Thread: Astak Mentor eBook readers with WiFi and Touchscreen (read-only)
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Old 12-06-2008, 11:37 AM   #1126
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Originally Posted by kacir View Post
Make an extremely sturdy unit as an option. You can have the same screen, PCB, and other parts for the "pretty" unit and "sturdy & ugly" one. Something like super rugerized military type PDA I saw the other day. Massive UGLY rubber coated ribbed aluminum cast
Something like this:
http://www.industcomputing.com/PDFs/...ilitaryPDA.pdf
http://www.amrel.com/federal_militar...ugged_pda.html
http://www.ruggedized-solutions.com/ruggadized_pda.php
(One can dream. Right?)
I would heartily second this. When something costs $300.00 and up, it would be wonderful if when dropped on concrete it just accumulated a few more love scuffs and kept on working. Screw pretty give me rugged every time. Thats just me though and I realize the cost to produce truly rugged electronics is prohibitive. It could have some basic rubberized armor over a tough plastic or aluminum shell though.
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