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Motion Computing J3500 review

Verdict

Undoubtedly well-designed, with a quality touchscreen and many neat features, but battery life could be better

Review Date: 7 Jul 2010

Reviewed By: Jonathan Bray

Price when reviewed: £2,253 (£2,647 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
3 stars out of 6

Performance
4 stars out of 6

Details
Part Code	J3500-PVT1701
Review Date	7 Jul 2010
Price ex VAT	£2,253
Price inc VAT	£2,647
Overall rating
Features & Design
Value for Money
Performance

Warranty
Warranty	1yr collect and return

Physical specifications
Dimensions	323 x 231 x 23mm (WDH)
Weight	1.630kg

Processor and memory
Processor	Intel Core i7-640UM
Motherboard chipset	QM57
RAM capacity	4.00GB
Memory type	DDR3
SODIMM sockets free	0
SODIMM sockets total	2

Screen and video
Screen size	12.1in
Resolution screen horizontal	1,366
Resolution screen vertical	768
Resolution	1366 x 768
Graphics chipset	Intel HD graphics
VGA (D-SUB) outputs	1
HDMI outputs	0
S-Video outputs	0
DVI-I outputs	0
DVI-D outputs	0
DisplayPort outputs	0

Drives
Capacity	128GB
Hard disk usable capacity	118GB
Spindle speed	N/A
Internal disk interface	SATA/300
Hard disk	Samsung MMCRE28G8MXP-0VB
Optical disc technology	N/A
Optical drive	N/A
Battery capacity	4,000mAh
Replacement battery price inc VAT	£0

Networking
Wired adapter speed	1,000Mbits/sec
802.11a support
802.11b support
802.11g support
802.11 draft-n support
Integrated 3G adapter
Bluetooth support

Other Features
Wireless hardware on/off switch
Wireless key-combination switch
Modem
ExpressCard34 slots	1
ExpressCard54 slots	0
PC Card slots	0
USB ports (downstream)	2
FireWire ports	0
PS/2 mouse port
9-pin serial ports	0
Parallel ports	0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports	0
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports	0
3.5mm audio jacks	2
SD card reader
Memory Stick reader
MMC (multimedia card) reader
Smart Media reader
Compact Flash reader
xD-card reader
Pointing device type	touchpad
Audio chipset	Realtek HD Audio
Speaker location	Above screen
Hardware volume control?
Integrated microphone?
Integrated webcam?
Camera megapixel rating	N/A
TPM
Fingerprint reader
Smartcard reader
Carry case

Operating system and software
Operating system	Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
OS family	Windows 7

Battery and performance tests
Battery life, light use	4hr 39min
Battery life, heavy use	1hr 44min
Overall application benchmark score	1.14
Office application benchmark score	0.97
2D graphics application benchmark score	1.25
Encoding application benchmark score	1.16
Multitasking application benchmark score	1.19

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I'll assume that you were using the touch + digitizer model of the J3500. You'll find that the colouring that you refer to in your verdict not present on the Gorilla Glass model. It's unfortunate, but the extra convenience of touch will be worth the drawback of the yellowish tinge for many...

The battery figures that you quote are very suprising though. I have worked on my J3400 for 6 hours straight on it's two batteries. The worst I have experienced is 3.5 - 4 hours (3G active, lots of pen input, disk access etc.)

I can't imagine that the J3500 would be that much different. It sounds like your test was only using one of the 2 batteries to me.

By TabletPC on 13 Jul 2010

Battery life

TabletPC - The J3500 was definitely using both batteries. It was one of the first things we checked! The shorter life is probably down to the more powerful processor in the J3500. Can I ask what CPU your J3400 has?

And yes, the J3500 we tested uses the non-Gorilla Glass version (see paragraph four).

Regards,
Jonathan Bray,
Reviews editor,
PC Pro.

By JonBray on 13 Jul 2010

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