
Verizon Wireless have officially announced the immediate availability of a new ultra durable phone in their line-up in the form of the Casio G’zOne Rock – pronounced Jeez_wun, incidentally, in case you were wondering – which conforms to military standards in terms of durability (specifically MIL-STD-810F) whilst offering a host of features aimed to appeal to the outdoors type.
Billed as being the perfect phone for those with active lifestyles, the Verizon Casio G’zOne Rock, aside from its ruggedness, offers up an Earth Compass, Walking Counter, Thermometer, Astro Calendar and Sunrise Sunset and Tides thanks to its ‘Triple Sensor technology’ whilst also boasting Push to Talk capabilities harnessing Verizon’s 3G network.

Verizon Casio G’zOne Rock Key features:
- Tough Technology design that can withstand water, shock, dust, vibration, humidity, salt fog, solar radiation, altitude, and high and low temperature storage (conforms to MIL-STD-810F)
- 2.0 megapixel camera with still flash, video capture and LED light
- Stereo Bluetooth®
- Touch-sensitive music controls on the sub-display
- One-touch open button
- Clear Talk
- Push to Talk capabilities that leverage Verizon Wireless’ Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A) network for fast two-way communication
Verizon Casio G’zOne Rock Lifestyle features:
- G’zGear (six outdoor applications)
- Earth Compass – functions as a standard compass; GPS shows the distance from and directions to over 40 domestic and worldwide locations
- Walking Counter – measures steps, time, distance, speed and energy consumption Thermometer – shows current temperature in both Celsius and Fahrenheit
- Astro Calendar – provides the moon’s age and days until a full or new moon
- Sunrise Sunset – shows the current time and position of the sun and times for sunrise and sunset for current, past and future dates; allows you to view times for select major cities; shows the ratio of day and night in numbers and graphs
- Tides – shows the tidal graph for the day; shows the time of ebb and flood tides; shows the time of sunrise and sunset; shows past and future sea tide levels; shows tidal graphs for 100 locations made available by Surfline’s webcams, and GPS will show the nearest location; shows the current tide and the best time for fishing
- Supports Verizon Wireless services, including V CAST Music with Rhapsody, V CAST Video and VZ Navigator(SM)
- microSD™ storage up to 16 GB for high-quality photos, music and more
- Speakerphone with front-facing stereo speaker
- Field Force Manager-capable – a resource management tool that provides businesses with the ability to locate and communicate with their mobile field workers
The Verizon Casio G’zOne Rock, as you might imagine having taken in the above, isn’t coming cheap, however, with the phone being offered on a two year plan for $200 – and that’s after a $50 mail-in rebate.
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