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Panasonic has announced a pair of new tablet computers at CES 2013 that fall into to the company’s ruggedized Toughpad line. The tablets include the new 10-inch FZ-G1 Windows 8 Pro tablet and the JT-B1 Android tablet. Panasonic says that both of these tablets followed the original 10-inch Android-powered Toughpad FZ-A1 that launched last year.

The FZ-G1 tablet has a 10.1-inch sunlight viewable touchscreen with an active digitizer sporting a resolution of 1920 x 1200. The tablet runs Windows 8 Pro for the operating system and can be had with 128 GB to 256 GB of storage. The tablet also be fitted with 4-8 GB of RAM and an optional microSDXC card slot.

The tablet uses a third-generation Intel Core i5-3437U vPro processor working at up to 2.9 GHz. The battery promises eight hours of runtime per charge and the tablet has integrated Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and optional 4G or 3G mobile broadband. The JT-B1 tablet has a seven-inch daylight viewable screen with a resolution of 1024 x 600.

The tablet runs Android 4.0 and uses a TI OMAP4460 1.5 GHz dual core processor. The tablet has 16 GB of storage, 1 GB of RAM, and a microSDHC card for storage expansion. The tablet also has a 1.3 megapixel fixed focus front camera and a 13-megapixel rear camera with autofocus and an LED light. The tablet also features integrated Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and has optional 4G and 3G connectivity. Both of these tablets are ruggedized to military standards to survive extreme temperatures and drops. The FZ-G1 tablet starts at $2899 and will ship in March. The JT-B1 tablet will ship in February starting at $1199.

Panasonic expands Toughpad tablet line with FZ-G1 and JT-B1 is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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This year, Panasonic’s pretty much gone all out with a vast range of gadgets. Tablets, TVs, Touch Pens, cameras, and outrageous Hi-Fi. One smaller addition to the company’s portfolio was a pair of bone conducting Bluetooth headphones. The technology isn’t exactly new, but as more and more companies get onboard, they start edging their way into the mainstream. Panasonic’s take on them looks — at least initially — like a good start. At first, the design looks almost like any other wrap-around pair of sports headphones. Until, of course, you inspect closer, and realise that there aren’t actually any buds to place in your ears. The soft-touch outer material around the ear-hooks makes them feel nice in the hand, and adds to the sporty look. Unusually they are powered by a single AAA battery, that you sneak into the slightly bulbous section in the middle of the band. We were told, however, that this might change to a rechargeable solution when we get closer to the projected fall release window.

We were eager to see how the audio performed, but it’s fair to say that on a rowdy show floor this was pretty difficult. We were advised to put our fingers in our ears to initially hear the music, and then remove them while focusing on the music. In reality, even with ears fully plugged, hearing the demo song was pretty difficult. With ears fully open to the ambient noise, we couldn’t hear anything at all. The representative was sure to advise us that production models would be two to three times louder, and we’d go as far to say that even that might not be enough. One thing is for sure, they did definitely work, and the effect is still impressive. The product is pitched at more active use cases though, so it will be interesting to see how they work while on the move / run. Again, something that was a little difficult for us to explore, despite really wanting to. As stated above, these should see the light of day sometime in fall, and we really do hope they are louder. Price-wise, there’s no official word, but if you imagine $200 as a ballpark figure, you might not be too far off the mark.

Billy Steele contributed to this report.

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Panasonic is showing off a new 4K2K OLED panel for TVs measuring 56-inches at CES 2013. The panel has a native resolution of 3840 x 2160. Panasonic says that it is the world’s largest OLED panel produced through the RGB all-printing method.

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That method of production is a printing method where OLED materials are applied to the substrate through printing technique to form a electroluminescent layer. Panasonic says that due to the simplicity of the production process it expects that the technology will be easily adaptable to the production of panels in a variety of screen sizes.

Panasonic says that its printing method also makes it possible to apply just the right amount of organic material to where it’s needed reducing waste material and shortening production leadtime. That all means that the Panasonic printing method makes the production of OLED panels more affordable and products using these panels cheaper.

Panasonic says that it’s all-printing method is suitable for panels as large as 56-inches and the process technology enables the separate application of the RGB OLED materials by color. The panel produced using this method has a peak luminance of 500 cd/m2 and supports a 10-bit grayscale. The thickest part of the panel is 8.9 mm and it weighs 12.4 kg. The contrast ratio for the panel is 3,000,000:1 and its able to reproduce 100% of the NTSC color gamut.

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Panasonic today announced the development of a new tablet computer that features a 20-inch IPS Alpha LCD panel with more than four times the resolution of Full High Definition, as well as a high precision digital pen. With the target to commercialize the new tablet later this year, Panasonic is gearing itself up to propose new business value this feature-rich device will offer to its customers in a wide range of industries.
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Panasonic’s launching a pair of Toughpads that’ll take none of your nonsense — no matter what you throw at it. The FZ-G1 is a 10-inch version that runs Windows 8 Pro, while the seven-inch JT-B1 runs Ice Cream Sandwich. Both are following in the footsteps of the Honeycomb-running A1 and B1 that arrived back in 2011. Both are ruggedized to MilSpec standard 810G and should withstand immersion in water, have daylight viewable screens and the larger of the pair can even use a stylus with third-party apps.

The FG-Z1 10-inch Windows Machine has a 1,920 x 1,200 display and is packing a 1.9GHz Ivy Bridge Intel Core i5-3437U vPro CPU, a 128GB SSD (upgradeable to 256GB), up to 8GB of RAM an eight-hour battery and an optional microSD slot. Connectivity-wise, there’s USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports, Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi and optional Verizon LTE or 3G. The JT-B1, on the other hand, has a 1,024 x 600 display and runs a 1.5GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4660, 16GB storage and 1GB RAM, built-in microSD slot, 13-megapixel rear and 1.3-megapixel forward facing cameras and an eight hour, 5,720mAh battery.

The larger of the pair will be available in March and will set you back $2,900, while the smaller one will arrive in February and will cost $1,300. Interested in knowing more, or just curious if you can use the hardware to knock down a few walls? Head on past the break for some PR.

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