Re: Rugged/Weatherproof PDA

On 18 Apr 2007 16:40:28 -0700, nemo <gnuarm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am looking for a PDA that is usable outdoors in a variety of weather
conditions. Mainly this will be to geocache using a bluetooth GPS
receiver. I have only found one unit and it has been out of
production for a couple of years. Is there anything out that is
current? Are they remotely affordable? Handheld GPS receivers are
weatherproof and still economical. I would expect there would be some
demand for an economical, weatherproof PDA.

For a somewhat out of date list of rugged Windows CE devices, see my
21 April 2005 contribution to a thread called "Looking for special
material" in microsoft.public.pocketpc.

"Remotely affordable" is a relative term. But rugged and inexpensive
are generally incompatible for PDAs. That's at least partly because
the small market means development costs are a large part of the final
cost.

Someone already provided a link to Otter, which makes rugged,
waterproof cases. Here's a slightly longer list, including some that
are rugged, but not waterproof:
http://www.otterbox.com/
http://www.saunders-usa.com/rhinoskin/
http://www.aquapac.net/
http://www.thewaterproofstore.com/
http://www.shocktronic.com/index.html
For waterproof, but not rugged, a sturdy plastic bag might work well.

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