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New ToughBook Hitting The Streets |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Monday, 26 February 2007 |
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As well as enhanced features, the MIL-SPEC-certified notebooks
incorporate Panasonic's renowned rugged features - such as magnesium
alloy cases, sealedkeyboards and ports, flexible internal connectors
and shock-mounting - thatultimately deliver the highest levels of
reliability in the industry.
Panasonic says the CF-30 actually offers the "brightest notebook
display, available today, without compromising battery life". It boasts
anindustry-leading 1,000 Nit (candelas per square metre, a measure
ofbrightness) LCD, providing the brightness of a fixed mount display in
aportable computer.
The CF-30 is the first mobile notebook to achieve this milestone in
screenbrightness - a feature critical for emergency services, military,
utilityfield service technicians and mobile workers in all industries
who arerequired to use computers in direct sunlight.
To safeguard valuable data and to enable customers to comply with
increasing data security regulations, the new Toughbooks are as secure
as they arerugged. Both the CF-30 notebook and CF-19 convertible tablet
are equipped witha cable lock slot, Trusted Platform Module (TPM v1.2)
security chip, andfeature an optional fingerprint scanner. The CF-30
can also be configured withan optional SmartCard reader.
Also, thanks to improvements in global positioning system (GPS)
technology,the CF-19 and CF-30 feature significantly improved GPS
accuracy. Thiscapability will benefit all users, whether they are
navigating to their nextassignment or coordinating the efforts of field
personnel.
The Toughbooks are currently the laptop of choice for the US
Marines afterPanasonic was selected to provide rugged notebooks as part
of EDScontract with the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), the
InformationTechnology backbone of the Department of the Navy (DoN).
The NMCI provides the DoN with a full range of network-based
information serviceson a single, enterprise-wide intranet. With
Panasonic as part of the alliance,approximately 72,000 NMCI users—from war fighters tocivilians—will have access to rugged computers designed to bereliable in mission-critical environments.
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