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Tesco to offer Sonim's Land Rover S1 rugged phone
Calls it "indestructible" 10 July 2009 9:31 GMT
Retail giant Tesco has announced that it's going to be selling Sonim's ruggeder-than-thou Land Rover S1 phone, in an attempt to help out the one-third of young people that the company claims break their phone on holiday.

Dropping it on the floor and into the...
Land Rover S1 priced for the UK
Rugged handset on sale this month 16 June 2009 17:36 GMT
The Land Rover S1 by Sonim that we brought you news of from February's Mobile World Congress event has now been priced and dated to go on sale in the UK.

Aimed at not just owners of the 4 x 4 vehicles, the phone is a grrrr-tastic, super-rugged effort that -...
PHOTOS: Land Rover S1 mobile phone
MWC 2009: For greenlaners and farmers? 19 February 2009 9:18 GMT
Roving around the show floor at Mobile World Congress, we got our hands on the forthcoming Land Rover S1 handset, said to be the first of several projects from Land Rover and Sonim, so we grabbed a few pictures.

Technical features include Bluetooth, 2-megapixel...
Land Rover phone promises to be tough
MWC 2009: Not just another fashion phone 15 February 2009 18:04 GMT
It might be struggling to sell cars, but that hasn't stopped Land Rover teaming up with tough phone maker Sonim to release the Land Rover S1 at Mobile World Congress this week in Barcelona.

The new handset, the S1, is the first product in a series of projects...
COMMENT: Our favourite gadgets in 2008
Our top picks from the last year 31 December 2008 15:00 GMT
With 2009 finally here, what gadgets, technology or gizmos have the Pocket-lint team most enjoyed in 2008? Below, in our own words, are our favourites.

Stuart Miles
I might work at the so called coal face of gadgets but that doesn't mean that I necessarily...
Sonim Xtreme Performance 3 rugged phone launches
And you thought the XP1 was tough... 24 November 2008 14:12 GMT
Sonim Technologies, makers of the XP1, has announced the latest addition to their Xtreme Performance Series, the XP3, apparently the world's only rugged "all weather" GSM mobile phone.

The XP3 has an even more rugged spec than the hard-as-nails XP1 and can withstand...
TestAndDestroy tries to bash in an XP1
Can't but help wish it luck... 24 October 2008 16:34 GMT
If you're really bored - and we mean really bored - then check out TestAndDestroy.com where a machine-operated hammer is whacking a Sonim XP1 at regular intervals to see how long it takes to crack.
Plantronics and Sonim bundle tough phone and headset
Explorer 370 and XP1 as durable duo 1 October 2008 12:17 GMT
Plantronics and Sonim have announced a team-up to bundle together the Plantronics Explorer 370 Bluetooth headset and Sonim Xtreme Performance 1 handset for people who "work and play in extreme environments".

The Plantronics Explorer 370 has a ruggedised design...
VIDEO: Megawhat tackles a week of launches
Intel Centrino 2, Rock laptops, tough phones and so much more 21 July 2008 8:00 GMT
Another week, and more wonders from the world of gadgets and technology.

In this week's Megawhat episode, we get to grips with the cornucopia of computers that have launched of the back of the arrival of the Centrino 2 chips.

And our very own Stuart...
VIDEO: Sonim XP1 tough phone
Hard as nails? We find out 17 July 2008 10:20 GMT
With the promise of being water, wind, dust, dirt, and extreme temperature proof the Sonim XP1 tough phone is designed for builders up and down the land who are likely to get their phone trashed a lot easier than the rest of us.

It might not come with any real...
JCB Toughphone mobile launches
Handset for tradesmen to be proved world's most rugged 14 December 2007 15:08 GMT
JCB aren't content to just launch their new own-branded JCB "Toughphone" with spec list claims alone - they are putting it through its paces at the JCB Arena with the attempt to set the world record for the planet's most indestructible mobile.

The Toughphone...
Sonim's indestructible mobile phone goes on tour
"Can be dropped, kicked, tossed into a toolbox" 5 December 2007 15:39 GMT
Sonim Technologies has announced the official launch into Europe of the Sonim XP1, an IP certified, Bluetooth and Push-To-Talk enabled GSM phone.

To show that the phone really is tuff enuff, the company has announced the "World's Toughest Phone Tour" beginning...
Sonim XP1 "ruggedized" mobile
The SAS of the handset world? 29 May 2007 12:59 GMT
This new, particularly ugly, handset is so rugged it makes other supposedly tough mobiles look like fashion phones.

It's IEC lP52 rated for protection against water, dust, salt, fog, and humidity, can withstand a 1.65 metre drop to concrete and can operate...