As if Fujitsu’s U820 wasn’t interesting enough already, news that it can now be customized and purchased with AT&T BroadbandConnect should be enough to convince you that it’s… uh interesting. Fujitsu’s site gives you two options for packing your U820 with integrated HSDPA — a Vista Home Premium version for $1199, and one with Vista Business for $1499. It looks you’ll be forced to go with the 120GB hard drive if you want the 3G, since neither the 60GB hard drive nor the 64GB SSD are available with the configuration. These little dudes appear to be shipping now: try to contain yourselves.

[Via Pocketables]

At $1,000, Fujitsu’s netbook-esque LifeBook U820 is nothing if not a tough sell, but NotebookReview.com seems to think that the category-defying device will appeal to at least a few folks out there, even if they are aware that they can get a similarly equipped netbook for less than half the price. As you might have guessed, they found the device’s form factor to be its biggest selling point, with them going so far as to describe it as “the smallest and most feature packed mini tablet” they’ve reviewed. They were also especially impressed with the device’s “incredible” battery life (over eight hours in “balanced” mode), and its overall build quality, which certainly seems to be a step above your average netbook or mini tablet. On the downside, it is still basically an average Atom-powered netbook on the inside, which is easy to accept at $300-$500, but a whole other matter when you hit four digits.

Fujitsu has been showing off its LifeBook U2010 netbook / convertible laptop for some time now, but it’s just now getting completely official with it, and it’s taken the opportunity to reveal all five colors we can expect to see the laptop available in. That includes the basic black option we’ve been seeing all along (now called Ocean Black), as well as Pink Gold, Cool Silver, Fuschia Red, and Luminous Blue. Otherwise, the laptop’s specs look to be in line with what we’ve been expecting, including a 1.6GHz Atom processor, a 5.6-inch WXGA display, an optional 64GB SSD drive (or a standard 60GB hard drive), a promised 8 hours of battery life from the extended battery, and the usual built-in 1.3-megapixel webcam. Still no final word on a price though, or any indication of a release date for the US-centric U820 model, which the FCC has already kindly let out of the bag.

[Via Pocketables]