Cassiopeia DT-5200: Industrial Love

[Darius Wey]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-10528-Casio+Cassiopea+DT-5200+live+at+the+WPC+Expo+2005.html' target='_blank'>http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/new...+Expo+2005.html</a><br /><br /></div><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20051029-DT5200.jpg" /><br /><br />Well, this seems like a nice industrial device. Casio's newest kid in the rugged handheld market is the DT-5200, which is able to survive temperature conditions of -10°C to 50°C, and drops of up to 1.2m. The device has a 3.7" VGA screen, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, a 1-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, an awesome 20-hour battery life, and Windows CE 5.0. More pictures at <a href="http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-10528-Casio+Cassiopea+DT-5200+live+at+the+WPC+Expo+2005.html">Akihabara News</a>.

[Gerard]

Not that I'm likely to get stung with another Casio experience... but this big boy is rather interesting. Especially so is the picture of the device back with the phrase: "1.0 MEGA PIXEL CCD." Either that's a mis-print - unlikely on a production casing - or it's the first PPC digicam not using a crappy CMOS receptor chip. Cool. CCD chips are rather more power hungry, but they've got a killer battery in this one. And a phone pad? Is it a phone as well, or are the alphanumeric buttons a gag?

[DaleReeck]

Forget rugged. Even as a regular PPC, those are pretty good specs :D

[Duncan]

Forget rugged. Even as a regular PPC, those are pretty good specs :D

Not Windows Mobile though - so not a true PPC.

[Cybrid]

[quote=DaleReeck]

Not Windows Mobile though - so not a true PPC.Well, It does say Win CE 5. It maybe different but could be possible to run many PPC apps on top of it's current OS.

Gerard. I think the buttons are for quick text entry and are an addition to hide the big honking battery.