Mining devices need especially robust design and careful manufacturing for completing crucial missions such as equipment maintenance, geotagging, GIS mapping, machine guidance, collection of data, asset management and compliance and reporting. Although most consumer handhelds fail in those tasks, rugged handhelds can stand up to the most challenging conditions miners usually encounter such as heavily vibrating vehicles, airborne dust and mineral chemicals, unpredictable weather conditions, hard surfaces and lots of humidity. The rugged handhelds can reduce worker and equipment downtime while improving productivity and safety.