Tag: Rugged
Rugged Olympus TG-1 iHS Tough OLED-packing camera leaks at Best Buy
Olympus are already preparing to follow up on their recent Tough camera line it would appear, after a Best Buy listing for the Olympus TG-1 iHS Tough appeared briefly online before being hastily pulled down. Adding a a 3-inch, 610,000-pixel…
JCB dig up limited edition Motorola Defy+
Motorola have teamed up with construction giants JCB to bring a limited edition JCB-branded Motorola Defy+ handset to Android fans. "We're thrilled to be working with JCB on this bespoke Motorola Defy+ device," said Victoria McManus, UK marketing director, Motorola…
Nikon's first rugged camera revealed as the Coolpix AW100
Nikon may be a little late to the party when it comes to rugged, tough cameras, but at least their first offering (the Coolpix AW100, revealed today) is packed to the rafters with nifty features. Shockproof from heights of 1.5…
Samsung's smartphone range gets tough with the Galaxy XCover
Samsung's Android smartphone range is about to get as tough as nails with the introduction of a new rugged handset aimed at trade users. The Galaxy XCover is dust and scratch resistant, with a 3.65 inch scratch resistant display,…
Panasonic Toughbook tablet: the worlds most rugged Android tablet?
Panasonic are adding to their Toughbook range of rugged computers by releasing an Android-based Toughbook tablet. Practically invincible with military-grade protective materials, it's a 10.1 inch device utilising a resistive screen and stylus. Running at an XVGA resolution, its screen…
Sonim launch world's most rugged phone, the XP1300 Core
Are you about to get your Ray Mears on and go on an epic trek around the world's most extreme terrain? Or perhaps just a browse around a particularly chaotic Primark? If either of those sounds remotely up your alley,…
Motorola i1 announced, is the first Push-to-Talk Android smartphone
The Motorola i1 smartphone has been unveiled. Running on the Android platform, it's the first smartphone using Google's OS to feature Push-to-Talk, allowing the phone to be used like a walkie-talkie device. The Motorola i1 is looking pretty rugged for…
MWC 2010: Day 3 Round Up
Day 3 of MWC 2010 draws to a close, and today surprisingly saw quite a few animal-inspired devices. Obviously yesterday we had the Puma Phone, but today saw Sonim launch the XP2 Spirit with its sturdy sheet of protective "Gorilla…
MWC 2010: Sonim XP2 Spirit phone launched for Ray Mears wannabes
If you're big on extreme sports or just prone to regular bouts of butter fingered-ness then the Sonim XP2 Spirit, launched at MWC today, could save you a shed load on insurance. Sonim are no strangers to making rugged phones,…
LaCie launches the LaCinema Rugged HD
We told you last year about LaCie’s LaCinema – a rugged, portable multimedia hard-drive designed to host all of your multimedia content. Well, as the name suggests, this is the HD upgrade to that device.
As well as playing all the formats you’d expect of a multimedia player – it now plays all of the popular HD variations too, such as H.264, MKV, WMV9 and MPEG-4.
It’s got 500GB of storage and offers full HD, 1080p resolution via HDMI. It’s designed to be carried around – it has a unique varnished, scratch-protected aluminium shell and shock-resistant rubber sleeve that make it resistant to a bit of rough and tumble.
It’s £289.99 and it’s available now direct from LaCie.
