Casio has a brand new rugged phone coming, the IT-800 RGC-35 handset, that weighs 335 grams and packs a 3.7 inch VGA screen with a low-reflection touch panel. This PDA phone will be launched in January 2010 and you should know that the device is shock resistant. IT-800 RGC-35 supports 3G wireless WAN (HSDPA) and the handset is also able to withstand...
The device you can see pictured below is Samsung Convoy, a rugged push-to-talk phone that will be made available by Verizon, starting November 15th, for $49.99 on contract, after a $50 mail in rebate. Convoy is able to resist shock, vibration, dust, fog, salt, humidity, sunlight and extreme temperatures, as certified by its 810F compliance. Verizon...
We’ve covered various rugged phones over the last months, but never have they been put to a tougher type of stress than the usual drop on the floor, key scratching and water pouring. It’s time now to test the handsets meeting the Military Specification 810F: Motorola Tundra VA76r, Sonim XP3, Verizon G’zOne Boulder. The first phone,...
Usually rugged Windows Mobile devices pack some strange feature like a barcode scanner or SOS functionality, that make them suitable for people working in tough environments or soldiers. However, there’s one handset that suits the general public as well and it’s a rugged phone I’m talking about, QiGi AK007. Well, general public or...
Creating rugged Windows Mobile handsets has become a trend for manufacturers it seems and Nautiz X5 is one of these devices, coming from Handheld Europe. The X5 runs Windows Mobile 6.1 and is ready to face extreme weather (-20 to +55 degrees Celsius), dust, sand and being dropped from up to 1.8 meters. Nautiz X5 also packs a Marvell PXA320 Xscale CPU...
Trimble is not a great name in the phone manufacturing biz, but they do cover a niche of folks working in pretty tough conditions and always in need of tough handsets. The company has just launched two new devices, in the Juno series: Juno SB and Juno SC. Both phones come with WiFi support, Bluetooth, a 3 megapixel camera, 128MB internal memory and...
