Rugged Pocket PC

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Hello

I need an Rugged Pocket PC
especially one whith an enhanced temperature band
(we want to use it in cars and trucks)

a range from about -10° to 40 ° Celsius should be enough.
(In Fahrenheit this would be about 10 to 110)

Can somebody recommend some devices (or companies)?
Because I lost the overview when I search through the web :-/

Norbert

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"Norbert Thek (News)" <norbert@thek.org> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> I need an Rugged Pocket PC
> especially one whith an enhanced temperature band
> (we want to use it in cars and trucks)
>
> a range from about -10° to 40 ° Celsius should be enough.
> (In Fahrenheit this would be about 10 to 110)
>
> Can somebody recommend some devices (or companies)?
> Because I lost the overview when I search through the web :-/
>
> Norbert

Don't discount yet the posibility of using a more standard PPC in a good
case, such as an otterbox 2600, 3600 or 1900. The cost savings (pda
w/armour case vs ruggedized PPC) is more than substantial.

More info if so inclined: http://www.otterbox.com/category.cfm?Category=28

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On Wed, 11 May 2005 09:12:38 +0200, "Norbert Thek (News)"
<norbert@thek.org> wrote:

>xTenn wrote:
> > "Norbert Thek (News)" <norbert@thek.org> wrote in message
> > news:42812951$0$11094$3b214f66@aconews.univie.ac.at...
> >
> >>Hello
> >>
> >>I need an Rugged Pocket PC
> >>especially one whith an enhanced temperature band
> >>(we want to use it in cars and trucks)
> >>
> >>a range from about -10° to 40 ° Celsius should be enough.
> >>(In Fahrenheit this would be about 10 to 110)
> >>
> >>Can somebody recommend some devices (or companies)?
> >>Because I lost the overview when I search through the web :-/
> >>
> >>Norbert
> >
> >
> > Don't discount yet the posibility of using a more standard PPC in a
>good
> > case, such as an otterbox 2600, 3600 or 1900. The cost savings (pda
> > w/armour case vs ruggedized PPC) is more than substantial.
> >
> > More info if so inclined:
>http://www.otterbox.com/category.cfm?Category=28
>
>I checked this possibility but
>i need a good temperature range not a waterproof, acidproof... case.
>This is also a problem because the rugged devices are normally much
>bigger then the normal one -> I get problems howto place the stuff!

Small, battery powered heater in the case, to keep the cold out ? The
otterboxes are fairly well sealed so it should be possible to keep
near-ambient inside them ;-))

Still cheaper than the $800 premium for a military style ruggedised
low temperateure device...

Cheers - Neil

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Hi

I dont need especially low tempratures (-10 ° isn't that cold)

I need an pda which will work even after lying in a car for 6h without
any sun cover!
You can measure temp up to 60°C in such situations!

But nevertheless
Thanks a lot for the links and information.

Norbert
r_z_aret@pen_fact.com wrote:
> On Tue, 10 May 2005 23:36:17 +0200, "Norbert Thek (News)"
> <norbert@thek.org> wrote:
>
>
>>Hello
>>
>>I need an Rugged Pocket PC
>>especially one whith an enhanced temperature band
>>(we want to use it in cars and trucks)
>>
>>a range from about -10° to 40 ° Celsius should be enough.
>>(In Fahrenheit this would be about 10 to 110)
>>
>>Can somebody recommend some devices (or companies)?
>>Because I lost the overview when I search through the web :-/
>
>
> I have no specific recommendations. But you might look at:
> http://www01.giscafe.com/magazine/ [...] wsletter=1
> http://www.cewindows.net/wce/30/pocketpcruggedcomp.htm
>
> I just used google (http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search) to
> look up
> rugged
> in microsoft.public.pocketpc and got 134 hits. I took a quick look and
> think you'll find some useful leads, although I didn't see temp specs.
> When I changed the search string to
> rugged temperature
> I got 2 hits. One is this thread. I particularly like the other one
> (well, it's from me. I followed my own suggestion and changed the
> string to
> temperature
> and got 65 hits. I didn't check them.
>
> With a little more effort, I found a 8-14 Jan 2003 thread called "Need
> PDA to work in cold weather???" in comp.sys.handhelds
>
> I included a long list of rugged Windows CE handhelds in my 21 April
> 2005 contribution to a thread called "Looking for special material" in
> microsoft.public.pocketpc. I don't know which are specifically good in
> extreme temperatures.
>
> A year or so ago, I saw a PBS show about exploring a mountain ridge in
> Antarctica. Among other tasks, one person took a GPS reading on the
> summit that was their target. The handheld used for that reading had a
> case with a lot of yellow and a )( shape. So I _think_ it was a Timba
> Tec. I know it worked in the cold.
>
>
>
>
>>Norbert
>
>
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