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Stadium WiFi and Weatherproof Tablet PCs?

Posted by Cliff on from the hardware-that-can-handle-the-abuse dept.

StadiumOutfitter asks: "I've been tasked with setting up a wireless network for an open air stadium - not just for internet access but potentially with in seat food/drink orders and even interactive game related content. That's the easy part, really. What I'd really like to find is a rugged and weatherproof handheld device (tablet or PDA style) that can do Wifi. The plan is to rent them out during gamedays for people who want to participate, but can't bring a laptop. Any suggestions?

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  1. Why? by DAldredge · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why would anyone want to take a laptop to a sporting event? On first glance this appears to be as smart as shipping 50lbs bags of dog food via UPS.

    1. Re:Why? by Johnathon_Dough · · Score: 2, Funny
      Well, by the number of people I see walking to SBC Park in San Francisco with laptop bags. A bunch of them do. From the two times I have been to Games there, the onlyplace you have to worry about having crap spilled onto your pricey equipment is if you are in the bleachers. The rest of the time, I would use the term lethargic to describe the average fan there.

      OT: [rant]I have worked less than 3 block from that damn ballpark ever since it opened. And Damnit. I now hate baseball and baseball fans...and all theri damn kids too. I have lost count of the number of times I walk out into our parking lot to see some jackass peeing onto someone else's car. [/rant]

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      If you are one in a million, then there are six thousand people who are just like you.
    2. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Put up a web site with the piss-idiots and use the words SBC park, Giants, etc alot on the site, get everyone to link to it by having some blidiots mention it in their blogs.

      People will love to see their "out sick" co-workers on the web pissing in public. Mention Camila Harris (sp ?) a bunch of times, too - and the new chief of police, there are certainly enough prima-dona motorcycle cops standing around doing nothing, they could ticket some pissers...

  2. Motorola by $exyNerdie · · Score: 3, Funny

    I believe that motorola builds a lot of weatherproof ruggerized devices running Windows CE and other pda style operating systems.... I know this because one of my friend works for a fortune 500 company that sells meat and they needed such devices in pig farms!!