Display Capabilities

Benefits

Breakthrough Color

The Stylistic 2300 is the first pen tablet to offer truly portable outdoor and indoor color, and features a sharp TFT display for high performance color presentations.

SVGA 800 x 600 Resolution

New to the Stylistic line is support for Super VGA (SVGA) 800 x 600 resolution, making it ideal for use in applications that require high information density and complete compatibility with desktop systems. This means the same information-rich applications that run on enterprise desktops and laptops can now run on a pen tablet.

Simultaneous External Monitor

The Stylistic 2300 supports simultaneous use of the unit's LCD and an external monitor, ideal for presentations and training. The video chipset supports external resolutions up to 1024 x 768 (XGA) with 65,536 colors, enabling easy desktop integration.

Panning

The Stylistic 2300's SVGA display can be panned (scrolled) across a larger XGA (1024 x 768) image, simply by touching the pen to the edge of the display. This allows programs written to run on higher-resolution displays to run without difficulty on the Stylistic 2300.

Zoomed Video

The Stylistic 2300 is one of the few pen tablets to offer Zoomed Video (ZV). By streaming video directly from a PC Card to the graphics controller, the audio controller and the frame buffer, ZV eliminates the need to send video and audio data through the CPU or system bus. This simple and effective method uses the well-defined PCMCIA mechanical standard to bring full-motion video (at 30 frames per second) into the portable environment.

CPU, Memory
and Storage

Benefits

233 MHz Pentium MMX Processor

The Stylistic 2300 features a 233 MHz Intel Pentium MMX processor with a 32 KB internal (L1) cache and 512 KB Level 2 (L2) cache, delivering midrange notebook performance in a pen tablet. This power enables the Stylistic 2300 to keep pace with even the most demanding enterprise and multimedia applications.

Expandable Memory

The Stylistic 2300 features 32 MB of high-performance SDRAM memory to meet the demands of Windows 95, 98 and NT. Maximum memory capacity is 96 MB, enabling the Stylistic 2300 to easily handle memory-hungry applications, such as mapping and voice recognition.

MCM Technology

Using a mere 30% of the board space required by conventional packaging, Fujitsu's state-of-the-art Multichip Module (MCM) technology enables higher chip density in a smaller space and more efficient thermal design. This improves heat dissipation and performance while controlling weight in a compact form factor. The Stylistic 2300's MCM includes the CPU, half of the core logic chipset, and the L2 cache.

Large Capacity Hard Disk Drive

The Stylistic 2300 uses an internal 2.5" Ultra ATA hard disk with 4.1 GB capacity. This massive storage capacity makes it possible for the Stylistic 2300 to keep pace with the growing size of enterprise applications, such as remote database software, mapping, and multimedia presentations.

Shock-Mounted Hard Drive

The hard disk in the Stylistic 2300 is shock-mounted, using exclusive technology developed by Fujitsu. The shock mounts extend the shock and vibration resistance of the 2.5" hard disk up to six times that of a standard notebook's hard drive. Since the hard disk is the most sensitive component in the entire system, this significantly increases the overall ruggedness and reliability of the Stylistic 2300.

Ergonomic Features

Benefits

Pen Tablet Form-Factor

The Stylistic 2300's handheld form-factor and light weight make it ideal for "on-the-spot" decision support applications. It delivers the same level of computing power and flexibility as a laptop, but in a form-factor suitable for use while walking or standing. The Stylistic 2300 pen tablet offers far greater power, flexibility and standards support than any other type of handheld, enabling it to fit seamlessly into enterprise infrastructures.

Case Design

The Stylistic 2300's case is designed to be held by either right-handed or left-handed users. The edges of the case are rounded; there is sufficient margin around the display to provide a comfortable grip area; and the Lexan plastic is textured to make it easier to hold.

When individual peripherals (such as keyboard and monitor) are attached to the Stylistic 2300, the cables are easy to manage because the majority of ports have been placed on one end of the system. All the doors on the Stylistic 2300 are thoughtfully designed. For example, the spring-loaded PC Card shutter doors can be left open or closed by the user, depending on frequency of access.

The fourth generation in the Stylistic line, its proven mechanical design helps make it among the most reliable pen tablets ever produced.

Size and Weight

The Stylistic 2300 is designed with handheld use in mind. The size and weight of the unit are optimized to put maximum capacity in the smallest and lightest package possible. The dimensions of the unit are 11.1 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches (283 x 188 x 41 mm); the unit weighs approximately 3.9 lbs. (1.8 Kg) in a standard configuration, including battery pack.

User Interface

Benefits

Hot Pads and
Status Display

FPSI's custom pen-sensitive hot pads on the Stylistic 2300 enable the user to adjust common settings with a tap of the pen. The use of hot pads eliminates any mechanical controls on the unit, resulting in increased reliability. The Stylistic 2300's hot pads include display contrast and brightness, speaker on/off and volume, monitor settings and a programmable hot pad. A convenient LCD status display indicates power status, DC input, battery charge level, charging status, HDD access and PC Card slot activity.

Rugged Stylus

The Stylistic 2300 features the same rugged stylus as Fujitsu's industry-leading Stylistic 1200. The metal-barreled pen offers durability and a superior feel over plastic competitors, and its standard AAAA battery delivers an impressive 1.5-year average life span.

High-Performance Active Digitizer

The tablet's high-performance electromagnetic digitizer provides familiar mouse-like cursor movement, while its 133 points-per-second sample rate and 1016 points per inch (0.025 mm) resolution deliver unbeatable handwriting recognition, responsiveness and accuracy.

Integrated Audio

The Stylistic 2300 enables audio applications with its internal microphone and speaker, or by attaching an external microphone or headphones to the unit's built-in audio jacks. Integrated audio allows voice recognition and the ability to record and play back voice annotations (for example, in a customer record). All audio circuitry supports full duplex sound and is Sound Blaster^® Pro compatible.

Battery and Power
Management

Benefits

Advanced Power and Heat Management

The Stylistic 2300 employs a multi-level approach to achieve power and heat management that is unsurpassed in the industry. The key building blocks include the excellent processor power management capability provided by Intel's 430TX chipset and the complete implementation of APM 1.2 in the Stylistic 2300's BIOS.

The Stylistic 2300 includes FPSI's custom PM Setup, an easy-to-use utility that allows the user to control power management features, while VARs and systems integrators are able to optimize their applications for performance and battery life. The result is a customizable system that offers both blazing performance and long battery life.

ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) 1.0 is also supported on the Stylistic 2300 under Windows 98. ACPI is the very latest power management standard created by Microsoft, Intel and Toshiba. ACPI, which supercedes APM, allows the operating system (and hence the application) to gain complete control over power management, thus reducing dependency on hardware-specific BIOS implementations. Fujitsu Personal Systems is the first pen tablet vendor to support ACPI.

Lithium Ion Battery

An advanced lithium ion battery delivers 4500 mAh, enabling the Stylistic 2300 to offer up to 5 hours of continuous use (application and display dependent) and up to 10 days of suspended operation. One of the key benefits of lithium ion is the lack of any memory effect - the user never has to fully discharge the battery before recharging.

Internal Bridge Battery

An integrated, internal bridge battery allows warm-swapping of the main battery without rebooting the system or losing data in memory.

Connectivity

Benefits

Built-in 56 Kbps V.90 Modem for U.S. and Canada

Physically integrated into the Stylistic 2300, this 56K V.90 modem provides greater reliability and durability than a PC Card modem. An extra PC Card slot is freed up for other peripherals, enhancing the computer's flexibility. The integrated RJ-11 phone jack is far more convenient, reliable, and durable than a dongle.

"Radio-Ready"

The Stylistic 2300 has been designed to provide an optimum environment for the use of PC Card WAN radios. This "Radio-Ready" capability ensures that the customer's chosen radio will not interfere with the operation of the computer in any way, and that the computer will not interfere with the radio. This increases radio range by allowing the reception of weaker signals.

Simple Expansion

The Stylistic 2300 features two stacked Type-II PC Card 3.0 (CardBus) slots (also supporting one Type-III PC Card) for the easy addition of Zoomed Video, GPS receiver, network interface or other PC Cards.

IrDA Port

The Stylistic 2300's integrated FIR (IrDA 1.1) port supports point-and-shoot infrared printing and connectivity with other IrDA devices at an impressive 4 Mbps speed.

Universal Connectivity

The Stylistic 2300 includes the newest industry standards as well as legacy interfaces for the widest connectivity practicable. Providing outstanding flexibility in real-world applications, the Stylistic 2300 is capable of being connected to everything likely to be used with a portable computer. The connectivity includes PCMCIA (CardBus), IrDA, two full RS-232 serial ports, external monitor port, parallel port, Sound Blaster Pro-compatible audio system (incorporating an internal microphone and speaker, microphone and headphone jacks, and two line-in/line-out jacks), keyboard port, mouse port, USB port, floppy drive port, high-usage docking contacts and a connector to the unit's port replicator. Rated for 100,000 insertions and removals, the docking contacts ensure reliable connections through years of use with custom docking solutions.

Port Replicator

The Stylistic 2300's port replicator allows a wide variety of desktop peripherals to be connected to the unit in seconds. Similar in concept to a docking station, the port replicator for the Stylistic 2300 enables single-motion, drop-in connectivity for all of the ports listed above.

System Software

Benefits

32-Bit and 16-Bit Pen Support

FPSI was the first pen tablet vendor to provide 32-bit Windows pen support, and is the only pen tablet vendor to provide both 32-bit and 16-bit pen support. Using the Stylistic 2300 with Communication Intelligence Corporation's (CIC) PenX 1.51 32-bit pen extensions, companies have a single enterprise standard for 32-bit pen support consistent from Windows 95 to 98 to NT. Microsoft's Pen Services 2.0 and CIC's HRS 5.05 ship with the Stylistic 2300 for 16-bit pen support in Windows 95 and 98.

Having both 32-bit and 16-bit pen support available allows companies to retain their 16-bit applications investment and migrate easily to 32-bit. Other benefits of FPSI's 32-bit pen support include the ability to create powerful new pen-based enterprise applications, full enabling of the pen (including handwriting recognition) and the ability to move mission-critical pen applications to Windows NT.

Windows NT

The Stylistic 2300 runs Microsoft's Windows NT Workstation 4.0 operating system, marking Windows NT's farthest penetration into the remote workplace. With Windows NT, the Stylistic 2300 allows companies to standardize throughout the enterprise on 32-bit applications; offers superior stability, security and administration capabilities; and includes power management support and enhanced PC Card compatibility.

Operating Systems and Compatibility

The Stylistic 2300 has earned the "Designed for Windows NT and Windows 98" logo, the benchmark for Windows compatibility. FPSI provides three different operating systems to meet nearly any requirement: Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Windows 98 and Windows 95. The ability to select from three operating systems (OS) provides companies considerable flexibility in both matching enterprise OS standards, and in upgrading to the next level as standards change.

Handwriting Recognizer

The Stylistic 2300 includes both 32-bit and 16-bit handwriting recognizers. Either recognizer can easily be replaced with any of a variety of other handwriting recognizers - including cursive (script) recognizers - available from other vendors. This provides the VAR or systems integrator with a high degree of flexibility in configuring custom applications.

Customization
and Options

Benefits

Product Customization

FPSI bundles the following applications and utilities as part of its standard toolbox for VAR, systems integrator or IT customization to broaden configurability of the Stylistic 2300:

• PM Setup, a Windows utility for setting BIOS power management features without rebooting
• Windows DLL and library file for setting BIOS options (including power management), which allow custom applications to directly change the system configuration
• Windows DLL and library for the programmable hot pad
• FPSI Pen Control Panel Application, a Windows utility that allows switching between 16-bit and 32-bit pen support "on the fly," or enabling just mouse emulation without handwriting recognition
• MFG2300, an MS-DOS utility that allows a VAR or systems integrator to automate the process of configuring large numbers of systems during the preparation for large rollouts.

Wide Range of Accessories and Peripherals

The Stylistic 2300 offers a broad selection of options and accessories. These add-ons significantly increase the flexibility of the Stylistic 2300, allowing it to meet a wider range of application requirements.

Options and accessories include: 32 MB and 64 MB SDRAM upgrade modules, auto adapter for power from the vehicle cigarette lighter, external battery charger, external floppy disk drive, bar code wand with integrated stylus holder, nylon slip case, combination case for tablet with keyboard, harsh environment case, port replicator, low-power keyboard, adjustable folding desk stand, hand strap, pen tether, screen protector, and spare pens, batteries, and AC adapters.

Warranties

The Stylistic 2300 comes with a 3-year limited warranty. The unit is offered with an optional display damage service plan that provides up to two screen replacements per year resulting from accidental damage. These warranties can significantly reduce the total cost of ownership.