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Psion Releases A Rugged, Water-Tight PDA

Posted by timothy on from the 8-hours-of-life dept.

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."

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  1. Bonds waits for a pitch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic



    The Rams' Torry Holt celebrates after his 45-yard TD catch. AP

    Unbreakable

    To the high-flying Rams, the vaunted Dolphins defense
    turned out to be nothing more than a speed bump. St.
    Louis overpowered Miami 42-10 on Sunday, as Kurt
    Warner threw for 328 yards and four touchdowns.

  2. Huh? by SilentChris · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    "the number of physical machines hosted by Windows is at about half."

    I don't see how the two correlate. So if a system is running Windows, it's physically more inclined to break??

  3. Oops! by riggwelter · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    the number of physical machines hosted by Windows is at about half

    Copy 'n' paste disaster? :)

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  4. just for fun! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post, hurraa !

  5. "the number of physical machines hosted by.." by ^me^ · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Windows... Doesn't that belong in the Netcraft article?

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  6. Incinterate Islam. Holocaust the Moslems. Destroy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Our dead's horrific screams cry out for vengeance:
    1. Kill all Muslims.
    2. Kill all Mohammedans.
    3. Kill all Arabs.
    4. Kill all Towel Heads.
    5. Kill all Camel Jockeys.
    6. Kill all Sand Niggers.
    7. Kill all Dune Coons.
    8. Kill all Islam.
    9. Nuke their countries to hell.
    10. Nuke them again.
    11. Death to Islam.

    I piss on Mecca. I wipe my ass with the Koran. I spit upon Mohammed.

  7. Windows machines... by spike666 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    its cuz they tend to commit suicide due to the extreme stress of running windows.

    but with this new psion vaporware, it'll be able to withstand an attempt at drowning, or a ledge jump.

  8. Let me get this warped by da5idnetlimit.com · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the hell again ?
    Those people are dead.
    as in I don't give a f**k what you are doing now I'm dead.

    So get a life, a therapy or something.

    AND GET THE HELL OUT OF MY NEWSFEED.

    U R Wasting Bandwith !

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