[Therion] Nautiz X8

[Pavel Herich]

Hello,
i´m using it for more than two years now, 3 to 15 times per month. My 
device is built on windows, so there is PocketTopo installed. For me it 
works great, strong battery, quite big screen, I use to clean it just 
directly under the flowing water. But on the other hand, surprisingly 
PocketTopo turned out to run significantly slower than on the previous, 
old and cheap PDA (means menu reactions, context menu calling and so; it 
doesn´t affect bleutooth connection or any other core functionalities - 
anyway it could be just some settings error). Then, I had to replace 
stylus, which was very wide and not draw friendly, instead I use thin 
stylus from old PDA (metal core), which doesn´t works perfectly, but 
it´s much better to work with. As well, the screen is not so precise for 
drawing than on my old PDA, partly perhaps because of bigger screen, but 
I think the technology has been changed (you can use only plastic, thin 
protection of the screen to be able to use old and precise stylus). 
Also, the two buttons (arrows) on the left side of the device I found 
very annoying - there are right there, where one would hold the device, 
they manage volume, which is very necessary to work with inside the 
cave...; I will try to seal them once. And last thing, it´s necessary to 
protect screen from drops of water, even small ones are registered and 
making some effect on screen.
So that´s all troubles I noticed, otherwise you can count with this 
device anywhere.
But to use it just to draw a raw sketch in PocketTopo or Topodroid, it´s 
bit expensive (f.e. DigiTerra explorer - basic GIS software can be 
instaled).
Pavel




Dňa 2018-10-31 19:06 Bruce Mutton via Therion napísal(a):
> Good Morning.
> 
> Does anyone have experience with these?
> 
> Nautiz X8
> 
> https://www.handheldgroup.com/rugged-computer/handheld-pda/nautiz-x8/#tab=tecspec
> [1]
> 
> http://ruggedpcreview.com/3_handhelds_handheldus_nautiz_x8.html [2]
> 
> https://www.handheldgroup.com/rugged-solutions/Customer-Solutions/nautiz-x8-extreme-environment-surveying-with-rugged-handhelds/
> [3]
> 
> Bruce
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1]
> https://www.handheldgroup.com/rugged-computer/handheld-pda/nautiz-x8/#tab=tecspec
> [2] http://ruggedpcreview.com/3_handhelds_handheldus_nautiz_x8.html
> [3]
> https://www.handheldgroup.com/rugged-solutions/Customer-Solutions/nautiz-x8-extreme-environment-surveying-with-rugged-handhelds/
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