Ezekiel wrote:
"Roy Schestowitz" wrote...
Rugged PDA available with Linux
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A value-added reseller of mobile computers and PDAs has
ported Linux to a ruggedized, "military-grade" PDA. SDG
Systems is offering the "Nomad" from Tripod Data Systems
(TDS) pre-installed with Angstrom Linux and Qtopia PDA
Edition, and bundled with a toolsuite and build
environment based on OpenEmbedded.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6292990557.html
Surely to be a huge commercial success. NOT.
Yeah, right. That is why they wiped Windows version clean and
intalled Linux, because customer wanted it:
[quote]
SDG Systems has ported several of TDS's rugged PDAs to Linux. TDS
supplies them only with Windows Mobile. SDG made its first Linux
port to the original Recon PDA back in 2005 at the request of
10East, a vertical ISV (independent software vendor) that sells
to the railroad industry.
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... and it is a personal digital assistant (PDA), not a laptop.
<quote> Compared to the previous Recon-X model from TDS
(pictured at right), which was also "tuxified" by SDG almost
two years ago, the Nomad (pictured above) moves up to an
806MHz PXA320. RAM doubles, to 128MB, and flash memory
increases to either 512MB or 1GB. The Nomad also has an
improved display, moving up to a backlit, 480x640 portrait VGA
touchscreen.
The Linux version of the Nomad sells for $1,650 to $2,300,
based on hardware options, says SDG, and comes with a Linux
development kit and a one-year parts and labor warranty. An
extended warranty is also available. More information may be
available on the Linux version at this SDG page, and more info
on the general purpose </quote>
High cost? It is worth it, because that is what the customer
wants. Reason for higher cost is because it meets military
specifications for harsh usage:
[quote]
The Nomad maintains compliance with the MIL-STD-810F standard for
drops, vibration, and temperature extremes, says SDG, and is IP67
rated for imperviousness to water and dust. It can withstand 30
minutes exposure under a meter of water, says SDG, as well as
survive temperatures ranging from -22 to 144 degrees F. To prove
how rugged the Nomad is, the SDG points to two entertaining
videos showing the device surviving PDA chambers of horrors like
swimming pools, bathtubs, ovens, freezers, the beach, and buried
underground in the garden.
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Customer plans on using it in a harsh environment and wanted
something that could take the punishment.
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