The Hippest Phones » gzone http://hippestphone.com The place to see the latest trendy cell phones Fri, 25 May 2012 12:30:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Casio G’zOne Brigade brings whole new level of rugged insanity to the QWERTY clamshell http://hippestphone.com/casio-gzone-brigade-brings-whole-new-level-of-rugged-insanity-to-the-qwerty-clamshell/ http://hippestphone.com/casio-gzone-brigade-brings-whole-new-level-of-rugged-insanity-to-the-qwerty-clamshell/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:21:00 +0000 Paul Miller http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/11/05/casio-gzone-brigade-brings-whole-new-level-of-rugged-insanity-t/ Filed under: , ,

We've seen some crazy phones in our day, many of them from Casio, as it turns out, but the G'zOne Brigade really pushes the envelope. It's a ruggedized, weatherproof, Push to Talk QWERTY clamshell, with some of the odder physical protrusions we've seen on a handset this decade. Unfortunately, the QWERTY keyboard, which is populated with large and very clickable keys, is arranged in possibly one of the least sensible layouts conceivable. Software-wise the handset runs the full gamut of V CAST apps and also includes a document viewer for opening Microsoft Office files and PDFs. Price and availability info will be revealed "closer to launch."

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We've been hearing about Casio's next US-bound G'zOne for a while now, but the Rock's been taking its sweet time getting to market -- not unlike the EXILIM before it, we suppose. We still don't have a release here, but PhoneArena appears to have nabbed solid shots of the C731 in the wild, showing totally typical G'zOne styling cues with the pointy tips, textured components, and a total disregard for beauty (at least in the traditional sense of the word). They still haven't managed to scrounge up a possible release date -- but really, you could argue that the Boulder still has some life in it, so we wouldn't be surprised if this didn't hit until closer to the holidays at the earliest.

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