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Windows never managed to establish itself in the tablet market beyond a small number of specialty tablets for vertical markets. Apple is Apple and no one else gets to make an iPad or use Apple's iOS. Oh well.īut why this Windows-based tablet when Panasonic already introduced an Android tablet of roughly the same size some time ago? That's because of the unique realities of the tablet market. Anyway, "Toughpad" is certainly a good name, even if, unfortunately, the website is owned by an Arizona company that makes a conditioner for the paws and pads of hunting dogs. Why it's the "FZ" G1 when the smaller model is the "JT" B1 is unclear, but then most Toughbooks have "CF" as part of their name. Panasonic has been making Toughbooks for almost two decades, and combining that with the "pad" moniker successfully established by Apple (well, IBM established "ThinkPad" two decades ago, but then used the name primarily for notebooks) made deciding on "Toughpad" easy. The name, of course, sort of fell into place. Let me state right upfront that Panasonic faced an exceedingly difficult task when deciding on the design, features, and specs of the G1. RuggedPCReview had a chance to spend some extended hands-on with a Toughpad G1, and this article presents our impressions. The new tablets joined the existing Android-based 10.1-inch Toughpad A1, and gave Panasonic a whole trio of "new era" ruggedized tablets, hedging the company's bets in the tablet market by offering products in both major operating systems platforms that do battle with Apple's still iconic, albeit non-rugged, iPad. Panasonic introduced the Windows 8-based 10.1-inch Toughpad FZ-G1 in January 2013, together with the 7-inch Android-based Toughpad B1. These have been included in the tech specs at the end of this review.
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Panasonic announced tech updates to the FZ-G1 in July 2014 and November 2016.
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Panasonic dishes up a very fast and very competent new-era Windows tablet Rugged PC - Rugged Notebooks: Panasonic ToughPad G1
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