Rob Nicol and Chris Peskin provide an engineering overview of the Nomad product development. Rob Nicol discusses the challenge of making a rugged, sealed device which still offers the user the option of customizing the hardware configuration. Rob also shows youthe internals of the Trimble Nomad, including patent-pending over-molded seals. Chris discusses broad application compatibility due to implementation of Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 operating system. Microsoft provides development tools that allow software developers to port their desktop PC software products to operate on mobile computers.