The Trimble Yuma is both water and dust proof, is tested to MIL-STD-810F standards (just in-case you we’re tempted to take one into a warzone/throw one out of a plane) and shields its internals in a magnesium alloy shell capable of withstanding extreme cold (-22°F) to searing heat (140°F).

Specification wise the Yuma packs mediocre-sounding but seriously-sensible innards: -

• Intel Atom Z530 @ 1.60ghz
• 1GB DDR2 RAM
• 7″ Sunlight readable resistive touchscreen display (1024×600)
• 32GB SSD
• WiFi
• Bluetooth
• Outward facing 2MP camera (with geotagging)
• Inward facing 1.3MP camera (with geotagging)
• GPS
• SDIO Card slot
• 34 pin Expresscard Slot
• headphone/microphone jacks
• 8 hour battery (4 hour dual batteries)

In need of a ‘rugged, military-grade tablet’ running Ubuntu? Well you’re not the only one apparently… 

SDG Systems, a self-described reseller of ‘value-added reseller of rugged computing products, have launched an Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Edition version of their (somewhat aged) Trimble Yuma tough tablet.

“Our customers have told us that they need a rugged, military-grade, tablet computer running Linux. We are pleased to provide that option for them,” said the company’s President Todd Blumer.