San Mateo, CA-based Sonim Technologies makes rugged mobile phones.  If you go to their website, you’re treated to a video of phones getting hammered, dropped, hit with various types of sports equipment, and surviving in the snow.

Today, the company passed a new device, the XP2 Spirit, through the FCC.  This is a GSM/GPRS/UMTS device, although no specific bands are mentioned in the test report.

Label-only pics of the XP2 show a 3MP camera and a flash.  You can also see that the phone is encased in a pretty rugged looking shell.  No word on pricing or availability.

Apple passed two Bluetooth devices through the FCC today.  The first goes by the model number A1296, and according to label pics appears to be a mouse.  The second has the model number A1314, and appears to be a keyboard.

Not a lot to go on here, but it looks like Apple is refreshing their line of “Mighty” peripherals.

How often do you run into this problem:  Your mobile phone is on your desk and you need to see something behind your phone, but you’re unable to pick up the phone and move it?

Well, if that’s your issue then the Xperia Pureness, aka Kiki, is for you.  The device has an interesting see-through screen that displays data like one of those displays that you see on fighter jets in the movies.  This allows you to view data, while viewing things behind the phone.

Although the Pureness is clearly innovative, I’m not sure what problem it solves.  It does look pretty nice, but it seems like Sony Ericsson put in a lot of effort here for a one trick, see-through pony.

You can view the manual for the Pureness here.

Update:  The Nokia “Alvin”, will be sold as the X6.  The screen on this device is indeed capacitive, and it measures 3.2 inches.

Back in August, Nokia passed the Alvin RM-559 through the FCC.  Today, actual pics of the Alvin emerged on the FCC, and they look impressive.

The Alvin is a 7-band device, supporting GSM 850/900/1800/1900, and UMTS 900/1900 and 2100 networks.  The Alvin also rocks WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS.

The front of the device is consumed by a large touchscreen.  The Alvin’s user manual makes reference to glass parts, so I’m assuming that the touchscreen is capacitive,  although this is not mentioned specifically in the FCC filing.

More on the Alvin after the jump:

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