ViewSonic, a company that specializes in visual display products for industries such as retail, health care and the military, launched Nov. 14 a new group of ruggedized handheld computers. Daniel Woodward, senior project manager at ViewSonic, said the company’s latest handheld computers–the V38r-06, V38r-07 and V38r-07a–“meet the demand for a PC that is rugged enough to use in the field for data collection and transmission as it is water- and dust-resistant, IP54-rated and can withstand a 4-foot drop to concrete.” The new line of ViewSonic’s handheld computers were built on Microsoft’s PPC 2003 operating system and Intel Xscale CPU and are designed to work with existing IT infrastructures and tender improved features for productivity such as Bluetooth and GPS tracking.