Along with its business range, Panasonic has also updated its range of fully rugged tablets for utilities and vehicle mounts. This is the smaller of the two tablets, the CF-19, with a 10.4-inch screen.
Performance on the CF-19 wouldn't be spectacular; its specifications are fairly low, including a 1.06GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 1GB of RAM and an 80GB hard drive. However, it does include a broad range of features such as a/b/g Wi-Fi, 3G, and a diverse range of inputs/outputs. Judging from its specifications, it would also have good battery life.
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The A$3,600 price tag is explained as justified by being rugged. Of course the One Laptop Per Child project's laptop is the comparison that needs to be made. The OLPC is selling (very large quantity orders only) for US$200, and it is able to take water and dust over its screen and keyboard etc.. and uses a SSD in place of HDD. The only real holes for dust or moisture on the OLPC are the USB ports on the side. Of course the OLPC does not have up-market specs, but rather just sufficient grunt to do all needed apps under Ubuntu. But if you are a utility's staff doing remote meter reading, remote job logging etc, either laptop could do those jobs!