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Panasonic has supported the mobile workforce for a good many years with its line of Toughbook business laptops. Now the company has announced its most rugged laptop yet, the modular 14-inch Toughbook 40.The rugged business laptop is aimed at folks who work in extreme or dangerous environments and boasts a tough magnesium-alloy chassis with built-in handle and reinforced locking port covers. It's certified for MIL-STD-810H and MIL-STD-461H durability, which means that it's been drop tested from 6 ft (1.8 m), is protected…

Samsung’s Galaxy XCover Pro 2 rugged smartphone is coming, its specs just got listed online. The phone appeared on the Google Play Console, so chances are that the info is spot on.This is not the first time we’re seeing the Galaxy XCover Pro 2 being listed online. The device appeared on Geekbench in the past, while its renders also surfaced. So this phone is not exactly a mystery.The Galaxy XCover Pro 2 gets listed online under a different nameWhat’s interesting about the Google Play Console listing is that it suggests a…

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Though many smartphones today can survive a dunk in the drink, taking photos or videos while submerged can be a challenge. A dedicated case might help, but you may still struggle to match the underwater capabilities of a rugged camera like Ricoh's new WG-80 compact.The latest in a long line of rugged cameras from Ricoh, the WG-80 has been designed for outdoor adventures, underwater content creation and for the rigors of work on an industrial job site.The airtight body is waterproof to 46 ft (14 m) for up to two hours and…

Images: Kensington There are plenty of docks that can add extra ports to a tablet like a Surface Pro, or a slimline laptop. Most are universal dongles that connect to your device via USB-C, but the $199.99 Kensington BlackBelt Rugged Case with Integrated Mobile Dock for Surface Pro 8 puts the ports into a rugged case that makes it easier…

Chinese rugged phone maker Doogee has launched the S98 handset, which sports a smartwatch-like secondary display in the middle of the rear camera array, comes with a three-day battery and rocks a 20-MP night vision camera.As with Doogee's other adventure-ready smartphones, the S98 is a little on the chunky side at 15.5 mm (0.6 in) thick, but users won't need to wrap this model in a smartphone case for protection as it's already rugged to MIL-STD-810G standards, and benefits from IP68/IP69K sealing so can shake off dust…

When approaching the Dell Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme, it's best to rewind your mind by a decade or two. This is not a laptop whose makers obsessed over thin bezels and millimeters of thickness down to two decimal places -- this laptop is made tough and proud of it -- but more so it uses ideas that have long since fallen out of popularity with laptops, such as hot-swappable batteries, and an ability for customers to replace some parts…

It's not every day that I come across a smartphone that can do something extraordinary. Most premium smartphones these days look attractive and have an array of cameras at the back, but the buck pretty much stops there. So, when HMD Global launched The Nokia XR20 in India I was quite interested, mainly because I'm a dad to a 2-year-old who loves to torture test smartphones. It also looks and feels a bit different. So, when I received the review unit I had two big questions: Is the Nokia XR20's tough and rugged exterior…

Danish high-end consumer electronics manufacturer Bang & Olufsen is well known for its products' design and attention to detail, apart from performance. The Beosound range of audio products covers all kinds of speakers including home installation speaker systems, but the product I'm reviewing today is part of its portable audio range. In fact, it's one of the most affordable products Bang & Olufsen currently offers, even though it still costs quite a premium compared to similar wireless speakers from brands such…

While virtual threats to our PCs rightfully grab most of the headlines -- as viruses and cyberattacks can affect millions of computers simultaneously -- our gear also faces threats from physical damage. Mobile devices obviously run a bigger risk of getting damaged, since they are transported far more frequently than desktop PCs. To combat potential physical hazards to on-the-go computing, manufacturers responded with "rugged" laptops --…