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Since performance is just part of what makes a PC suitable for a certain market segment, Panasonic prepared a new member for its Toughbook series of rugged laptops, one that sports a magnesium alloy enclosure.Rugged laptops are designed to be sturdy enough, and shielded from such things as spills and dust, so as to ... |
29 September 2010
10:56 GMT |
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Quite a number of tablets have been previewed over the past few months but most of them have been revealed to run a version of Android, which means that running Windows 7 is an extra reason to mention Panasonic's Toughbook U1, which already stands out through its ruggedness.Though most media slates have a simil... |
23 September 2010
10:27 GMT |
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As it often happens, a company, in this case Getac, decided it was time to upgrade one of tis existing products, so it took the B300 rugged laptop and gave it a new CPU that promises to improve computing speed by 67% while consuming just 25 Watts.The B300 is a rugged notebook, which means that, besides having the fu... |
21 September 2010
10:43 GMT |
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On Monday, mobile phone maker Motorola, Inc. announced the upcoming launch of Motorola DEFY with MOTOBLUR on the airwaves of wireless carrier T-Mobile USA. Running under Google's Android operating system, the new smartphone comes with a scratch-resistant touch screen display, while being water resistant and dus... |
14 September 2010
12:01 GMT |
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Though convertible mobiles aren't exactly known for having the highest level of performance, there are still those laptops, even rugged ones, that do possess powerful hardware, and Getac's V200 is proof of this, being able to provide Core i7-level processing while also featuring a rugged chassis.Intel'... |
7 September 2010
08:54 GMT |
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Though peripheral makers often put effort into ensuring that their keyboards have at least a mild level of spill resistance, few can claim to have implemented the same level of ruggedness as the one featured by the KYBX-400, one of Stealth's latest creations that has a rugged enclosure made of stainless steel.R... |
4 September 2010
06:24 GMT |
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Tablet PCs come in multiple shapes and sizes, but there is a certain type of such tablets, the rugged variety that is, which excels at protecting the hardware within, a useful feature for the industrial sector, and Panasonic has just revealed the existence of the Toughbook 31 and 19 series of such electronics.Though... |
4 September 2010
05:49 GMT |
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Companies have been experimenting with different ways of making some of their external storage units more durable, but ioSafe decided to just drop all notion of portability or compactness in order to make its newest invention, the USB 3.0 and eSATA-ready SoloPRO, not only waterproof, but also fireproof and theftproo... |
18 August 2010
04:51 GMT |
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Consumers may be more inclined, at present, to think of the iPad and its competitors when speaking about tablets, but purpose-built tablet PCs have existed since long before Apple's product even became publicly known, and the latest of them has just came out from underneath DRS's wing, eager to show the wo... |
12 August 2010
06:51 GMT |
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With all the craze surrounding the new AMD and Intel CPUs, as well as the many laptops and desktops powered by them that have cropped up recently, companies that deal in tablet PCs or such items have been biding their time. Now that the flow of PC releases has settled down, Getac decided it was an opportune moment t... |
16 July 2010
09:53 GMT |
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LaCie may already be known for its passion for ruggedness, but the latest device it came up with may actually give the phrase 'over the top' a whole new meaning. The company launched multiple sturdy USB flash driver so far, but this newest model, by the name of XtremKey, comes as close to being indestructi... |
14 July 2010
05:53 GMT |
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EMTEC may have been trying to stay more or less covert recently, but it definitely hasn't been slacking off. In fact, it looks as it was just waiting for the right time when all the other big players finished up their own product releases. Now that the long string of new PCs has seemingly calmed down, the c... |
30 June 2010
08:29 GMT |
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When the first flash drive was introduced, it opened up a completely new set of opportunities in the field of portable storage. After a long time when floppy diskettes and optical disks were the main means of transferring data, a newer, smaller but more capacious solution drew a great deal of attention and quickly b... |
17 June 2010
09:14 GMT |
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Much technological advancement has been made over the past few years, even in spite of the struggling economy. Six-core CPUs have come to market, DirectX 11 graphics are running rampant and even tablets and e-readers have practically carved their own niche. These products and technologies, however, will only service ... |
31 May 2010
09:34 GMT |
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Since flash drives established themselves as a market, storage solutions developers have been diligent in the invention of new ways to ensure that these devices, along with the data stored onto them, are secure. Among the more successful design features and technologies that have come to be as a result of this need a... |
26 May 2010
10:54 GMT |
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Though not exactly directly related, media slates and rugged tablets seem to have become somewhat intertwined. After the tablet market finally got on its feet, interest in any sort of slates, convertible or otherwise, grew significantly. This gave companies like Panasonic, which already had a line of rugged convertib... |
25 May 2010
09:22 GMT |
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While most consumers, business users and industrial workers are usually careful with their electronics, there are those that work in especially hazardous environments or are simply more susceptible to dropping, slipping or otherwise subjecting their devices to the possibility of death by crushing. Transcend has decid... |
20 May 2010
03:24 GMT |
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Motion is known for being the maker of many slates, especially rugged and semi-rugged models that can withstand hazardous working conditions. Such devices have been known to increase productivity and improve the overall working experience, especially thanks to the special care that Motion places in optimizing its dev... |
19 May 2010
09:03 GMT |
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PC suppliers and hardware makers will often describe their new devices as the first to bear a certain trait, but sometimes they will even go as far as proclaiming their supremacy among all others of their type. This is exactly what Panasonic has done with the Toughbook 31, an Intel-powered rugged mobile system that p... |
12 May 2010
04:03 GMT |
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Logic Instruments has just revealed that it has completed development of its latest, ruggedized tablet PC designed for demanding applications. Strong, reliable, resistant and versatile are the key features of the new product and are achieved through a combination of capable internal circuitry and a strong outer shell... |
26 March 2010
04:58 GMT |
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Though media slates are just now starting to take off, convertible tablet PCs, or tablets with keyboards, have been around for quite a while. Rugged devices in particular are often used in industrial applications, as they can withstand “abuse” and still deliver excellent performance. One of the latest suc... |
2 March 2010
10:10 GMT |
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LaCie recently announced that it was expanding its portable hard-drive lineup with one model featuring the award-winning Rugged casing. While simply giving the unit the self-explanatory name Rugged eSATA, the company is describing the product as combining superior transfer speeds with a truly mobile form. The hard di... |
12 February 2010
03:42 GMT |
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Like many others that showed off their tablets after the iPad launch, American Industrial Systems has just released a slate of its own, an Intel Atom-powered semi-rugged outdoor tablet PC. Designed for on-the-field, real life usage, the slate is packaged in a compact, lightweight, semi-rugged chassis with P54 rated w... |
1 February 2010
05:07 GMT |
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Ideal for working in extreme conditions, such as at very high or very low temperatures, as well as in environments with high humidity and dust, rugged computers sometimes see the need to sacrifice functionality in order to increase reliability. Even so, GammaTech has been working on a model capable of offering end-us... |
20 January 2010
10:21 GMT |
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Portable computer systems continue to gain ground in front of the traditional desktop PCs, as new technologies enable better performance, portability, and new designs. This market spans across a range of segments, each one focused on delivering the features and performance required by different types of users. Rugge... |
18 November 2009
06:39 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Motorola has just unveiled on its site a brand new rugged handset, the Motorola Quantico. The fresh device comes tot he market with support for CDMA 1700/2100MHz and 800/1900MHz CDMA EVDO frequencies, as well as with 810F compliance for resistance to environmental factors like water, heat and dust,... |
12 November 2009
04:58 GMT |
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Round Rock, Texas-based Dell, one of the world's leading vendors of computer systems, has recently announced the expansion of its line of Latitude laptops, with the introduction of the new 12.1-inch rugged convertible tablet, featuring multi-touch capabilities, the Latitude XT2 XFR. The new system has been desig... |
28 October 2009
09:59 GMT |
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Windows 7 is the buzz word this week, as the Redmond, Washington-based software giant is preparing to officially debut the much-anticipated OS. With the launch of the new OS, a number of PC vendors are rallying up their product portfolios to support Windows 7, which is the case with rugged PC-designer Getac. The comp... |
20 October 2009
02:42 GMT |
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A-DATA, a leading vendor of Flash and DRAM memory, has just announced the introduction of its new portable storage solution, designed to provide computer users with as much as 640GB of storage space inside a rugged chassis. Dubbed the SH93 series, the new drive has been specifically built to meet a number of standard... |
6 October 2009
05:23 GMT |
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There are a couple of computer users out there who aren’t looking for performance and aesthetics when buying a new portable computer system, but rather for the durability factor of said machine. It is this segment that the new NW-2000 Rugged PC from Stealth Computer is addressed to. The new system has been desi... |
10 August 2009
02:32 GMT |
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Getac, a designer of rugged mobile computing solutions, has recently updated its lineup of portable computer systems with the introduction of the new 9213 “business rugged laptop.” Coming to meet the performance and design requirements of business users, the new laptop combines a rugged yet stylish design... |
10 July 2009
03:19 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has officially unveiled today a new rugged handset that has been spotted in the wild during the past few days, namely the Nokia 3720 classic. The device, coming to the market as an IP-54 certified mobile phone, has been developed so as to provide water, dust and shock resistance. Ac... |
9 July 2009
10:00 GMT |
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We already brought you news about a new rugged device coming from the Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia and subjected to a series of “real-life” challenges, and now a few more details on said device have surfaced on the Web. On the one hand, it seems that the phone did a few more stunts, namely it was drop... |
8 July 2009
05:06 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia seems to be hard at work to come to the market with a new rugged handset in the near future. Nothing has been unveiled officially just yet, but it looks like some hard-working guys from the company already put the phone through its paces and filmed it while playing, just to show the w... |
7 July 2009
05:38 GMT |
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The market for low-power, portable computer systems has increased significantly since the release of Intel's highly successful Atom processor, and this trend is expected to continue throughout this year, as a high number of system vendors have already introduced their own Atom-based designs. Such is the case wit... |
30 April 2009
05:24 GMT |
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The need for increased storage solutions has enabled LaCie to work on updating its line of external drives with a new solution that can provide its customers with a capacity of as much as 1TB. The company has just announced the latest addition to its line of rugged portable hard drives, designed by Neil Poulton, with... |
15 April 2009
05:34 GMT |
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A new mobile phone is now available for AT&T's customers, namely the Samsung a657, a rugged and tough device that has been “built to withstand the harshest conditions and most demanding users.” The new mobile phone comes with Push to Talk (PTT) capabilities, the same as the previously released Samsun... |
11 April 2009
04:06 GMT |
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The Korean phone maker Samsung has recently put on sale two new handsets, the T101G and T301G, at rather affordable prices, at TracFone Wireless. A third device, the Solid Extreme, comes as a rugged candybar handset that is expected to become available later this month with Vodafone and O2 in the UK.The new Samsung T... |
9 April 2009
13:00 GMT |
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Sprint announced on Wednesday that it had launched a revamped version of the already known Motorola i580 iDEN rugged handset. The new device comes with a new coat, bearing yellow, as well as with a series of other changes and improvements over the previous version. Besides the visible color, the Motorola i580 also in... |
19 March 2009
06:12 GMT |
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The Korean mobile phone maker has recently unveiled a new rugged handset, namely the durable Samsung B2100 Xplorer. The new device comes with features and specifications that are meant to make it a great option for those users who are fond of adventures. The new Samsung B2100 Xplorer is able to offer them tri-band GS... |
18 March 2009
10:06 GMT |
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Motorola has recently announced the introduction of yet another line of devices that fits into the company's EDA (Enterprise Digital Assistants) family, the MC55. The new business handhelds come with Windows Mobile 6.1 and have been rugged so as to be able to withstand drops on the floor or accidental spills of ... |
10 March 2009
05:39 GMT |
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With a booth that is mainly focused on business users, Panasonic has also brought with it at the CeBIT expo in Hanover, Germany, the fully-ruggedized ToughBook CF-30. Unfortunately, the company hasn't allowed us to play some more with the laptop as we were actually keen on finding out just how much punishment th... |
4 March 2009
10:49 GMT |
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AT&T has added a new push-to-talk rugged mobile phone to its lineup, the Tundra from Motorola. The phone has been on the news for quite a while now, and it is already available on Rogers, yet now AT&T users will also be able to enjoy the features of the handset. The phone was already unveiled by Motorola at the Consu... |
16 January 2009
11:16 GMT |
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Solid State Drives are slowly becoming a market standard, as technology allows for improved and higher performance levels, which makes it so that more and more flash-based product markers are announcing their own SSD-based storage solutions. Ultimately, SSDs are expected to replace mechanical hard disk drives, and to... |
29 October 2008
06:42 GMT |
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It appears that Panasonic has finally decided to refresh its lineup of rugged portable computer systems, and has announced today three new models that will become part of the company's Toughbook series. The three new models include the thin-and-light F8, the ultraportable W8 and the T8. At the same time, Panason... |
25 September 2008
03:13 GMT |
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The same day it announced that its CN3 handheld would get a Windows Mobile 6.1 version, Intermec has also unveiled a brand new mobile computer that also works on Microsoft's latest OS. Called Intermec CK3, this "highly durable handheld" combines lots of features into a single device. The CK3 comes in a "gun... |
11 September 2008
08:03 GMT |
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Intermec, the North American company known for manufacturing bar code scanners, handheld computers and other industrial products, announced that its CN3 device would soon be released in a new edition that runs on Microsoft's latest Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. Created to suit the needs of workers who perform in-f... |
11 September 2008
06:55 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless has added a new rugged mobile phone to its line-up of products, namely the G'zOne Boulder. Built by Casio, the Tokyo-based Japanese manufacturer, the new handset comes only one week after the release of another rugged phone, the Motorola Adventure V750. Well, if the Moto Adventure looks like a ... |
29 July 2008
09:07 GMT |
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First unveiled (in an unofficial way) back in April, Motorola Adventure V750 has been released today in the US by Verizon Wireless, coming in a week before its rumored launch date (July 28).The new V750 is available, as of now, via Verizon's business channels, as well as on the carrier's official website, f... |
21 July 2008
12:53 GMT |
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Sprint has just announced that, starting July 13, four of its Push-to-Talk (PTT) devices - which work on the Nextel Direct Connect network - will be available in 14 new US markets. The handsets are Samsung Z400, LG LX400, Sanyo PRO-700 and Sanyo PRO-200, all of them being clamshells. Already available in 46 regions a... |
10 July 2008
12:52 GMT |
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