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Living With The Eee For A Week
Blog Yes, we are used to paying a lot more for ruggedised gear, but if it's in your bag all the time… well, cheap electronics aren't tough. As far as I can see, none of these subnotebooks is ruggedised. I know a lot of people are always encumbered - and...
[June 2, 2008, 15:50]
OLPC Laptop Goes Into Mass Production
News The One Laptop per Child organisation has announced that its ruggedised laptop, the XO, is going into mass production. The laptop will be manufactured in Shanghai by Quanta. The production line will be turned on in August for testing procedures...
[July 23, 2007, 18:08]
Carlsberg Breweries Uses Intermec 760 Handheld Computers To Deliver Real Time Communication Data Capture Technology
White Papers Intermec's revolutionary 760 Color ruggedised handheld computer, running the latest Windows CE operating system proved to be just what Carlsberg needed, with its unique combination of three modes of radio communication in a single device - GSM...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Westminster City Council & Mobile Data
White Papers The Council deployed "ruggedised" handheld terminals and tablet/printer combinations with a wireless GPRS connectivity solution that provided a link back to their centralised systems. As a large employer of field based personnel, Westminster City...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Isis Telecommunications Management Case Study: Westminster City Council
White Papers The Council deployed "ruggedised" handheld terminals and tablet/printer combinations with a wireless GPRS connectivity solution that provided a link back to their centralised systems. As a large employer of field based personnel, Westminster City...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Paramedics Use Tablet PCs To Send Patient Information To Hospitals During "Golden Hour"
White Papers Using "Ruggedised" mobile tablet PCs and the Windows XP operating system, the solution works both on standard public mobile networks and TETRA. Healthcare authorities in Ireland and Dubai are commissioning mobile solutions in ambulances to help...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Field Services
White Papers Gotive's ruggedised Wireless Enterprise Communicator H41 provides a unique solution with its consolidated functionality of GSM/GPRS (Data/Voice/Internet), Wireless LAN (Ethernet), Bar Code Reading and Global Positioning System in one mobile device.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
HP Deskjet Printers See Military Action Thanks To Blazepoint
White Papers HP Deskjet 6122 colour inkjet printers are the latest IT recruits to be enlisted into the forces thanks to the work of Oxford-based Blazepoint, whose Defence Engineering Division is one of the UK's foremost manufacturers of 'ruggedised' printers...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
OLPC To Make XO Laptop Commercially Available
News The One Laptop per Child scheme has announced that it will make its ruggedised laptops available in the US for a limited time period. The XO laptop, designed for use as an educational tool in developing countries, will be available under a scheme...
[September 24, 2007, 17:17]
Microsoft Developers Conference: MS Looks Forward To New PC Types
News Maritz showed a Windows NT Workstation-based ruggedised ticketing booth for the New York subway that is bullet-proof and water-proof, a flat-screen PC for the kitchen that can check and forward telephone messages, a PC-based 'total sensory...
[November 6, 1996, 14:39]
Nokia Targets Firms With Smart RFID Kit
News Each unit consists of two shells that each fit to a Nokia 5140 -- a ruggedised handset designed for outdoor use -- giving it RFID-reading functionality. Nokia has begun selling a product that turns one of its mobile phone models into a radio...
[February 22, 2005, 16:10]
Negroponte: Windows Key To OLPC Philosophy
News Microsoft corporate vice president Will Poole told Reuters last week that the software giant is working on a stripped-down version of Windows XP to run on the ruggedised laptops destined for schoolchildren in developing countries.
[October 29, 2007, 8:15]
Sun Focus May Lead Tadpole Into Calmer Waters
News Always best known for its ruggedised mobile PCs, Tadpole plans to cancel all Intel-based products and concentrate on units based on Sun's Sparc processor and running the Solaris flavour of Unix. Struggling UK notebook PC maker Tadpole Technology...
[February 11, 1998, 16:28]
Comdex Spring: ITronix 6250 Pro Notebook - It's Tough
News The new iTronix 6250 Pro "ruggedised" notebook. How would you like a notebook that could be run over by a tank? A luminescent keyboard so you could compute in the dark? How about if it also had a touch screen and wireless CDPD (Cellular Digital...
[April 21, 1999, 6:35]
CeBIT 2002: Mira Gets Rugged And Magnetic
News Ballmer also showed off a 'ruggedised' Mira device created by Tatung. At this week's CeBIT trade fair, Philips and Tatung are showing off some of the first products based on the Mira tablet device, first promoted by Microsoft at last year's...
[March 13, 2002, 16:08]
Second Open Linux Phone On Sale
News For $300 (£149), applications developers can buy a base kit, including the phone and its standard accessories, while the advanced kit — a so-called "Hacker's Dream Box" costing $450 (£223) — also includes a debug board and cable, tools and a...
[July 9, 2007, 12:08]
Australia Brings Telecoms To Indigenous Communities
News The phones will be housed in ruggedised casings and are destined for "shared public use", operated with prepaid cards. The Australian government has announced a slew of grants to projects which it hopes will extend communications coverage to remote...
[September 10, 2007, 12:08]
Orange Push Email Trial Nearly Complete
News It was important for us to be able to use the technology on a variety of different devices, from ruggedised handsets through to BlackBerry devices, using a .Net framework," said Connell. A London borough used as a Microsoft showcase has almost...
[March 22, 2006, 11:30]
New York - PC Expo: Show Will Reflect PC Evolution
News Panasonic will show a new ruggedised notebook PC. Few of the products expected to roll out at the annual trade show in New York, however, will break new ground. Most are upgrades or new products based on long-emerging technology, such as the USB...
[June 15, 1998, 11:09]
Six Steps To Effective E-learning
News I've even seen ruggedised mice put in place in a steel mill, because one of the guys testing the program broke the mouse on the first try," says Richardson. Whether it's virtual universities, or simply online corporate training, learning via the...
[May 9, 2002, 13:41]
