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There’s been a lot of mobile computers released in the past few months.  Although, most have ultimately been rather unexciting as they were netbooks with the same specs and similar screen sizes.  Sure, there have been a few interesting ones, but nothing really stands out as different.  Motion Computing’s new tablet PC is finally something different, even if it it is completely unaffordable for most of us.

The new tablet, dubbed the J3400 has a netbook-esque size with a 12.1-inch screen, but that’s where the familiarity stops.  The big claim to fame for this tablet is how sturdy it is.  According to Motion Computing it can handle a 3 foot drop onto plywood over concrete, or anything that would give a lesser shock.  The 1.8-inch 80 or 120 GB HDD and screen are both shock-mounted to make that possible.  There’s also an option for a 64 GB SSD, which would be even safer than the HDD with accelerometer that sense when it’s falling.

The other specs include a 1.2 or 1.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB of RAM (able to go up to 4 GB), draft-N Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, a 2 MP webcam and various ports.  It comes standard with Vista Business, though there is an XP downgrade option.  Motion Computing claims it can get 7.4 hours of battery life off a single charge, which is pretty impressive.  Even more impressive is the Qualcomm Gobi module for 3G connectivity.

The J3400 sounds like a pretty good tablet PC with all those features.  That is until you see the $2,299 price tag.  Well, it was nice while it lasted.

Read [Electronista]