Panasonic start pre-orders rugged Android tablet – Tablet Guide

Panasonic has started accepting pre-orders for the Toughpad FZ-B2, a rugged 7 “tablet that runs on Android 4.4 KitKat. The tablet gets a price tag of € 799 (VAT excl.) With it and is available in Russia. From December Whether he comes to the Netherlands is still unclear.

Rugged tablets have a small audience, but in recent years have shown that sufficient demand exists. Panasonic has been active for a while in the market for rugged (and business) tablets and presented last month Toughpad FZ-B2. This weekend discovered that Panasonic Mobile-review in Russia has begun accepting pre-orders for this tablet. The cheapest model has a price tag of 799 euros (excluding VAT) inherited. There are several versions of the tablet, more expensive models feature extras such as a smartcard reader and 2D barcode scanner.

The screen of the Toughpad FZ-B2 is 7 “tall and has 1280 by 800 pixels. Internally, is an Intel Celeron processor N2930 found, this is a quad-core that works on 1,83Ghz and by means of a turbo boost can be up to 2,16Ghz. There is 2GB of memory and 32GB of storage available. Also a Micro-SD slot, USB 3.0 port, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi 802.11ac and SIM card slot with 4G support can be found on board. Furthermore, we find at the back a 5 megapixel camera, front is a 2 megapixel webcam.
The previous Toughpad’s still running on Windows 8, Panasonic has this time opted for Android 4.4 KitKat. The press picture shows – and some added applications -. A bare version of Google’s mobile operating system see

The Panasonic design win any beauty awards, but that does not matter. The Toughpad FZ-B2 is built in harsh environments and can be used, for example at -10 degrees Celsius. He is also waterproof and dustproof, and you can make it without problems from a half meter height drop without causing damage. The tablet is aimed at people such as construction work or at sea. Or the tablet also comes to the Netherlands is still unknown, Tablet Guide has this checked with Panasonic.

Would you like to see this tablet are? In Dutch shops