Corvallis PD to use rugged Getac F110 tablets for electronic citations 
The Corvallis Gazette-Times reports that the Corvallis Police Department is closing in on the launch of its electronic citation program that will use rugged Getac F110 tablets. The system, which will likely go live early next year, will enable hardcopy of citations on mobile printers, and information sharing with other agencies without the need for hand copying of data. [See Gazette-Times article] -- Posted Wednesday, November 20, 2013 by chb
Motion Computing J-Series tablet camera training
Modern tablets have a wealth of powerful features that can greatly enhance productivity, but are not always obvious or easy to use/figure out. Manuals help, but a good instruction video is almost always better. Tablet pioneer Motion Computing knows that and just released the latest in their series of Motion product training videos. This one shows how to best use the camera in Motion J-Series ruggedized tablets, and how to ouse the many graphics tools available. [ target="_blank">See Motion's J-Series Camera Usage instruction video] -- Posted Wednesday, November 13, 2013 by chb
iPad Air teardown -- the cost of thinness
The crafty folks at ifixit.com (whose terrific tools we use at the RuggedPCReview.com's lab) tore down a brand-new iPad Air to see what's inside and how easy it is to repair. As far as the latter goes, not very. They found impressive feats of miniaturization, but at the cost of a "repairability score" of just 2 out of 10. And a diminished battery. Such is the cost of excessive thinness. [See ifixit.com's iPad Air Teardown] -- Posted Thursday, November 7, 2013 by chb