Ah, the temptations.