Fujitsu Lifebook converges smart tech

Designer Prashant Chandra has devised a radical concept, Fujitsu Lifebook, that converges a camera, smartphone and tablet into a sleek-looking laptop, International Business Times reports.

All the hardware combines to form a laptop, with the tablet becoming a virtual keyboard when slipped into its slot in the laptop body. The components work separately as functional devices, but also support each other when put together.

Design house Yanko Design says it's a shared hardware concept based on the fact that many mobile devices are now repeating similar functions. Cloud storage is one way to deal with this kind of problem.

The concept design was created for Fujitsu's “A Life with Future Computing” competition, Slash Gear states.

The idea is reminiscent of Asus' Padfone, which docks an Android smartphone into a larger screen section to become a tablet.

Fujitsu has not given any indication as to whether it will be using the concept for a future Lifebook model. However, similar propositions are apparently in the works.

The Lifebook would have its own processor, which could then be supplemented by the processing power of the tablet and smartphone for even faster performance, Mobile Magazine says.

The data gets shared between all the devices, helping reduce the instance of repeated data and components.