Below is an exciting update from our friends at Kinetic. Kinetic finished the Vic-Maui International Yacht Race. We won our class and the race overall. We sailed against some keen, experienced competitors and the outcome was in doubt until very late in the race. This year’s race was quite windy and fairly rough, making for [...]
At Panasonic, we fully believe in the quality of the products we make. As a result, we don’t shy away from a little competition. So, when Inc. magazine said it wanted to compare a few rugged laptops, we were happy to offer up our new Toughbook 31. The editor sent us a list of tests [...]
I would like to introduce you to David Sutcliffe and his Kinetic team, our guest bloggers, who just set sail on the 2010 Vic-Maui race. During the race, the Toughbook 30 will serve as the team’s main on-board computer, responsible for linking the ecosystem of devices and software to create a central communications system and [...]
We had the pleasure of visiting Lubbock, TX to see how the Red Raiders are using the Toughbook U1 rugged handheld computer to help enforce parking across their large campus; especially on football Saturdays. Here’s what we found. With a new football season around the corner, the Parking Services Department for Texas Tech University (TTU) [...]
We have been closely following teenager Abby Sunderland’s attempt to sail solo around the world. She made it halfway through her journey, when the Indian Ocean’s rough seas halted her travels. The Toughbook team is relieved to learn that Abby has been found and is well and in good health. We wish Abby a [...]
We recently updated our Toughbook 19, a fully-rugged convertible tablet. Important upgrades to our fourth version of this product include optional WiMAX and Gobi2000 chips. The Toughbook 19 is also one of the first mobile solutions to incorporate the newly launched Intel® Core™ i5-540UM processor, featuring Intel® Turbo Boost Technology with speeds up to 2.0GHz, [...]
CMG employee uses the Toughbook U1 to scan magazines For the past two years, we have been integrating Qualcomm’s built-in mobile broadband Gobi technology in our Toughbook mobile solutions, enabling customers to connect to both HSPA (AT&T Wireless) and EV-DO (Sprint and Verizon Wireless) networks with a single solution. Embedded cards with Gobi provide a [...]
Founded in 1993, the notebook division of Panasonic (now Panasonic Solutions Company) created the first economically priced standard form-factor rugged PC, which was brought to market in 1995. Since then, the Toughbook brand has become the global leader and gold standard in rugged mobile computers. The Toughbook 31 is the sixth generation of the flagship [...]
Recently, Panasonic exhibited at DistribuTECH 2010, an electric transmission and distribution conference that covers automated and control systems, energy efficiency, engineering, demand response, power delivery equipment and water utility technology. This was an ideal venue for Panasonic because utilities companies were early adopters of rugged mobile computing technology due to the fact that their mobile [...]
Today marks the first day of the newly formed Panasonic Solutions Company, our new company designed to streamline access to a broader range of products for our partners, resellers and customers. The new organization will incorporate the operations of Panasonic Computer Solutions Company (maker of Toughbook laptops), Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems Company and Panasonic [...]
