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Permalink Reply by Morli on November 18, 2009 at 10:50am

Hi George,
Google search revealed the following, I know our GIS dept used fujitsu for outdoor data collection but haven't used it my self. but heard they r ok but pricy

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Jack Crossfire on November 18, 2009 at 11:23am

no

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Permalink Reply by george on November 18, 2009 at 11:58am

Jack, quit beating around the bush and give it to me straight!

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Permalink Reply by Noth666 on November 18, 2009 at 12:48pm

George, best bet is a matt-screen laptop with a cover blocking out the top and sides, imho it works quite well, but it seems harder and harder to find non-glossy screen laptops. Lenovo still makes them, don't know of others.

Glare screen cover example : http://www.compushade.com/demos/FCKeditor/UserFiles/Image/laptopIns... but you can of course make one yourself.

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Permalink Reply by brakar on November 18, 2009 at 4:09pm

I received my newly aquired Dell E6400 today, after a lot of compromizing between various needs and desires. Fairly: compact, robust, powerfull, well equiped, ment for multil-purpose family use, beside outdoor use with my UAV and indoor with demanding image-processing software etc.

Screen is very bright and clear on default settings on battery (almost too bright), so I imagine visibility will be good also outdoor. But frankly I believe most modern laptops with matted screens are more or less equally good with regard to visibility. Most laptops use LCDscreens don't they(?) I believe screens with plasma- or the new sed-technology might be even better, but I can't remember to have seen any new laptops with those technologies.

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Howard Gordon on November 18, 2009 at 6:32pm

Lockheed Martin has what you need - http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/army-lockheed-martin-team-up-for-disops-battlefield-pdas/

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