Sonim XP1 Blog

Bnet's Tony Sklar vs Sonim XP3

This video was shot at this year's Mobile Conference in Barcelona. Bnet TV's Tony Sklar just loves trying to break our rugged phones. Here he whacks the phone with a mallet. Watch the video to see whether Tony has finally managed to kill a Sonim phone, and also to get the inside scoop on how our latest phone, the ultra rugged Sonim XP3, was designed and is engineered as well as some info about our forthcoming Land Rover premium rugged phone.

Somim Technologies at Mobile World Congress 2009

Video: Sonim Land Rover XP3,2 Quest - Impressionen vom Mobile World Congress 2009 (3:22)

Golem.de, a German news site for IT professionals, has just posted a great video showcasing Sonim's newest phones from the Mobile World Congress 2009, along with a brief overview of our new Sonim XP3 Quest.

What Makes Rugged Electronics So Tough?

TechNewsWorld has an interesting article that details how manufacturers engineer fully rugged devices -- and how to tell if a device is fully rugged.

The paragraphs below are snipped from the complete article, but do read the entire piece, there's lots of useful information for buyers of any type of rugged device.

Mobile devices like laptops and phones are small enough to venture outside the home or office and into the bad, wicked world of dust, heat, cold, water and concrete. In some situations, it's just not possible to keep them completely sheltered. Makers of fully rugged devices have plenty of tricks to keep them ticking after treatment that would send normal consumer electronics to an early grave.

Portable electronics like smartphones and laptops aren't generally known for their ability to withstand drops, splashes and harsh conditions. Yet the portable nature of these devices means they're often in the line of fire -- swimming pools and toilets for cell phones, dusty places like construction sites for laptops, or even dairy farms with kicking cow hooves, milk and, well, greenish-brown pies.

Some companies specialize in "ruggedizing" electronics to make them ready for harsh elements and the occasional accident, and some specialize in making their products ready for military or government use. So what goes into making a ruggedized electronic device tougher and more robust than its more fragile counterpart?

Soccer Sonim Style

Soccer to the US, Football to the rest of the world, but whatever you call it, the Sonim XP1 is the world's only phone that's tough enough to play the part of the soccer/football.

XP1 Torture Test

Tom Meling, AKA: "The Destroyer" does his very best to annihilate an XP1 phone, with rather interesting results.

XP1 -- One Tough Phone

Sonim's XP1 phone passes yet another torture test with flying colors.