New Look Rugged Handheld PC’s for the NZ Forest Industry
Interpine Forestry, Rotorua, is receiving plenty of interest from people interested in upgrading there current handheld field computers.
Interpine provided a solution with the rugged HP200LX back in the early 90’s. And then with the Psion Workabout with its integration into the Timbertech Log Optimiser. These solutions provided relatively cheap and effective alternatives to more expensive rugged handheld field computers on the market at the time, such as the Husky FS2, Hunter16 models.
So the question now becomes what is the next upgrade option?
In the table below we show some of the main units that are available, and were evaluated during Interpine decisions to upgrade. If you follow the links, we have written some of the main features of each product and / or links to websites external to ours showing further detail. We are not aiming to suggest one model or another. If you wish after cruising this list, further help or advice start by looking at Article WCE0402 for the options that we taken on board and feel free to contact us. Interpine has also established pricing agreements and can provide assistance to purchase some of the models indicated.
We aim to keep updating this article as new information comes around. If anyone would like to suggest further models that we can add to this page please give us feedback.
| MAKE | DESCRIPTION | Operating System | Approx$ | IMAGE | MORE INFO |
| JUNIPER | ALLEGRO FIELD PC | Dual OS – WinCE 3.0 (core2.11) and DOS | $3000-3275 US |  |
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| JUNIPER | ALLEGRO FIELD PC | WinCE (Core3.0 Build 126) |
$2475 US |  |
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| HUSKY | FS4 | WinCE with DOS emulator |  |
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| HUSKY | HUSKY fex-21 | WinCE (HPC2002-Core3.0) with DOS emulator | $1800-2200 US |  |
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| RANGER | 200c | WinCE 3.0 |  |
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| COMPAQ | Compaq IPAQ | Pocket PC 2002 | $1200-1400 NZ + rugged case $99 US ?? |   |
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| PSION | NETPAD | EPOC32 or WinCE |
$4500-5000 NZ |  |
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| PSION | WORKABOUT | EPOC16 |  |
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| KIWI SYSTEMS | TUFFGUY | EPOC16 | $? US
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| HP | JORNADA 720 | WinCE HPC 2000 (core3.0) |  |
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| SYMBOL | PDT 8100 Series Portable Data Terminal | Pocket PC 2002 |  |
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| DAP | MICROFLEX CE5240 or CE5320 |
WinCE 3.0 (core 2.11) | $? |  |
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| DAP | MICROFLEX CE8640 |
WinCE 4.0 (CE.net) | $? |  |
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| CASIO | INDUSTRIAL CASSIOPEIA IT_700STD |
Pocket PC | $1800 US |  |
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| Trimble | TSCe | WinCE 3.0 |  |
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| Trimble | GeoExplorer CE | WinCE PocketPC |  |
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| TimbaTec | TimbaTech Pocket | WinCE | $2500-3000 US |  |
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| CASIO | INDUSTRIAL CASSIOPEIA EG_800STD |
Pocket PC 2002 | $900 US |  |
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