July 7, 2004 09:27 PM
New PDA from Olympus specifically targeted for medical use

Olympus has just released a rugged device that is suited to resist most environmental exposures in the hospital: body fluids, drops etc. Check out the news posted at Engadget:

Olympus, not the best-known player in the Pocket PC market, is releasing a WiFi-equipped version that’s modified for use by hospital doctors in referencing and updating patient information while on their rounds. In addition to the 802.11b wireless, Olympus promises more robust security than WEP, through use of 802.1x authentication. Specs are moderate—it has 32MB of both RAM and ROM and runs on Windows CE .NET 4.2—but it’s tough: as it’s likely to get covered in all sorts of oomska on a regular basis, it’s dustproof, splash-resistant (we don’t want to think too hard about what it might get splashed with), will survive being dropped from a height of 1.2m, and can be wiped down with ethanol.

Posted by leo at July 7, 2004 09:27 PM

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