<div>The Japanese electronics giant Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, also known as Panasonic, revealed its new line of rugged mobile computing devices for the Indian market on 15 April’ 2013. Extending its Toughpad portfolio launched in October’ 2012, the 2 new tablets individually support the Windows 8 and Android platforms, and are broadly designed to provide reliable and secure access to the user’s data as well as applications.</div><div> </div><div>The 10.1-inch Windows 8 tablet Toughpad FZ-G1 has WUXGA display with a resolution of 1920x1200 pixels. Powered by 3rd Generation Intel Core i5-3437UvPro Processor comes with 4GB RAM (expandable upto 8GB) that is dust and water resistant and can bear 120cm drop shock as well. Priced at Rs 1.75lakh (excluding taxes) it weighs 1.1kg, supports 3G with a battery life of 8hours and has got USB 3.0 and HDMI ports. </div><div> </div><div>“Panasonic India now has a renewed focus on the B2B and B2G business. We further aim to capture 40 per cent of India’s rugged devices market,” says Manish Sharma, MD, Panasonic India.</div><div> </div><div>With a 7-inch daylight readable multi touch display, Toughpad JT- B1 has an Android (Ice Cream Sansdwich) interface and a resolution of 1024x600 pixels. With a 1.5GHz dual-core TI OMAP processor and 1GB RAM, it boasts of a 16GB built-in storage (expandable upto 32 GB) and a 5720mAh battery. It can bear 150 cm drop shock with a battery life up to 8 hours. Priced at Rs 69,000 (excluding taxes), it also has a 13MP camera with LED flash and a 1.3MP unit front camera.</div><div> </div><div>These devices(already in market) mainly cater the industries such as automotive, aviation, telecom, utility, retail, manufacturing etc. Other than these tablets, Panasonic also revealed its two handheld computers called the Touchbook JT H300HT and Touchbook JT H320HT catering the logistic industry.</div>
