Dell Latitude XT2 XFR Rugged Tablet PC Dell's First Rugged Tablet Ends Up on FCC's Table

Regular TFTS readers should know that Dell have been on a launching
spree this week announcing a new AIO PC, their first Android smartphone,
a new MID and a multitouch monitor. What you guys may not know is that
Dell's been working on their first rugged tablet PC — the Dell
Latitude XT2 XFR, which has been revealed in an FCC filing by Novatel.
There are models in Dell's XFR badged rugged laptops collection, but the
Dell Latitude XT2 XFR is the first tablet to allow for use outdoors or
in more dangerous workplaces. It comes with thick rubber bumpers on its
sides and a thicker monitor hinge, given the body some extra
shock-absorbing protection. On top of that there are also rubber
protected ports that will keep dust and water away from getting inside.

Although there's not much concerning specs, Novatel refers to it as a
convertable Tablet PC with 850/1900 CDMA/EVDO/GSM/GPRS/EDGE/HSPA WWAN
radio which means that there's plenty on the connectivity front. On top
of that, we can easily identify a fingerprint reader and a trackpad that
you can use only when in tablet mode.
The new Dell Latitude XT2 XFR Rugged Tablet PC seems to be running
Windows Vista Ultimate, but when officially introduced to the market
we'd expect it to come bundled with Windows 7 and to pack a multitouch
display. That'd be neat, isn't it?