Verizon Wireless has debuted a new rugged clamshell phone targeted at customers with active lifestyles, named as CASIO G’zOne Rock (C731), which sports Tough Technology design to withstand water, shock, dust, vibration, humidity, salt fog, solar radiation, altitude, as well as high and low temperature storage, incorporating an advanced G’zGear software that operates in 6 advanced outdoor modes – Earth Compass, Walking Counter, Thermometer, Astro Calendar, Sunrise Sunset and Tides, utilizing its Triple Sensor technology.

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Unique features of CASIO G’zOne Rock:

  • 2 megapixel camera with still flash, video capture and LED light
  • Stereo Bluetooth, Clear Talk and Push to Talk capabilities
  • Touch-sensitive music controls on the sub-display
  • One-touch open button and microSD memory card slot (up to 16 GB)
  • Supports V CAST Music with Rhapsody, V CAST Video and VZ Navigator
  • Speakerphone with front-facing stereo speaker
  • Businesses can locate and communicate with their mobile field workers using a resource management tool – Field Force Manager
  • Earth Compass performs as a standard compass, showing 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, allowing users 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

CASIO G’zOne Rock that arrives in Matte black color is available now through Verizon Wireless for $199.99, after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new 2-year service agreement.