Psion Releases A Rugged, Water-Tight PDA

Moghedien writes: "This time a sturdy PDA, without a keyboard, but a big hi-res screen and it's designed for work in the field. Still runs the EPOC OS, 8 hour battery life time, probably a 200MHz StrongARM, 64MB RAM and MMC. It measures 215x85x28 mm. It has an IP rate of 67, meaning it's capable of lying under water for hours, and it can put up with a fall of 1.5 meters against concrete. According to Psion, its purpose is to fill the gap between powerful PDAs for the industry and handheld machines for the professional consumer market." There's a blurb describing this device on Psion's site -- but does anyone see pictures? Update: 10/01 13:35 GMT by T : An anonymous reader says: "Here is the page for the NetPad. It has a small picture, but it's better than nothing."

Comments

Looks Newton-sized...

[MissMyNewton]

And I remember someone's comment or .sig once that said something to effect that while the Palm is the right size to carry around, the Newton was the right size to use ...

Very true.

Re:you forgot.. [pasty faced 100 lb geeks]

[ackthpt]

I don't resemble that remark. Not in the least, here's why:

I hacked 6502 assembler for a few hours this weekend, to make M.U.L.E. play for whatever number of months I want it to, in CCS64 running on my laptop THEN

I went out to cheer on a friend competing in the Santa Cruz Sentinel Triathalon THEN

I went out for a 36 mile ride on my road bike, between searing heat and blasting wind, around Monterey Penninsula THEN

I went out and had a few beers and watched the Final Time Trials of La Vuelta (which Levi Leipheimer placed 2nd in and 3rd overall G.C. First American to stand on the final podium for the final Grand Tour of the season, but don't tell fscking american media outlets about it, sheesh!)

Tech geeks are increasingly athletic, many even compete in cycle racing (the most grueling sport there is) and combination events like triathlons. I'm actually in the market for rugged devices such as this, as I want to take them hiking or biking. My primary interest, atm, is one of these. So I can profile hikes and bike climbs. That is, when I'm not hacking or reading slashdot.