Fujitsu’s Stylistic 500 Joins Roundtable at the G7

The recent G7 conference, held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, brought together leaders of the world’s seven largest free economies. And while the cameras focused on the talking heads, pen computing was hard at work just outside the limelight supplying up-to-date information to the leaders during the proceedings.

Here’s how it worked. Sitting directly behind the world leaders, high-level research facilitators known as “sherpas” used Stylistic 500 pen computers, supplied by Fujitsu Personal System, Inc., to retrieve the latest economic and trade information for use in discussions. The pen tablets were complemented with a telephone, fax machine, and printer.

When a piece of information was in dispute or required research, the leader turned to the sherpa who transmitted the request to a research team located three floors above. These researchers, also using Stylistic 500 tablets, then responded with the requested information.

The entire communication solution was developed by Toronto-based Filbitron, and included the SMART 2000 conference software from SMART Technologies Inc., along with aha! InkWriter by aha! software corporation.

As you’ll recall, the Stylistic 500 is a 2.6 lbs. tablet computer powered by an Intel 486DX2-50 processor. The device employs an 8-inch transmissive backlit VGA screen, and includes two PCMCIA version 2.0 expansion slots. Professionals and others that operate in a less structured environment will appreciate that the device operates using standard Lithium-Ion batteries, available at most consumer retail outlets.

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