Still, that's a pretty laudable goal.
My only issue with tablet PCs is the vulnerability of the screens themselves. Not a day goes by that I don't see an iPhone or an iPod Touch with a f&*@ed up screen on my ship (some are epically spider-webbed). And I don't care about those fancy-schmancy Otter Skins. Still too easy in my experience for a protruding object (say, a CO2 Fire Bottle) to knick that sucker right in the middle where the case doesn't protect it.
All that said, what's being done to ruggedize these things and yet still maintain their touch sensitivity and precision?
(The only things I have in my possession that have touch screens are my Nintendo DS, and my Toshiba Biblio Phone. I've dropped the phone several times and the touchscreen display refuses to break.)
My only issue with tablet PCs is the vulnerability of the screens themselves. Not a day goes by that I don't see an iPhone or an iPod Touch with a f&*@ed up screen on my ship (some are epically spider-webbed). And I don't care about those fancy-schmancy Otter Skins. Still too easy in my experience for a protruding object (say, a CO2 Fire Bottle) to knick that sucker right in the middle where the case doesn't protect it.
All that said, what's being done to ruggedize these things and yet still maintain their touch sensitivity and precision?
(The only things I have in my possession that have touch screens are my Nintendo DS, and my Toshiba Biblio Phone. I've dropped the phone several times and the touchscreen display refuses to break.)