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Top 8 Rugged Tablet PCs

From Catherine Roseberry, for About.com

Tablet PCs are an ideal gadget for mobile professionals. They enable you to take notes quickly and work in close spaces. Rugged Tablet PCs provide even more benefits for mobile professionals. Their rugged features can include outdoor-readable screens, moisture and dust-resistant LCDs, keyboards and touchpads. With shock-mounted hard drives it makes it easy to work in just about any environment imaginable. Rugged Tablet PCs are portable and easy to use for a variety of mobile professionals.

1. Amrel Rocky Rugged Tablet PC

The Rocky Rugged Tablet PC is fully rugged and is certified for both military and industrial ruggedization standards. It has been designed to be shock, vibration, dust and rain resistant. It is Wi-Fi ready and you can swap batteries on the go. The hard drive is available from 20GB to 40GB and is removable. The display is 8.4" SVGA (800 x 600) TFT LCD. With the additon of a second battery the Rocky weighs 4.8lbs. or 3.7lbs with just the primary battery.

2. Getac CA27 Rugged Tablet PC

A fully rugged Tablet PC which features Getac's unique X-Bay option. This makes it easy for mobile professionals to upgrade additional wireless LAN & CDPD modules, serial, Ethernet and Firewire ports or even customized modules. The casing is die-cast magnesium and designed to survive extreme environments. The display is a 10.4" touch screen which has been sealed completely.

3. G-Force 850 Rugged Tablet PC

The Getac G-Force 850 weighs less than 3.75lbs., and uses Transmeta processors and has a 800 x 600 SVGA poly-silicon display. The G-Force includes ports for USB, Cardbus peripherals and Firewire - you can use any combination of mobile peripherals to stay connected and working productively. The G-Force 850 Rugged Tablet PC has been drop and shock tested.

4. Itronix Duo-Touch Rugged Tablet PC

The Itronix Duo-Touch rugged Tablet PC can have up to four integrated wireless technologies installed and combines the features of an active digitizer with a passive touch screen. The Itronix Duo-Touch rugged Tablet PC has a die-cast magnesium case and is resistant to dust and water. It has an outdoor viewable display and weighs less than 4lbs.

5. Panasonic Toughbook18 Rugged Tablet PC

The Panasonic Toughbook18 rugged Tablet PC is a convertible Tablet PC which provides mobile professionals with a durable and flexible tool wherever they are working. The display is 10.4" 1024x768 XGA transmissive outdoor-readable TFT active matrix colour LCD. It has built-in wireless and average battery time is 4-6 hours.

6. Scribe-Centrino Rugged Tablet

The Scribe-Centrino rugged tablet has a 10.4" TFT colour LCD display with a daylight readable option. Hard drive capacities available are 40GB to 80GB. The Scribe-Centrino rugged tablet has internal wireless LAN and optional external slim type optical and floppy drives.

7. Xplore iX104C2 Rugged Tablet PC

The Xplore iX104C2 rugged Tablet PC has integrated wireless and Intel Pentium M 733 - ULV @ 1.1 GHz processor. The display is 10.4" XGA transmissive LCD. It operates on Windows Tablet PC edition and has a 40GB hard drive. It is a durable and sturdy mobile tool which can withstand the rigours of extreme environments.

8. Xybernaut Atigo Rugged Tablet PCs

The Atigo rugged Tablet PCs have all-light readable 8.4" touch-screen displays with 800x600 resolution. Some models operate on Windows CE, Linux and Windows XP. These are very portable and easy to use in a variety of mobile professions - from medical to the aircraft industry.

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