The Node Explorer v2, a rugged PDA for the outdoorsman

By Dan Wu

Normally these things are sold mainly to business and military customers, but Node (a company based in the UK) has just come out with the Explorer v2, a ruggedized PDA aimed at a consumer market which we're not sure has exactly been clamoring for a ruggedized PDA
(ruggedized cellphones are a different matter). Anyway, if you've been looking for a way to check your calendar while hiking or rappelling or kayaking, the Explorer v2 is waterproof, shock resistant, and has a six-hour battery life, a 400MHz Xscale processor, a color LCD screen, and built-in WiFi (which you probably won't find out there in the woods).
Too bad it's running on their own proprietary system, it'd be nice if the Explorer ran Windows Mobile or Palm OS since there's plenty of software available already for those platforms. Are we getting super nitpicky or what?

[Via Slashdot]

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