

Same recipe, updated tech - Compact, ruggedized 7-inch tablets have been remarkably successful, and so Trimble stayed with roughly the same size and weight. So, right upfront, let's see what's changed and what hasn't.

And that's exactly what Trimble did with the Yuma 2. Good sequels extend what made the original a hit, build on it, and often introduce new elements and twists. In theaters, sequels seek to benefit from the positive name recognition and formula of a successful movie while providing enough merit of their own to delight the audience.

One such product was the original Trimble Yuma, introduced in early 2009, and good enough to warrant a sequel, the Yuma 2, the subject of this review. Many know Trimble primarily as a GPS and surveying product company with niche market and specialty products, but the company actually also has quietly been offering some excellent general purpose rugged handhelds and tablets. The Yuma 2 is a 7-inch rugged tablet computer from Trimble, a company that has been providing productivity enhancement technologies to field and mobile workers for over 30 years, mostly in positioning, surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety and mapping. Blickenstorfer photography and video by Carol Cotton) Second generation of GPS specialist Trimble's rugged, innovative, and very well executed rugged tablet computer offers speed, capacitive multi-touch (even in the rain!), advanced technology, and a superb screen that remains viewable in direct sunlight Why the display of a mobile device is so important (Field Technologies Magazine, September 2013)Įvery computer a mobile computer (GPS World Magazine, July 2013) Rugged PC - Rugged Tablet PCs: Trimble Yuma 2
