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By David Rothman

image A new iRex 1000 series computer with a big 10.2-inch screen survived a one-meter crash test at a press conference today.

So reports Robert, a TeleBlog reader who says he witnessed the test.

While Robert doesn’t say if he works for iRex, his post sounds both factual and heartfelt. And it’s great news—given importance of the screen breakage issue to consumers and business users like. I’d love to hear more details from iRex about the test and the exact methodology. Will the new iRexes even survive falls onto concrete floors? More from Robert:

The iLiad 1000 looks good, feels much lighter than the ‘old’ one and you can operate it both right- and lefthanded or with the stylus.

The new processor is much smarter then the current one, it hibernates downto 0 MHz when there is no activity. So batterylife should be prolonged. It holds just one battery (fixed), in stead of the two in the old iLiad, but it should last longer.

And what’s more, they did a complete rewrite of the software. It is based on Linux 2.6.x and it has a Windows-like interface. Full A4 documents are perfectly readable. Target is B2B. At the moment the basic model (read-only) and the read-write model are available. The Connectivity model (with WiFi and Bluetooth) later this year.

The device is made out of plastic, no metal parts. The screen is still glass. But I saw a crash test, it fell from more then a meter, but after that it operated without any glitch whatsoever.

Big thanks, and I’d love details from anyone else present! The TeleBlog is a community effort, and we all benefit from Robert-style reports (ideally with ID if possible—I’ll withhold full names on request). Use the comment area or e-mail us.

Correction, 8:38 p.m.: Whoops. That was one meter, not the three mentioned earlier. My wetware metric converter was at work without even a mention of a foot. Thanks for the catch, everyone!

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