Samsung have officially released their Mondi MID, the Windows Mobile based WiMAX handheld, to coincide with Clearwire’s CLEAR WiMAX service rolling out in Las Vegas. That takes the number of WiMAX markets to three, with Clearwire claiming around 1.7m residents have now been covered with the new service rollout.
Rugged computers generally look like a cross between the Michelin Man and some sort of inflatable life-raft, so it’s nice to see a notebook that wears its shock-resistance discretely. To be fair to the competition, the Getac 9213 is described as “business rugged”, which means while its full magnesium allow chassis and case, and shock-mounted HDD and 13.3-inch WXGA display may stand up to the occasional bump and drop, it’s not quite in Panasonic Toughbook territory.
Last week Panasonic Toughbook division announced upgrades to its full-rugged Toughbook 30 and the convertible tablet 19; today, they’ve brought most of the new features available on its semi-rugged Toughbook 52, and added a new touchscreen option.
Last week we reported couple of upgraded Toughbook CF19 and CF-30 were spotted at Panasonic, Japanese site. Today, announcement of similar units are made available for US consumers. As reported, both models are now sharing an ultra high luminance 1000 nit LCDs (previously not available for CF-19), and have gotten better anti-glare and anti-reflective treatments, with circular polarization technology incorporated into the screen to improve outdoor usages, and many hardware updates that worth the wait.
Panasonic has updated its fully rugged series Toughbook CF-19 and CF-30 in Japan today, with extended battery life, increased onbroad memory and lower reflective screen costing to improve brightness. Both models now come standard with 2GB of memory, 160GB of storage space, and have the same screen brightness rating of 1000 nits, Wifi Link 5100AGN and Bluetooth feature.
Panasonic have officially announced the Toughbook CF-H1 Medical Tablet PC they demonstrated at the IDF in August. Fully ruggedized to military standard 810F, as well as being IP54 compliant, the CF-H1 has a magnesium alloy chassis and is capable of surviving a 3ft drop as well as rain, dust, spills and vibrations. Underneath lurks a 1.86GHz Intel Atom Z540 processor, 1GB of RAM and an 80GB shock-mounted hard-drive. Primary input is via the 10.4-inch XGA resolution dual-touch LCD.
Full gallery & video demos of the Panasonic Toughbook CF-H1 after the cut
Panasonic announced a major update to their line of 8-Series Toughbooks today that is sure to please those on-the-go with a need for a laptop that can stand up to abuse. And now with the introduction of the F8 model, the “business-rugged” idea is being taken further with a lightweight 3G-ready option.
Hey Intel, this is what should’ve been your mystery device! At a round-table event today, Intel’s Tom Rampone unveiled the company’s new Classmate Tablet PC, a touchscreen convertible version of the existing Classmate PC that was first tipped back in July. Designed to sell alongside the current model, the new Classmate has an 8.9-inch, 1024 x 600 display and runs on a 1.6GHz Atom CPU.
Far more interesting than their mysterious slate, Intel have been showing off their UrbanMax concept Tablet PC. Resembling both an HP tc1100 and an HTC Shift, the concept has a sliding/folding display and full keyboard, with an optical mouse controller embedded into the spacebar. UrbanMax’s 11-inch display uses N-trig’s DuoSense digitizer, capable of multiple input methods: a batteryless pen and zero pressure capacitive touch, together with multitouch control.
Check out the demo video of the UrbanMax after the cut
Intel briefly stoked some curiosity in the unnamed Tablet PC concept they showed at the end of the first IDF keynote, but most people assumed it was merely another sort of medical assistant device. That assumption seems to be true, as Intel’s ultraportable surprise was somewhat spoilt by having a working prototype – confirming Panasonic as the manufacturer – elsewhere at IDF.
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