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Panasonic Toughpad A1 & Toughpad B1 Specifications

Thorp — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:45:31 +0000

On November 13, 2011 Panasonic released more information about upcoming rugged tablets Toughpad A1 and B1. The A1 is expected in December 2011. Smaller b1 will arrive in winter 2012.
MSRP$1299.

Toughpad A1 & B1 Specs

1.2GHz dual core processor
500 nit 10.1″ (A1) and 7″ (B1) 1024×768 XGA LCD
multitouch + digitizer
1GB DDR2 RAM, 16GB Flash Storage
Android 3.2
GPS (hardware level)
5MP back camera with autofocus and LED flash, 2MP front camera
Weight: 2lb
0.7″ thick

Toghpad A1 pdf spec. sheet

Toughpad mini website

Toughpad images

Ipad 2 New Rival Coming Up This Year

ggalicia — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:57:02 +0000

So many of us have experienced some major cons of the Ipad 2 such as not 4G connection support, its low quality camera which we all know it can be improved, its inability to support Flash, and its glossy screen. What if I told you that this year many of these problems will be solved? That’s right! Apple should consider coming up with Ipad 3 because Panasonic Company Solutions is releasing a superior tablet for all of us geeks, the Panasonic Android Toughbook!

Besides bearing all kinds of stressed, the new Android Table will bring the following features:

1) A 10.1 inch daylight screen and high brightness running on Android

2) Multitouch functionality with a stylus

3) Satellite GPS

4) Optional 3G or 4G connection

5) Long lasting battery life

6) more updates to come

According to Panasonic’s press release this new gadget will be out for sale on the 4th quarter of this year; no mention on price was given. We can’t wait to see what other amazing features this new gadget will bring us.

Panasonic CF-19 MK5 with Core i5 2.5GHz Processor

Thorp — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 03:19:09 +0000

Core i5-2520M processor in CF-19 MK5 is clocked at 2.5GHz with Turbo boost up to 3.2GHz

The latest fully rugged Panasonic Toughbook CF-19 MK5 delivers a high-performance CPU in a fan-less design.

The Toughbook CF-19 MK5 is IP65 and MIL-STD-810G compliant, meaning it is capable of operating in extreme temperatures and withstanding multiple free drops to concrete. In addition, it is fully protected against vibration, as well as dust and water ingress.

Configuration

Panasonic has decided to equip MK5 with 10.1-inch transflective LCD wide XGA display (or an optional display with dual-touch capabilities). This 6000-nit sunlight-viewable panel features Panasonic’s CircuLumin technology.

Furthermore, the new Toughbook is powered by a Sandy Bridge Intel Core i5-2520M vPro central processing unit, clocked at 2.5GHz (up to 3.2GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0). The chip has 2 cores (4 threads), 35W max. An integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics card with shared dynamically allocated VRAM is also part of the standard configuration.

The fully rugged notebook houses 4-to 8GB of internal 1333MHz DDR3 memory and either a 320GB mechanical hard drive (7200rpm) or an optional Solid State Drive (SSD) with a storage capacity of 128GB/256GB.

Connectivity

Built-in Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR adapters are standard on all models except special federal units. Optional are Gobi2000 3G or LTE 4G WWAN and GPS modules.

FireWire, Serial Port, two USB 2.0 ports and Gigabit Ethernet bring no changes from MK3-MK4 models. We are surprised not to see a USB 3.0 port like in Toughbook CF-53.

Other specs, availability and pricing

Panasonic CF-19A will ship with a pre-installed Windows 7 Professional (32bit or 64bit) operating system. Weight starts at 5.1 lbs (2.31kg) with the built-in 5600mAh Lithium-ion battery (up to 9 hours runtime).

The magnesium alloy case with hand strap houses a pressure sensitive touchpad with vertical scrolling support. Rubber or emissive are optional. Security features include SmartCard & fingerprint reader, as well as HDD and battery lock.

The CF-19 MK5 is expected in August with starting price of $4200.

Panasonic CF-53 ships on June 25

Thorp — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:35:03 +0000

Announced in May Panasonic CF-53 is expected to hit shelves on June 25.

Panasonic Toughbook CF-53 features 14″ HD LED display, 4G LTE mobile broadband, USB 3.0.

Full CF-53 specifications.

Buy Panasonic Toughbook CF-53 online.

Panasonic CF-31 Released

Thorp — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:53:23 +0000

The Toughbook 31 offers a 13.1″ brilliant 1100 nit touchscreen available with Panasonic CircuLumin™ technology, integrated webcam and up to 11 hours of battery life. Major update from CF-30 is new Intel Core™ i5 and i3 processors along with available discrete graphics.

Panasonic CF-29 LCD

Thorp — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:24:21 +0000

Take Your Toughbook Everywhere

Thorp — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:47:50 +0000

Blogger Seth Persigehl shows in his blog beneftits of being a Toughbook owner.

CF-29 on vacation

Nice computer table.

Toughbook on the beach

Send us your pictures at info@toughbookcentral.com.

Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 Drivers

Thorp — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:56:33 +0000

We recommend downloading a full package and extracting its content to the root of your disc (C:). Main drivers and applications will be in util2 folder. Follow installation instructions to install/update drivers.

CF-29C/E (MK1) Full Package, Windows XP
CF-29C/E (MK1) download one-by-one

GPS Software for Toughbooks

Thorp — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:27:05 +0000

WinFast Navigator (Freeware)

The WinFastNavigator is GPS monitor for Pocket PC, Palm, and Windows laptop. It is used to test and view performance of GPS receiver based on SiRF chipset.

For Windows 9x, NT, ME, 2K, XP

GPSInfo (Freeware)

GPSInfo is used to test and view performance of GPS receiver.
For Windows

Microsoft Street and Trips 2009 Trial Version

Street and Trips is the best selling GPS software in the US. Microsoft now offers a 60 days trial version.
Download trial version and run it for free for 60 days

Once and for all — Toughbook touchscreen driver

Thorp — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:20:47 +0000

In this post I’ll try to gather all possible drivers and solutions for touchscreen equipped Toughbooks.

Almost 60% of all questions about touchscreen enabled Toughbooks (CF-18, CF-19, CF-28, CF-29, CF-T2, CF-T4, CF-T5) are about touchscreen driver.

The “PS/2 Compatible Mouse” in Device Manager actually covers both the touchpad and the screen, and appears as a fully functioning device right after a new install of XP – there’s no separate device for the touchscreen itself. You have to replace this default driver with the official one from Panasonic here, unhelpfully and simply called “mouse driver”.

Download the mouse driver, extract all the files (Panasonic’s .exe file won’t run on anything but a compatible Toughbook, but 7zip can extract the files by itself), right-click the mouse in Device Manager and point it to Fidmou.inf instead.

Solution #0 CF18 MK1 Win XP

Download and expand mouse-touchscreen driver for MK1 (CF-18BXXX). Follow driver update procedure described earlier in this guide.

Solution #1 CF-T1/T2/T4 CF-18 MK2 Windows XP

Download Toughbook touchscreen driver packageÂ #1. Extract and follow driver update procedure described earlier in this guide.

After update, you might need to calibrate the screen. To start calibration procedure open folder where extracted drivers are located and run application named calvin.

Solution #2 CF-T5/T7, CF-18 MK3/MK4/MK5 Windows XP

Download touchscreen driver package #2 (newer version). Unzip and run ftsetup.exe. Restart computer. Run calibration utility if needed.

Solution #3 CF-18 MK4/MK5 Vindows Vista

Download and extract touchscreen update for Vista.