Panasonic Toughbook Survives Tiger Attacks, Elephant Stomps, and Gunshots

Most of us have no need for Panasonic's Toughbook-30: Its specs are unremarkable and the 13.3-inch laptop weighs over 8 pounds. But then, our mortal laptops could never survive the ridiculous, almost cartoony beating Forbes gave it.

12:45 AM on Wed Jun 24 2009, by Dan Nosowitz, 28,897 views, 60 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5301891/panasonic-toughbook-survives-tiger-attacks-elephant-stomps-and-gunshots

Gadget Deals of the Day

Get ready for that summer cross-country trip you've been hankering for with a snazzy new GPS, headphones, and netbook. Not man enough? George Clooney will teach you how.

3:00 PM on Thu Apr 16 2009, by Odelia Lee, 42,233 views, 37 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5214722/gadget-deals-of-the-day

Waterproof Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1 is the Toughbook of Digital Cameras

Built by a company with some experience at making things that aren't flimsy, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1 is a waterproof, dustproof and shockproof point-and-shoot camera for the outdoorsy and/or clumsy type.

9:00 AM on Tue Jan 27 2009, by John Herrman, 30,555 views, 68 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5139949/waterproof-panasonic-lumix-dmc+ts1-is-the-toughbook-of-digital-cameras

Panasonic's Toughbook H1: Ultimate Doctors and Nurses Gizmo

We mentioned it before, and were initially upset it wasn't a revised Speak&Spell...but now Panasonic's H1 Toughbook for clinical use is out, and its specs list is impressive. It's water-, dust- and drop-proof from 3-feet, has a smooth-surface and...

7:01 AM on Wed Nov 5 2008, by Kit Eaton, 2,471 views, 9 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5077003/panasonics-toughbook-h1-ultimate-doctors-and-nurses-gizmo

Panasonic Fleshes-Out Toughbook Line With 3G-Internet F8, T8, W8 Laptops

Pansonic's line of Toughbook laptops is already pretty extensive, but it's getting more so: Panasonic's just come up with the 8-series of "business-rugged" notebooks. The F8, T8 and W8 all come with a Gobi 3G mobile broadband system built in for...

4:07 AM on Fri Sep 26 2008, by Kit Eaton, 2,446 views, 3 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5055146/panasonic-fleshes+out-toughbook-line-with-3g+internet-f8-t8-w8-laptops

Food Network's Alton Brown Talks to Giz: Caribbean Adventuring With a Garmin, an iPhone and a Shload of Cameras

10:00 AM on Sat Sep 6 2008, by Wilson Rothman, 32,115 views, 75 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5046242/food-networks-alton-brown-talks-to-giz-caribbean-adventuring-with-a-garmin-an-iphone-and-a...

Mystery Intel Tablet is Panasonic Toughbook for Medical Types

That mystery tablet PC that appeared at the end of Intel's presentation at IDF last night is no Classmate, or super-powered Speak&Spell either: It's a Panasonic Toughbook-alike tablet. More specifically it's a "Mobile Clinical Assistant" device,...

4:24 AM on Wed Aug 20 2008, by Kit Eaton, 2,293 views, 8 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5039245/mystery-intel-tablet-is-panasonic-toughbook-for-medical-types

Mystery Tablet Shown at Intel Event, Either the Classmate 3 or a Quad Core Speak & Spell

At the end of an otherwise tepid presentation at the Intel Developer Forum today, Dadi Perimutter, head of Intel's Mobility Group, dropped a bomb (via PowerPoint) on his audience: a mysterious tablet device, which could well be the next generation...

8:10 PM on Tue Aug 19 2008, by John Herrman, 2,522 views, 10 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5039167/mystery-tablet-shown-at-intel-event-either-the-classmate-3-or-a-quad-core-speak--spell

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If there's anything we enjoy more than playing with our gadgets during the week, it's playing with our gadgets during the weekEND. What'll we be playing with? Some wireless speakers, headphones, digital photo frames and some more weird...

8:00 AM on Fri Jul 25 2008, by Jason Chen, 331 views, 1 comment
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What Doesn't Break a Toughbook Makes It Stronger: How They Test the Hell Out of Them

Deep in the northwest corner of Kobe, Japan, there's a factory hidden away among green rice paddies, and sleepy farming villages of tiled roofs. If you were to travel here, to Takatsukadai—the middle of nowhere—you'd find Panasonic's Toughbook...

4:00 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008, by Tim Hornyak, 23,978 views, 47 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5019770/what-doesnt-break-a-toughbook-makes-it-stronger-how-they-test-the-hell-out-of-them