Jun 24, 2011 11:22 GMT  ·  By

Wortmann AG may not have actually charged straight into the media tablet market, but it definitely isn't ignoring other segments either, having put together a slate that definitely doesn't fit in the regular category.

Nowadays, media tablets do seem to be more or less sticking to a sort of standard hardware set and form factor.

They are either 7-inch or 10-inch devices (with some exceptions) that mostly use ARM processors (or Intel, in some cases) and an Android OS version.

Some exception do, of course, exist, like Windows-loaded products, but a certain Wortmann AG device manages to be vastly different from most other slates while not being an actual exception, technically.

This is because the Wortmann AG Terra Mobile Industry Pad, as it is called, is not a media tablet at all, being more aimed at working environments.

In truth, it is a convertible tablet, meaning that it definitely has a physical keyboard, complete with a bend and rotate mechanism for the display that lets one switch between laptop and tablet form factors.

The Intel Atom N450 central processing unit lies at the heart of the device (1.66 GHz), while 2 GB of RAM (random access memory) and the GMA 3150 integrated graphics complement it.

The aforementioned screen is a 10-inch touch-enabled LCD (liquid crystal display) with LED backlighting and a native resolution of 1,024 x 600 pixels.

The company also made sure to put in a 40 GB SSD, 1.3 megapixel webcam, an SD/MMC card reader, 10/100 LAN, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G and GPS, all inside a durable chassis with a spill-resistant keyboard.

All in all, the Wortmann tablet weighs 1.8 kilograms and runs on a 6-cell battery, while its price is o $999. Definitely not affordable like media slates, but its purpose is not the same either, so those in search of a sturdy item to use in less than pleasant environments at least now have something to choose from.