Windows Phone Thoughts: Pharos Announces New Rugged Windows Mobile 6.5 PDA

"The Pharos 565 is a ruggedized Windows Mobile 6.5 PDA with a full QWERTY keyboard, QVGA color touch screen, built-in GPS receiver, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, IrDA and RAW IR/SIR. The device comes with a powerful Marvell PXA310 624 MHz CPU, 512 MB Flash ROM, and 256 MB DDR SDRAM. The ruggedized Pharos 565 PDA is compliant with the International Protection Rating (IP54) standard and can resist a drop in a range of 4 ~ 5 feet."

Pharos, a maker of GPS related products including PDA's recently announced their high-end 565 ruggedized PDA with notable features including a powerful GPS receiver, full QWERTY keyboard and Windows Mobile 6.5 (a world "first" for ruggedized PDA's). The 565 is currently available from the Pharos website for $529.95.