The Nomad is really a PDA. It can do anything something like a Dell or HP PDA can do with the addition that you can drop it and dunk it in water! And it is one of the first Windows Mobile 6 devices on the market. It is really a generic windows mobile platform that is made by Trimble that can be bought with specialized surveying software (or not), but really any sort of windows mobile developer could write any sort of application for this thing and would not be limited to the office to use it...
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The Nomad is really a PDA. It can do anything something like a Dell or HP PDA can do with the addition that you can drop it and dunk it in water! And it is one of the first Windows Mobile 6 devices on the market. It is really a generic windows mobile platform that is made by Trimble that can be bought with specialized surveying software (or not), but really any sort of windows mobile developer could write any sort of application for this thing and would not be limited to the office to use it...
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