Panasonic today announced its first Atom powered Toughbook UMPCs. If you’re unknown with the line, Toughbook has the highest durability any notebook can offer. The CF-U1 can withstand a drop on a concrete surface up to 120cm. Depending on the model number, it will come preloaded with Vista or XP. The specifications: 1.33GHz Atom processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB SSD, video memory which can be shared up to 256MB and 5.6-inch WSVGA touchscreen which is also viewable under direct sunlight. There’s Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 and QWERTY for two models (CF-U1AQBXZJJ & CF-U1AQBXZAJ) and the remaining models (CF-U1ANBXZJJ & CF-U1ANBXZAJ) will have to settle with navigation keys and numeric keys. Battery life is expected to last around 10 hours.

Coming this October in Japan.

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[Via Impress]