MobileDemand lets loose rugged xTablet T8700 tablet PC

It may not look all that different from its previous xTablet T8600, but MobileDemand still seems to have found plenty to brag about its new xTablet T8700 rugged tablet PC, which it says offers the "industry's highest performance" in addition to "superior ruggedness." That performance is centered around a 1.2GHz Core Duo processor and a standard 2GB of RAM, which certainly isn't much compared to consumer laptops and tablet PCs, but is pretty uncommon in a rugged tablet of this class, which are usually saddled with a Celeron or the like. On that other, even more important matter (at least for anyone in the market for one of these), you can expect an MIL-STD 810F rating for ruggedness and an IP 65 rating for sealing, which you can see put to the test in video form on MobileDemand's website. Needless to say, none of this exactly comes cheap, with a hefty $3,795 required to call this one your own.

[hackman @ Mar 4th 2008 9:10PM]

um...harddrive size?

[barrywoods @ Mar 4th 2008 10:09PM]

80 gigs.

[mattwier @ Mar 4th 2008 9:15PM]

Ohhh extra chunky, FTW.

[Eric @ Mar 4th 2008 9:17PM]

Someone needs to come up with somewhat more rugged, but not 4 large rugged laptop. I might be going camping for the weekend, but not in Iraq.

[sinai @ Mar 4th 2008 11:48PM]

i thought the point of the UMPC was to come in under $1000... who gives a toss about "rugged" when there aren't even any decent ones on the market?

[Stop!! @ Mar 4th 2008 11:51PM]

"Needless to say, none of this exactly comes cheap, with a hefty $3,795 required to call this one your own." Needless to say, every post sounds better with the phrase "needless to say". I'm starting a count: we're up to 5 since yesterday. Needless to say, I think Engadget is desperately overdue for hiring an editor.

[MobileDemand @ Mar 5th 2008 12:23AM]

"you can expect an MIL-STD 810F rating for ruggedness and an IP 65 rating for sealing, which you can see put to the test in video form on MobileDemand's website."

For the direct links to the videos that demonstrate this Rugged Tablet PCs ruggedness here:

http://www.ruggedtabletpc.com/rugged-tablet-pc-videos/index.php

Also, you can see them in higher resolution, 16:9 format here:

http://tablet-pc.blip.tv/

[MobileDemand @ Mar 5th 2008 11:55AM]

To respond to a question about the drive support - the xTablet T8700 model supports an 80GB hard disk drive standard, and offers optional 8, 32, and 64GB solid state drives that provide enhanced durability, power savings and faster performance.

See more information here:

http://www.RuggedTabletPC.com

[asdfsda @ Dec 17th 2008 2:57PM]

Wats fucking wrong with Iraq. Muslims are awsome