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Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Panasonic Toughpad A1 and Toughpad B1 Tablets Will Arrive Soon!

The name is “Toughpad”, yes, not touchpad. They are as tough as the name suggests. Panasonic unveiled two new Android based tablets, the Toughpad A1 and Toughpad B1. The Toughpad series of tablets are focussed on rough users, workers on the move and would also target business and government users too. High quality support system will also be in place for the tablets with enterprise focussed app store, developer tools and many others.

The Toughpad A1 is a 10-inch tablet and the Toughpad B1 is a 7-inch tablet both ideal for outdoor workers like people working in the field of aviation, construction, hardware professionals, etc. where working conditions makes it difficult to use expensive tablets like iPad. These Android tablets are designed for enhanced security and longer product life to allow government and business enterprises to use them to their full potential without being worried about security issues. These tablets offer security at hardware levels with enhanced VPN, trusted boot and device management which provides hardware and software encryption for secure access to the devices.
These devices would have access to the application rich Android Market and also the enterprise focussed Business AppPortal which offers market specific applications for a wide range enterprise concerns. Enterprises can also customise their applications according to their needs for which Panasonic will be providing private application stores in Business AppPortal.
The Toughpad A1 is loaded with a capacitive 10.1-inch XGA high brightness display with multi-touch along with a stylus and an active digitizer. This Toughpad series has been referred as “Tough” as it has the MIL-STD-810G rating for protection against drops and the Ingress rating for protection against dust and water.
Official specification sheet for Toughpad A1 goes as follows:
OS: Android™ 3.2 (Honeycomb)
Processor: Marvell 1.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor
Storage: 16GB
Optional Storage: MicroSD optional up to 32GB
RAM: 1GB LP-DDR2
Display: 500 nit, daylight readable,10.1‖ XGA (4:3),
Battery Life: 10 hours (serviceable battery)
Weight: 2.13lbs (without pen)
Drop Rating: 4 ft.
Ingress Protection: IP65
Temperature rating: 14F to 122F (operational)
Inputs: Micro-USB, microSDHC, micro HDMI
Camera: 5MP rear, 2MP front
Connectivity: 4G (LTE or WiMAX), 802.11a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR,
Features: Hardware-level security, FIPS140-X and HIPPA compliant
Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.3 x 0.67 in.
The Panasonic Toughpad A1 will be available from Spring 2012 with a price tag of $1299 where as more information about B1 will be released soon as the tablet will be available in the later part of 2012. Here’s a look at the Toughpad series from Panasonic:

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