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Old April 7th 04, 02:09 PM
Nathan Young
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Default Suggestions for cockpit tablet PC

I am looking at purchasing a tablet PC to display WxWorx weather, and
would appreciate the advice of anyone who is doing this or looking
into it.

Criteria:
1. Must be tablet PC (don't want a laptop)
2. Must run WIN XP, don't want CE
3. Display size isn't critical (nor is resolution). Would like to
have 800x600 and at least 8 inch diagonal. This rules out the PDAs.
4. Daylight visible, with controllable brightness (for night) - I've
been trying to find transreflective screens, as they do well outdoors.
Problem is not many tablets have these.
5. Integrated bluetooth/802.11b/GPS would be nice. If not, must have
expansion slots to support these technologies. I'm looking to use the
BT for the WxWorx data, and I know there are CF or PCMCIA GPS cards.
6. Minimal cables (see #5). Ideally, I would only have to connect
power.
7. Ruggedized casing - nice to have but not necessary. Ruggedized
seems to add about 50% to the purchase price.
8. Cost. Oh yeah, it should be cheap too.

Suggestions? I've been looking at the Fujitsu ST4121 @ $2300. It is
close to what I want, but a bit short on expansion ports.
http://webshop.fujitsupc.com/fpc/Eco...es=AA&ptype=TB

Thanks,
Nathan