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GPS Integrated laptop from Itronix gets government recognition

Apr 9, 2006 gps navigation, military

The VR1 from Itronix, a General Dynamics company, recently was awarded “Best of FOSE” award from Government Computer News (who knew?). This semi-rugged laptop includes integrated support for 4 RF Modems (Bluetooth, 802.11 a/b/g, GPS, and Wireless WAN and they claim it will resist any 30″ fall or less. The specs are pretty impressive like its magnesium alloy case with shock-mounted hard disk drive & display and fingerprint scanner.

The basic configuration is $3000 and if you want to add that 80 Gb heated hard disk and the integrated GPS, and upgrade the memory to 2Gb it will cost you $4300. I know I’m not getting one but the military obviously can afford this. Here are some more highlights:

• Magnesium Alloy Case with Shock-Mounted Hard Disk Drive & Display
• Spill-Resistant Keyboard & Palm Rest Area
• Same 12” Shock-Mounted Display as provided in our fully rugged GoBook III
• Meets MIL-STD 810-F Vibration, Humidity & Temperature Specifications
• 30″ Drop Test Certified
• Well-Suited for In-Vehicle Environments with Companion Vehicle Cradle
• Up to 4 Internal Radios: WI-FI (”WLAN”), Cellular Data (“WWAN”), GPS, & Bluetooth
• Built-in Wireless Upgrade Flexibility (CRMA-Express Wireless Architecture)
• BlueTooth
• Discrete Intel® PRO/Wireless 802.11 a/b/g
• Supports 1xRTT/EV-DO or GPRS/EDGE/UMTS Technologies
• All Radios Have Integrated Antennas, WLAN & WWAN Switchable to External Antennas
• 1.86 GHz Pentium M Processor with 533 MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache
• Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP or Windows® 2000
• Intel® Centrino Pentium M
• 512 RAM expandable to 2 GB RAM
• Mobile Intel® 915GM/GMS, 910ML Express Chipset featuring Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900
• Ambient Light Sensor with Auto-Adjusting LCD Screen Brightness Capability
• 4-6 Hour Battery Life (without radios) with Battery Management PowerSaver Utility
• Full Cooling-Fan Logic & Optional Hard Drive Heater

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