Panasonic’s ToughBook laptops are well known for their ability to handle the harshest environments, and it was just a matter of time before tablets got the tough treatment

At this year’s CES consumer electronics show you couldn’t move for 4K displays, also known as UltraHD: where HD displays are just under 2000 pixels wide, 4K displays have double the amount – hence the 4K. But the screens weren’t just limited to TVs

Panasonic’s Toughbooks are famed for their go-anywhere, do-anything, survive-Armageddon build quality, and the world’s toughest laptops now come in tablet form too. Panasonic’s Toughpad A1 and B1 bring military-spec toughness to the world of tablets.

The forthcoming Toughbook tablet will be “designed and constructed with the mission-critical mobile user in mind”, the firm says, which is marketing-speak for “it’ll be pricey”.

Panasonic’s Viera HDTVs are brilliant, so a Viera tablet should be a brilliant tablet too. That’s the theory, anyway. Does Panasonic deliver?