Specialized models include Sony's 2.2-pound Picturebook, with a handy built-in camera, and Panasonic's incredibly rugged Toughbook units, which have managed to keep going even after getting run over bymycar.
What we're seeing on the ground near Kalak today, which is a couple of hours away bycar from my location, is a further degradation of Iraq's front line defenses around one of two key northern cities, Mosul.