Verizon and Casio launches the G’zOne Commando, a rugged Android smartphone ideal for the business environment, especially for fields such as construction, transportation, manufacturing, utilities and healthcare. The rugged phone runs Android 2.2. It meets Military Standards 810G for Immersion, Rain, Shock and Dust Resistant, Vibration, Salt Fog, Humidity, Solar Radiation, Altitude, Low and High Temperature Storage.
The G’zOne Commando sports a 3.6-inch 480×800 touchscreen, a 5 Megapixel auto focus camera, LED flash and camcorder, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. It includes Mobile Hotspot capability to share 3G connection with up to five WiFi-enabled devices. Casio’s G’zOne Commando is available for $199.99 with a 2-year contract.
G’zGear operates in eight modes:
- Earth Compass – Functions as a standard compass, the GPS shows the distance and direction to several domestic and international landmarks, including Yosemite National Park and Mt. Everest.
- Walking Counter – Measures steps, distance and energy consumption, and total steps for the day, week or month. It also provides virtual treks for famous North American trails and roads including Mt. Kilimanjaro, Annapurna Circuit, Torres Del Paine Circuit, John Muir Trail and Transcontinental.
- Adventure Training – Takes training to a new level by allowing users to run with virtual opponents, like world-record holders, wild animals, or their own best personal performance stored in the training history.
- Trip Memory – Plots and records outdoor activities along with location information to share with friends and family on Twitter™ and Facebook®.
- Tides – Showcases the tidal graph for the day; time of tide ebb and flow; and current, past and future sea tide levels. GPS displays the nearest location map.
- Thermometer – Displays current temperature in both Celsius and Fahrenheit with numeric and graphic thermometer readings and compares the current temperature across multiple locations.
- Sun / Moon – Checks the time of the next sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset, and tracks the moon phases for your current location.
- Star Gazer – Utilizes GPS to display the stars and constellation names based on the current season and time.
