i-mate 810F : the first Windows Mobile in military standard casing

Well, this smartphone may not be for everyone. While most of you who use smartphones do not work in dusty, outdoor environment, i-mate provides an option for you who do. Open that email, browse with your favorite mobile IE, and edit more Word documents, on the go, in the field, under the rain if necessary, with the new i-mate 810F.

It is a win-mo device, protected with military standard casing. An interesting offer. And no, you don't have to be a geologist or archaeologist to feel the benefit of the device protective feature. Sometimes we feel the urgent need to answer that call or send that sms under the rain. Or sometimes our phone fall to our bathtub during those lazy Saturday morning bath. Then, this i-mate fellow will do the trick to get out of those situations alive and kicking.

Dust resistant, shock resistant, water resistant, operating temperature from -10 C to 60 C. Military standard in short. Additional features include GPS, impact resistant touchscreen display (though undefined yet what kind of impacts it can go through), 2 MP camera, built-in digital compass, and quite quick 624 Mhz processor for present standard. Unclear how many RAM it will have, or whether external memory slot is present. But any serious Win-mo device should have the slot.

Source : Unwiredview, Mobilechoice
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Sonim Sonim XP 3 Enduro : The undestructible phone from Sonim

If you never heard of Sonim before, that's perfectly fine. Not only because Sonim does not put aggressive marketing efforts as other manufacturers do, but also because Sonim's phone serves a specific niche, those who work and play outdoor activities intensively.

These people need a phone that can go with them through air, water (1 meter deep for 30 minutes only though), and remains working after some light fall. Hence the military standard Sonim XP3 Enduro.

This phone is the second release of Sonim XP series. The older model is Sonim XP1. There is the facelift of the navigational buttons of XP3, and a few strengthened features. That is, the XP3 can now withstand 2 meter fall to concrete, compared to 1,6 meter drop resist of XP1.

XP3 is also water proof, which is IP-57 certified, submersible to 1 meter depth of water. XP1, on the other hand, is only IP-54 certified, it's only water resistant but not submersible.

Other than that, XP3 has the same features compared to XP1.

Definitely not everybody's phone, since neither XP3 nor XP1 carry any entertainment feature whatsoever.

No MP3 player, no memory card slot, no camera, only the indestructibility of the phone.

So care for a tough life?



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Motorola Adventure V750 : the not-ugly military standard phone

As we can see from Sonim, Sanyo, and Motorola i365IS, military standard phones usually don't come up in pretty faces. Straightly speaking, they are ugly. Primarily because they are often blanketed with some kind of rubber which protects water, dust, and shock protection required for the standard. And for the market segment who buys military standard phones, physical design is often not important.

But Motorola offers something different here, let me introduce the tough member of V-series, Motorola Adventure V750. Don't be fooled by its look. It may look like just another V-series Motorola, but this guy qualifies the military standard phone. This mean it can withstand rain, dropped from 1 meter height to a concrete, and shock and dust resistant.

It is CDMA2000 1X 1900/800 band and locked by Verizon, offers 1000 contacts capacity, and a 2 MP camera, with 128 memory on board. Well you can save and play like 20 songs with this capacity. But no external memory slot.. quite understandable because external slot can expose the phone's internal memory to water or dust. Surprisingly it also features aGPS, which can be handy feature to locate yourself on a map.

Source : Cnet
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Motorola i365IS : military standard phones from Motorola

During last 2 years, a few manufacturers have released military standard cellphones. In plain English, these phones are claimed to have passed awful tests, such as dipping into 1 meter deep of water for 30 minutes, exposed to simulated rain for 30 minutes, dropped into concrete from 1 to 1.5 meter height, and dust proof. Several names are: Sonim, Sanyo, and now Motorola.

Hmm, not everyweek you run get soaked with heavy downpour, into flood, face earthquake, or bump your car to a tree, but still this kind of phones can serve well if you are in outdoor activity for certain period of times. One of them is Motorola i365IS. "I.S" here means "Intrinsically Safe".

This means the phone can witstand quite extreme situations for normal people you and me. More of what military standard is all about can be find in this interesting old post from Howard forum. And check Sprint news release about Motorola i365 here.

So if you're planning to go on safari in Africa, or hiking in Montana, or just camping out when rains can fall, then Moto i365IS can be considered. But if you're just ordinary office or homey guy, then you can consider more stylish military standard Motorola Adventure V750.

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