http://discuss.slashgear.com/tags/rugged Discuss Gadgets! en-US Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:52:07 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://discuss.slashgear.com/search.php http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/samsung-nb30-rugged-n450-netbook-up-for-sale-in-uk#post-7842 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:00:40 +0000 Chris Davies 7842@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.samsung.com/" target="_blank">Samsung</a>&#8217;s ruggedized NB30 netbook looks close to launch, with two UK retailers listing the 10.1-inch Pine Trail based machine as in stock.  Announced back in early January, just after Intel made their Pine Trail Atom chips official, the NB30 has a 1.66GHz N450 processor, 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard-drive.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-75068" title="samsung_nb30_netbook" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/samsung_nb30_netbook-540x249.jpg" alt="samsung nb30 netbook 540x249" width="540" height="249" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-nb30-rugged-n450-netbook-up-for-sale-in-uk-2275067/">Samsung NB30 rugged N450 netbook up for sale in UK</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/samsung-aq100-waterproof-sl605-durable-cameras-announced#post-7839 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:02:40 +0000 Chris Davies 7839@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>As well as the somewhat sober looking <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-tl500-and-tl350-hit-pma-2010-2275002/" target="_blank">TL500 and TL350</a>, <a href="http://www.samsung.com/" target="_blank">Samsung</a> have also brought along a batch of more colorful compact cameras to <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/pma-2010" target="_blank">PMA 2010</a>.  The Samsung AQ100 is a waterproof shooter while the Samsung SL605 is a so-called durable one, each packing 12-megapixel sensors along with 5x optical zooms and 2.7-inch LCD TFT preview displays.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-75022" title="AQ100_FS_B_US_1024x768" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/AQ100_FS_B_US_1024x768-540x469.jpg" alt="AQ100 FS B US 1024x768 540x469" width="540" height="469" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-aq100-waterproof-sl605-durable-cameras-announced-2275014/">Samsung AQ100 waterproof &#038; SL605 durable cameras announced</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/olympus-stylus-tough-8010-and-6020-rugged-digicams-get-tap-control#post-7136 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:40:24 +0000 Chris Davies 7136@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Someone warn Beyonce: Olympus&#8217; latest Stylus Tough digicams reckon they&#8217;re the world&#8217;s fiercest.  The new <a href="http://www.olympus.com/" target="_blank">Olympus</a> Stylus Tough-8010 and Stylus Tough-6020 each pack 14-megpixel sensors, 5x wide-angle optical zooms and 2.7-inch sunlight-visible LCD displays, but the real headline grabbing features are the shockproofing, waterproofing, crushproofing and freezeproofing.  Unlike Beyonce (we&#8217;re guessing), the two point-and-shoots can withstand 220 pounds of direct pressure.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-72451" title="olympus_stylus_tough-8010_2" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/olympus_stylus_tough-8010_2-540x388.jpg" alt="olympus stylus tough 8010 2 540x388" width="540" height="388" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/olympus-stylus-tough-8010-and-6020-rugged-digicams-get-tap-control-0272447/">Olympus Stylus Tough 8010 and 6020 rugged digicams get tap-control</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/panasonic-lumix-ts2-zs7-and-zr3-digicams-debut#post-6861 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:51:38 +0000 Chris Davies 6861@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Panasonic have outed three new digital cameras, including the rugged <a href="http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prModelDetail?storeId=11301&amp;catalogId=13251&amp;itemId=391518&amp;modelNo=Content01252010035923824&amp;surfModel=Content01252010035923824&amp;cm_sp=Homepage%20News%20And%20Press-_-PNA-_-01/26/10-Panasonic%92s%20Rugged%20Digital%20Cam" target="_blank">LUMIX DMC-TS2</a>, the super-zooming <a href="http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prModelDetail?storeId=11301&amp;catalogId=13251&amp;itemId=391519&amp;modelNo=Content01252010040126605&amp;surfModel=Content01252010040126605&amp;cm_sp=Homepage%20News%20And%20Press-_-PNA-_-01/26/10-Panasonic%20Unveils%20the%20World%92s%20" target="_blank">LUMIX DMC-ZS7</a>, and the AVCHD Lite HD-friendly <a href="http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prModelDetail?storeId=11301&amp;catalogId=13251&amp;itemId=391517&amp;modelNo=Content01252010035514873&amp;surfModel=Content01252010035514873&amp;cm_sp=Homepage%20News%20And%20Press-_-PNA-_-01/26/10-Panasonic%20Introduces%20Super%20Com" target="_blank">LUMIX DMC-ZR3</a>.  Of the three, the TS2 is the most visually striking thanks to its waterproof/shockproof/freezeproof casing; still, it also has a 14.1-megapixel sensor, 4.6x optical zoom and AVCHD Lite HD video recording.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-71343" title="Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS2" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-TS2-540x408.jpg" alt="Panasonic Lumix DMC TS2 540x408" width="540" height="408" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/panasonic-lumix-ts2-zs7-and-zr3-digicams-debut-2671342/">Panasonic LUMIX TS2, ZS7 and ZR3 digicams debut</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/sprint-motorola-brute-i680-is-ultra-rugged#post-6395 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:46:19 +0000 Chris Davies 6395@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p><img class="size-full wp-image-69568 alignright" title="Sprint_Motorola_Brute_i680_1" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Sprint_Motorola_Brute_i680_1.jpg" alt="Sprint Motorola Brute i680 1" width="222" height="237" />Sprint&#8217;s <a href="http://newsreleases.sprint.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=127149&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1373713" target="_blank">latest cellphone</a>, the Motorola Brute i680, is not just a rugged one, it&#8217;s <em>ultra-</em>rugged.  The Brute i680 &#8211; fresh to the Nextel Direct Connect network complete with push-to-talk &#8211; meets military spec 810F for not just the regular dust, shock and vibration, but extremes of temperature, low pressure, salt fog, humidity, blowing rain and even solar radiation.  We&#8217;re guessing that doesn&#8217;t mean you could use it while inside the sun (if only because of the lack of coverage) but it probably cuts down on the number of places in the US where the phone can&#8217;t go.</p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/sprint-motorola-brute-i680-is-ultra-rugged-1269567/">Sprint Motorola Brute i680 is ultra-rugged</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/smashed-sonim-8220indestructible8221-xp3-shows-danger-of-pr-pride#post-6351 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:32:15 +0000 turn_self_off 6351@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>i suspect the phone still worked, as the strike was basically a sharp metal point vs the weakest part of the phone.</p> <p>still, i would not attempt to put it back under water after that ;)</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/smashed-sonim-8220indestructible8221-xp3-shows-danger-of-pr-pride#post-6350 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:24:38 +0000 Chris Davies 6350@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.sonimtech.com/" target="_blank">Sonim</a> have managed to carve a niche for themselves in the cellphone handset industry by offering supposedly &#8220;indestructible&#8221; devices to the sort of users who care more about ruggedness than they do multitouch.  Unfortunately sometimes their marketing comes back to haunt them, such as when the BBC&#8217;s Dan Simmons was <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8450385.stm" target="_blank">challenged to break</a> the latest Sonim handset, the XP3.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-69375" title="sonim_broken_phone" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/sonim_broken_phone.jpg" alt="sonim broken phone" width="508" height="283" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/smashed-sonim-indestructible-xp3-shows-danger-of-pr-pride-1169374/">Smashed Sonim &#8220;indestructible&#8221; XP3 shows danger of PR pride</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/liquid-image-videomasks-hands-on#post-6097 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:18:30 +0000 Ewdison Then 6097@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>If you&#8217;re considering a new camera or camcorder, you&#8217;re probably not narrowing down your options by whether you can mount them on your head or not; still, if you&#8217;re a diver, swimmer or snowboarder then <a href="http://www.liquidimageco.com/" target="_blank">Liquid Image</a> could have a few models for you.  We caught up with the company&#8217;s goggle-integrated &#8220;videomasks&#8221; &#8211; which range in price from $79 to $350 &#8211; at <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/ces-2010" target="_blank">CES 2010</a>; more details and live images after the cut.</p> <p><img src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/li_2-540x359.jpg" alt="li 2 540x359" title="li_2" width="540" height="359" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-68009" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/liquid-image-videomasks-hands-on-0667900/">Liquid Image VideoMasks hands-on</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/otterbox-nokia-e72-cases-arrive#post-5104 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:24:02 +0000 Chris Davies 5104@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>In all the time we had our <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/nokia-e72-review-2464295/" target="_blank">Nokia E72 review unit</a> in, we never really felt the need to drop it, cover it in dust or generally knock it about.  Still, there are more demanding people out there than us, and some of them have a soft spot for an excellent QWERTY keyboard on their smartphone, and so OtterBox have stepped in with <a href="http://www.otterbox.com/nokia-cases/nokia-e72-cases/" target="_blank">two new cases</a> for the E72: a Defender and a Commuter.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-65710" title="Nokia phonebig" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Nokia-phonebig-540x473.jpg" alt="Nokia phonebig" width="540" height="473" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/otterbox-nokia-e72-cases-arrive-1065709/">OtterBox Nokia E72 cases arrive</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/samsung-rugged-memory-cards-are-water-shock-magnet-proof#post-5058 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:06:11 +0000 Chris Davies 5058@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p><img class="size-full wp-image-65599 alignright" title="samsung_8gb_sdhc_card" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/samsung_8gb_sdhc_card.jpg" alt="samsung 8gb sdhc card" width="216" height="165" />It seems somewhat perverse &#8211; or at least flippant &#8211; to want to buy an SDHC card simply because it looks so swanky, but <a href="http://www.samsung.com/" target="_blank">Samsung</a>&#8217;s new consumer memory card range is cutting quite the dash with its champagne finish.  Still, once the 8GB SDHC is slotted into whatever gadget you&#8217;ve bought it for you can&#8217;t see the aesthetics, so happily Samsung have given it some other strengths too.  For a start, the company reckons you&#8217;ll never lose data from them.</p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-rugged-memory-cards-are-water-shock-magnet-proof-0965598/">Samsung rugged memory cards are water, shock &#038; magnet proof</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/a-data-sh93-waterproof-shock-resistant-portable-hard-drive#post-3947 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:07:49 +0000 Enrnod Kalacs 3947@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>proba</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/lg-chocolate-touch-and-samsung-convoy-official-on-verizon#post-3860 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:30:10 +0000 Chris Davies 3860@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>As well as their headline smartphone announcements this morning, <a href="http://www.verizonwireless.com" target="_blank">Verizon</a> have also officially confirmed a couple of featurephones that have each been rattling around the rumor mill for a while.  The LG Chocolate Touch and Samsung Convoy &#8211; a touchscreen candybar and rugged flip, respectively &#8211; don&#8217;t have the Android magic or hardware QWERTY of the <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/verizon-droid-eris-by-htc-gets-official-0562963/" target="_blank">Verizon DROID Eris by HTC</a> or the <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/blackberry-curve-8530-hits-verizon-november-20th-0562964/" target="_blank">BlackBerry Curve 8530</a>.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-62977" title="verizon_chocolate_touch_samsung_convoy" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/verizon_chocolate_touch_samsung_convoy-450x500.jpg" alt="verizon chocolate touch samsung convoy 450x500" width="450" height="500" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/lg-chocolate-touch-and-samsung-convoy-official-on-verizon-0562970/">LG Chocolate Touch and Samsung Convoy official on Verizon</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/stealth-lpc-395f-fanless-rugged-mini-pc-crying-out-for-in-car-installation#post-3776 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:08:58 +0000 Chris Davies 3776@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>While we often can be found heaping scorn onto the me-too <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/atom" target="_blank">Atom N270</a> netbook ranges that pass our viewing window, Intel&#8217;s low-power chip does occasionally find its way into an interesting machine.  Stealth Computer have slotted the 1.6GHz chip into their latest &#8220;Little PC&#8221;, the <a href="http://www.stealth.com/littlepc_395_fanless.htm" target="_blank">Stealth LPC-395F</a>, a fanless nettop with a ruggedized chassis and front-loading 2.5-inch hard-drive bay.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-62667" title="stealth_computer_lpc-395f_1" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/stealth_computer_lpc-395f_1-540x445.jpg" alt="stealth computer lpc 395f 1 540x445" width="540" height="445" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/stealth-lpc-395f-fanless-rugged-mini-pc-crying-out-for-in-car-installation-0362666/">Stealth LPC-395F fanless rugged mini-PC crying out for in-car installation</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/getac-v100-tablet-pc-gets-glove-friendly-multitouch-display#post-2854 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:47:48 +0000 Chris Davies 2854@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Ruggedized PC manufacturer <a href="http://www.getac.com/" target="_blank">Getac</a> have announced a multitouch upgrade to their suitably-sturdy <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/getac-v100-rugged-tablet-pc-tested-blindingly-good-1237426/" target="_blank">V100 Tablet PC</a>; however, while they may not be the first to throw multi-finger control into the mixture, their Windows 7 compatible display uses resistive rather than capacitive technology.  While capacitive touchscreens &#8211; such as found on the iPhone &#8211; are fashionable right now, resistive touchscreens have the benefit of working with gloved fingers.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-59516" title="Getac Multi-Touch Low-Res" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Getac-Multi-Touch-Low-Res-540x458.jpg" alt="Getac Multi-Touch Low-Res" width="540" height="458" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/getac-v100-tablet-pc-gets-glove-friendly-multitouch-display-0759517/">Getac V100 Tablet PC gets glove-friendly multitouch display</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/a-data-sh93-waterproof-shock-resistant-portable-hard-drive#post-2701 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:03:36 +0000 Chris Davies 2701@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.adata-group.com/" target="_blank">A-DATA</a> have lobbed a few new external hard-drives our way and, while we&#8217;d normally squeal like little girls at the thought of data damage, today we&#8217;re mute as sensible, grown men.  That&#8217;s because the A-DATA SH93 portable hard-drives are waterproof and shock resistant, thanks to a nifty molded rubber-plastic casing.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-58839" title="H_SH93_waterproof" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/H_SH93_waterproof-540x420.jpg" alt="H SH93 waterproof 540x420" width="540" height="420" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/a-data-sh93-waterproof-shock-resistant-portable-hard-drive-0258836/">A-DATA SH93 waterproof &#038; shock-resistant portable hard-drive</a></p>