Sonim’s established a slightly solid reputation within the rugged phone genre, with its XP3300 Force claiming the Guinness World Record for surviving the longest freefall this past February. Now it’s branching out by announcing three more mil-spec devices at this week’s CTIA, two of that will be available within the US starting today. First at bat is the XP1301 Core NFC, a tool that lives as much as its name by supporting a tag reader optimized for the workforce. It was announced for European availability last month, and is now able to be sold inside the US. Next up is the XP1330 Core PTT, a Push-to-Talk device shipping to choose areas in Latin America over a higher two months. Finally, the XP3340 Sentinel offers an emergency panic button and a person-down sensor able to monitoring your phone for any freefalls or impacts, and might make an emergency call on your behalf. The entire above devices include quadband GSM / EDGE radios — don’t expect to apply them for hyperspeed browsing — and feature been drop-tested a minimum of 24 times from over six feet. They won’t do your laundry, but a minimum of you will not freak out when it drops a narrative or two. Head to the clicking release for more specifics.
THE SONIM XP1330 CORE PTT, XP1301 CORE NFC, XP3300 FORCE & XP3340 SENTINEL CELLPHONES NOW AVAILABLE
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — CTIA — Sonim Technologies, holders of the Guinness World Record for the World’s Toughest Phone, announces four new ultra-rugged phones and a portfolio of 4 Workforce Management applications for the Americas:
Proof of Attendance & Activity using Near Field Communications (NFC)
Push-To-Talk (PTT) for immediate communication and team coordination
Mobile Resource Management (MRM) for tracking and dispatching workers
Man Down Worker Safety Monitoring with Emergency Response
Workers in extreme environments must be kept safe, communicate in teams, carry lightweight phones anywhere they work, and be ready to provide information back to their home office. Before, their choices were limited to costly handheld computers or delicate consumer devices that do not have the battery life or enterprise support they wish. Sonim’s new ultra-rugged workforce management phones fill this gap and are priced for deployment to all frontline workers.
“For the past two years, Sonim has applied its record-breaking rugged technology to resolve workforce management and safety challenges for a number of Europe’s largest government and personal sector security guarding, transportation and utilities corporations, to call just a few,” said Bob Plaschke, CEO of Sonim Technologies. “Now that the software and applications were field-proven to have a similar extreme reliability as our hardware, it is time to bring our enterprise focus to the Americas.”
PROOF OF ACTIVITY WITH THE SONIM XP1301 CORE NFC
Designed especially for markets in cleaning, security guarding, facilities management, equipment maintenance and residential visit healthcare, the XP1301 CORE NFC features a NFC reader that scans contactless tags placed in various worksite locations. Key applications supported by the XP1301 CORE NFC include Guard Tour Verification, Proof of Activity and Real Time Attendance.
PUSH TO SPEAK WITH THE SONIM XP1330 CORE PTT
Available over the subsequent two months in Latin America, the XP1330 CORE PTT replaces private mobile radio (PMR) and enables work teams to speak instantly.
MOBILE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WITH THE SONIM XP3300 FORCE
The XP3300 FORCE now supports MRM applications from Xora and ECONZ Wireless including location tracking, job dispatch and timecard reporting.
MAN-DOWN WORKER SAFETY WITH THE SONIM XP3340 SENTINEL
With the longest GPS tracking time of any cellular telephone (as much as 29 hours), the Sonim XP3340 SENTINEL includes a dedicated red panic button and an innovative man-down sensor to detect emergencies and accidents and automatically demand emergency response.
Each of the phones listed above operate on GSM/EDGE mobile networks with quad-band support, were tested against Sonim’s Rugged Performance Standards (RPS) and are backed by the Company’s industry-leading 3-Year Comprehensive Warranty covering not just manufacturer’s defects, but in addition accidental damage.
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