The Nautiz X5 is the smartphone for your rough and tumble user on the go

Ever drop a phone and spend a few unpleasant moments cringing with anticipation of the flimsy shattering noise it will make when it ends its journey on the ground, battery asunder and various pieces scattered to the winds? We've all been there, which makes a rugged smartphone like the Nautiz X5 a little more appealing than it would otherwise be based purely on aesthetics alone. It's been rated IP65 (two marks higher than Sony's recent semi-rugged GXD-L64H1 LCD), meaning it's completely dust-proof and can stand up to a heavy shower, but also sports modern conveniences like a 3 megapixel camera with LED flash, a barcode scanner, Bluetooth, 802.11b/g, and a 3.5-inch VGA LCD through which you can get your Windows Mobile 6.1 on. All that is powered by an 806MHz Marvell CPU with 256MB of RAM, meaning it's not only beefy on the outside. No word on price or availability, but don't expect all that heft to come cheap.

[Via Handheld Europe]

[Maestro @ Mar 4th 2009 9:22AM]

That thing reminds me of ____________. (noun)

[absinthe party @ Mar 4th 2009 9:29AM]

unicorns?

[Phargo @ Mar 4th 2009 9:27AM]

You're > Your

thanks

[Phargo @ Mar 4th 2009 9:25AM]

Ha but seriously, made you think about it!!!

[skyblaze @ Mar 4th 2009 9:29AM]

huh?

[wrabbit @ Mar 4th 2009 9:29AM]

Hold up there. It can stand up to a heavy shower AND sports a 3 megapixel camera?! Sexy facebook profile pictures here I come!

[qwert @ Mar 4th 2009 9:31AM]

It is ugly and has the wrong OS, but nevertheless: I want!
There are by far not enough rugged phones out there.

[onihanju @ Mar 4th 2009 2:24PM]

Deuche ex Machina - I completely agree with you! The big ones really have a knack for taking a pounding and coming back for more. Speaking of which... how's your Mom doing these days?

[Deuche ex Machina @ Mar 4th 2009 9:46AM]

Oink, oink, that's a tubby little piggy of a phone. Though, in my experience, the chubby ones are more apt to accept the rough treatment.

[deezy @ Mar 4th 2009 10:46AM]

WIFI ANY1?

[matthew Pettigrew @ Mar 4th 2009 12:24PM]

802.11b/g mean anything?

[Jason Martin @ Mar 4th 2009 12:26PM]

802.11b/g is Wifi

It has it.

[superhobo @ Mar 4th 2009 9:46AM]

806 MHz processor!

That's great, most of the rugged phones are slow.

[Rick @ Mar 4th 2009 9:57AM]

Heh I bet Obama's glad he doesn't have one of these...it's pretty fug.

[unzarjones @ Mar 4th 2009 11:15AM]

Double Tax for saying "Obama"

[GingerFox @ Mar 4th 2009 10:56AM]

sounds good, but it looks kinda like a toy:(

[kal326 @ Mar 4th 2009 11:11AM]

My Tilt has gone down the stairs a few times, but still held up alright minus a few nicks and scuffs. With this I would be more interested in the barcode scanner and the rugged features. Seems like a nice platform to build some inventory management apps with. Symbol already has some WM devices that are used for this, but they don't also include phones.

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Mar 4th 2009 11:21AM]

Ny Neice has gone through 35 phones in the last two years, I want one of these for her. Either that or they should put her in their commercial. She has managed to destroy some expensive phones(3 iphone orig and 5 new,3 htc touch diamond, etc)

[Scriptor @ Mar 4th 2009 12:42PM]

I don't understand how or why your niece keeps getting new phones. Does she pay for them herself?

[coldwave @ Mar 4th 2009 2:09PM]

O.o That's a lot of phones. I got a basic model Nokia when I was 16, and it lasted me a good 5 years!

Anyway, I like this thing. I'll have to put it on my watch list.

[aj121489 @ Mar 4th 2009 4:31PM]

Holy shit that's crazy. I don't understand how everyone is so clumsy with their devices (phones, iPods/mp3 players, etc). I think I've dropped my iPod touch twice (not long falls, either and I've had it for well over a year) and my phone probably twice too. It's not that difficult to hold on to/keep track of this stuff...

[alexmueller @ Mar 4th 2009 11:25AM]

Must rugged electronics be so ugly?

[ravicai @ Mar 4th 2009 12:12PM]

Whoa... 806mhz marvell, check... 4400mah battery, check... 3.5" VGA, check... water/dust/drop proof, check... this looks like an awesome phone. And the inclusion of all those buttons will make playing emulators a breeze. My only complaint is the size. If that thing is really 6 inches long, there is no way I'm going to replace my HTC Advantage x7501 with an even BIGGER device. Here's hoping that was a typo!

PS - I wonder what kinda trouble I could get in with that barcode scanner.... hmmmmm...

[aj121489 @ Mar 4th 2009 4:32PM]

Yea really wtf is the point of a barcode scanner?

[kal326 @ Mar 5th 2009 9:16AM]

@aj121489
Its for industrial applications like checking freight cartons or other barcodes on products for inventory or claims purposes. My uncle works for a company up in Des Moines that makes just PDAs with the same features but with WIFI. They are used in shipping areas to report claims for damaged goods. Scan the carton, take a picture of the damage, send off the claim via WIFI.

[Dan Fruzzetti @ Mar 4th 2009 3:07PM]

... all those modern features and it only weighs six kilograms!

Also a 4400mAh battery is FREAKING HUGE.

[jon avedon @ Mar 4th 2009 4:57PM]

I love how it says "Handheld" on the front... just in case you forgot what you were using...