A Fully Rugged Convertible Tablet PC Joins the Rugged Notebooks Product Line

Orange, California, May 2007 - Rugged Notebooks, Inc., known for computers designed for extreme durability in harsh conditions, recently announced the addition of the "Rough Rider Convertible" to the family of Rough Rider products.

The Rough Rider Convertible is a light weight convertible that features a 10.4" or 12.1" LCD designed to rotate 180°, quickly transforming it in the field from a notebook into a tablet PC. The product is geared for everyday use by military, public safety, law enforcement, and other field service personnel.

Company President, Alan Shad, stated "This is the first of three new product introductions this year for Rugged Notebooks, Inc. The Rough Rider Convertible, like our entire rugged product line, is certified to the MIL-STD 810F and IP54 standards."

This new "convertible" is housed in a magnesium alloy case with a fan-less design, has a removable hard drive, is highly portable at 2.2 kg and is easy on power consumption with the Intel® Core™ Duo 1.2 GHz processor, 512 MB DRAM and an 80 GB hard drive. It also has a built in Waterproof Reversible Camera and Integrated GPS and Wireless Access.

Rugged Notebooks is also known for its Transflective "Sunlight Readable-Touch Screen" LCD. The Rugged Notebooks product line includes: "Ruggedized", "Semi-Rugged" and "Fully Rugged" Laptops, Handheld Computers, PDAs, Mobile Data Terminals, and Wireless Tablets.

To learn more, please visit:

www.RuggedNotebooks.com and www.RuggedNotebooksBlog.com
Contact: Alan Shad, President Email: ashad@ruggednotebooks.com
Telephone / Toll Free: 1-866-278-4433
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