Do you ever feel the pressing need to take your office and move it into the desert or possibly a nearby forest? Yeah, me too. That’s the premise behind Trimble’s Yuma tablet computer. Designed for mobile workers, the Yuma sports a 7-inch WVGA touchscreen, Wi-Fi, GPS and a pair of geotag-enabled cameras, and a 34 pin ExpressCard slot comboed with a SDIO slot. It doesn’t provide innate internet connectivity, but via one of the expansion ports workers should be able to connect a modem to obtain outside access not over Wi-Fi.
The Yuma tablet meets MIL-STD-810F military standards for resistance to outdoor beatings and its IP67 rating protects it from dust, water, and temperature extremes of -30 to 60 degrees Celsius. The 2.6-pound tablet also stuffs a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor and 32 GB solid state drive inside its 5.5 inch x 9 inch x 2 inch rugged casing.
Trimble hasn’t released any pricing information yet, but expect the Yuma tablet to be available in April 2009.
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