Tag Archive for 'rugged'


Tuesday, Jan 22nd 2008 by Daniel Lim

Olympus releases a rugged digital P&S for adventurers and extreme sport users. The new stylus SW1030 features a 10.1MP 1/2.35″ Type CCD sensor with Digital Image Stabilization, 3.6x optical zoom (28-102mm 35mm equiv) and a 2.7-Inch Advanced HyperCrystal II LCD. But the real deal behind this camera is its physical ruggedness that’s measuring up to [...]

Tuesday, Jan 22nd 2008 by Ewdison Then

How often do you drop your phone in a bucket of water or swimming pool? Not many times I would hope, but Fujitsu thinks waterproof mobile phone market has potential. Fujitsu unveiled the F705i, the world’s slimmest waterproof 3G mobile phone.
Now, although its can hold up to the water element, the F705i will not hold [...]

Friday, Jan 11th 2008 by James Allan Brady

This new digi cam from SeaLife isn’t just for underwater use, it will work on land as well and is good for up to a six foot drop. It has a 6MP CMOS sensor and rubberized grips which helps all the way around.

Wednesday, Jan 9th 2008 by James Allan Brady

So I was able to make it to the OtterBox booth where our friend Kristin was kind enough to take the time and show me their new products. They had a few new iPod cases including one for the 5G iPod and one for the iPhone, the 5G iPod one wasn’t that interesting, it would [...]

Wednesday, Jan 2nd 2008 by Christina Crouch

I’m not that picky about my personal cell phones. In fact I kept my first one for three years until it finally quit working after being dropped a thousand times and then “mysteriously” crushed while apparently no one was around. Basically, if it works it’s fine by me.

Monday, Dec 3rd 2007 by James Allan Brady

So it has a 7-inch screen, and as if that wasn’t enough you can dock your iPod and play videos from that. Or, if you prefer, there is a built in DVD player.

Sunday, Nov 25th 2007 by Ken Allen

Sleek, Elegant, and Awe Inspiring are all words that will without a question, pop into your mind after using a laser as badass as the Lucentoptics EnVee. A powerful 120mW output gives you the power to burn practically anything in sight, and be seen from up to 60Miles. Not to mention, the EnVee comes in [...]

Tuesday, Nov 13th 2007 by Chris Davies

If rugged, hard-wearing portable computing is your interest, Panasonic’s range of Toughbook notebooks probably has your admiration. Their 7 Series models, announced today, continue the tradition of drop, spill, compression and electrostatic resistant chassis with updated hardware: now you can take a 1.60GHz Intel Core 2 Duo powered machine and be comfortable dropping it [...]

Friday, Nov 9th 2007 by James Allan Brady

Kansas City and some places in Southwest Louisiana will be getting some customized MacBooks due to a contract Apple landed with those school districts. Basically they are just adding the necessary security upgrades that the schools required, but there’s nothing basic about the upgrades.

I kind of wonder if these school districts aren’t fronts for CIA [...]

Monday, Nov 5th 2007 by James Allan Brady

So easy in fact, within the software there is a one click upload to YouTube button. It records at a resolution of 640×480 at a rate of 30 frames per second, not bad for such a rugged cam.

The ruggedness comes from the anodized aluminum exterior and the lack of a lot of moving parts and [...]


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