Those working in harsh environment will need to have a computer that can stand the test of drop and collision. A computer with a rugged body is definitely your choice. Duros is an UMPC that is specially designed to withstand environment that is dusty, wet, with extreme temperature, and ideally it could pass many thousand times of drops.
The Duros rugged tablet measures 260 x 198 x 43mm and weighs 1.9 Kg. It can survive multiple drops from 4 feet high on to concrete. Perhaps, you could carry out a test, after you’ve paid and made it yours. The Duros also can survive through a wide range of temperature, which is as low as -20C up to 50C.
The Duros is sealed with a case that meets IEC 60526 standard, which ensures it’s completely water and dust proof. You’ll have two choices for its processor, which is either Geode LX 800 or Intel Celeron M 1GHz processor. You can have up to 1GB ram and 120GB on this rugged guy. And there is an optional 64GB SSD to replace the hard drive, if speed is your major concern instead of price. The screen is 8.4″ running SVGA resolution and is equipped with touch screen.
The rugged tablet is also equipped with various wireless connectivities such as WiFi, Bluetooth. And from the cellular networks including GSM, GPRS, EDGE and UMTP. Also there is an option for GPS, which you can stick in on your car’s dash board to direct you your way back home.
via [GadgetVenue]
December 18th, 2008 at 8:31 am
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