Bluebird Pidion BIP-6000 ready to beat Android into you

SDG’s Bluebird Pidion line is nothing new nor is its ultra-rugged BIP-6000 handheld computer but what is new is Android compatibility[...]SDG’s Bluebird Pidion line is nothing new nor is its ultra-rugged BIP-6000 handheld computer but what is new is Android compatibility. Previously equipped with Windows Mobile 6.1, the beastly machine rolls on a Marvell PXA320 at 806MHz with GSM / HSDPA voice and data, a 3 megapixel cam, barcode scanner, 3.5-inch VGA display, full QWERTY keyboard, and you guessed it mil-spec 810F compliance for resistance to just about any reasonable thing you could throw at it. Needless to say, this isn’t the kind of phone you buy for your pre-teen, your grandmother, or yourself for that matter but if you’ve got a fleet of mobile dudes and gals that need to scan stuff, drop their phones without a care in the world, download Market apps on the go, and hate on their Trimble Nomad -toting competition, this could very well be your lucky day. It’s on Android 1.5 at the moment, but the company anticipates a “2.x” upgrade (we’re guessing this’ll be 2.1) either this quarter or next, so start socking away cash and dreaming up the most creative way to put that moisture resistance to the test while you’re at it.

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