Get rough with Panasonic’s new Toughpads

Top 3 Signs You Might Need a Panasonic Toughpad: 1)Your tablet doubles as your dinner plate. 2)Your tablet is frequently used to smush roaches 3)You’re constantly dropping it from your bed (also, your bed is 12 feet off the ground)Even if none of these situations apply to you, you still might take an interest in the FZ-G1, a 10-inch tablet that runs Windows 8 Pro, and the JT-B1, a 7-incher that runs on Ice Cream Sandwich. Both are rugged little things, built to withstand drops, immersion in water, dust, and more. The FZ-G1 ($2,900) features a 1,920 x 1,200 display, 1.9GHz Ivy Bridge Intel Core i5-3437U vPro CPU, 128GB SSD (upgradeable to 256GB), up to 8GB of RAM an eight-hour battery and an optional microSD slot. Checking the ports, you’ll find USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports, Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi and optional Verizon LTE or 3G. The JT-B1 ($1,300) packs a 1,024 x 600 display, with a 1.5GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4660, 16GB storage and 1GB RAM, built-in microSD slot, 13-megapixel rear and 1.3-megapixel forward facing cameras and an eight hour, 5,720mAh battery.