There are only a few digital gadgets that were built to withstand almost any types of conditions. Take notebooks for example, not many makers are willing to spend their fortunes on R&D for rugged notebooks like ToughBook from Panasonic. The fact that the market for tough notebooks are not as wide as the normal ones is the contributing factor why they are not very popular. The ToughBooks were initially targeted at military, law enforcement and heavy industrial users. Only recently the ToughBooks managed to capture the attention of some personal users.

But this doesn’t mean that the production of rugged computing devices will stop. As a matter of fact, there’s another company that is so brave that they ventured into the rugged mobile computers. Mobile Demand has a series of mobile devices such as tablet PCs and UMPC or Ultra-Mobile PC that works in harsh environments which include dusty, wet and shock-resistant.

The gadgets from Mobile Demand use full Windows PC business and desktop applications, which means all applications that run on a normal desktop computers can also be run here. In term of functionality, the rugged computers built with numeric keypad to allow simple data entry. The screens are designed to provide easy viewing in all light conditions.

The latest model from Mobile Demand – the xTablet T7000 is a small, light and tough tablet PC with the latest OS from Microsoft – Windows 7. It is relatively light and incorporates a built-in numeric keypad with optional external QWERTY keyboard and 7-inch high resolution display, making it suitable for different light condition.

If you’re looking for one rugged machine that could deliver a normal computing capabilities, the rugged tablets from Mobile Demand could be your answer.