Panasonic is branching out from its ruggedized computer and tablet roots, announcing a pair of new smartphones on Monday at Mobile World Congress.

The Panasonic Toughpad FZ-F1 and FZ-N1 are both designed to give users a handheld computer that can take a beating, when their job requires it. Panasonic calls the them “handheld tablets,” but the cellular connection and the dimensions of the devices puts them into what most people would consider the smartphone category.

The F1 runs Android 5.1 Lollipop, but the N1 runs Windows 10 IoT Mobile Enterprise, a version of Microsoft’s operating system that’s designed to bring the capabilities of Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise to more specialized line-of-business devices like Panasonic’s smartphone.

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Source: COMPUTER WORLD