While I also like rugged outdoor devices I am not sure it really makes much sense to build such a pinecom as it makes it more limited. Instead, just putting a regular device in a rugged case does already most of the magic (except water resistance). Unfortunately, I don't know of any such cases for the Pinephone, but I hope they will show as its market share grows.
Imho, the pinecom does not make much sense if it not much different from a regular pinephone. Just leaving out the modem will probably not make a significant price drop possible. And if someone needs only an PDA, the person can already buy a regular pinephone and disable the GSM via the kill switch? For me, such an device makes only sense if it is really substantially different. And by different I don't mean that it is offered for $99 instead of $149 with the modem and some sensors left out...
Imho, the pinecom does not make much sense if it not much different from a regular pinephone. Just leaving out the modem will probably not make a significant price drop possible. And if someone needs only an PDA, the person can already buy a regular pinephone and disable the GSM via the kill switch? For me, such an device makes only sense if it is really substantially different. And by different I don't mean that it is offered for $99 instead of $149 with the modem and some sensors left out...