Casio unveils two rugged Android tablets designed for business users

If rugged Android tablets are your thing, then you might be interested to learn that Casio has debuted a pair of rugged Android tablets aimed at the enterprise sector, or business users who find that they have to travel to rugged terrain often. Both the V-T500-GE and V-T500E tablets run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and are encased in a rubber shell that is said to be able to protect the tablet from drops of up to 1 meter in height, and are both splash and dust-proof as well.

Under the hood, both tablets will sport a 10.1” display and will be powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core TI OMAP4460 processor along with an NFC reader. As it stands, we’re not sure what the difference between both offerings are, with the exception of the name. So far pricing and availability have yet to be announced, but if you like what you see so far, be sure to stay tuned as we will be keeping you updated on the situation!

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