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Travelers! Here is a phone that comes in a rugged body, sports superior functionality and even meets the military standards.

Verizon Wireless announced the release of its latest mobile phone, dubbed Casio G’zOne Boulder for globe trotters, who are looking for a communication device that can withstand shock, water and dust. The phone can also resist immersion, vibration, salt fog, humidity, solar radiation, altitude, and low and high temperature storage.

Apart from the robust case, the handset sports the latest Push to Talk feature from Verizon that leverages Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A) network.

The mobile phone comes with a flashlight and an electronic compass that updates you on the direction of your trip. The phone also features a 1.3 megapixel camera and supports microSD card up to 8 GB.

If you are more into field work, the handsets Field Force Manager tool is the best resource management application to locate, monitor and communicate with your mobile field workers. Furthermore, the phone is TTY and Hearing aid compatible.

In terms of entertainment, the Casio G’zOne Boulder features a music player that plays mp3, wma, unprotected aac and unprotected aac+ formats.

Casio G’zOne phone has two displays, wherein the main screen measures 2.0-inch and offers a resolution of 240 x 320 TFT display with up to 65K colors; and the external display carries a screen size of 1.2-inch 96 x 96 Mono STN display.

Available in two shades (black & silver or orange), the vigorous handset offers a usage time of up to 214 minutes and a standby time of up to 63 hours.

Priced at $129.99 (approx. Rs. 5,522) the Casio Packaged G’zOne Boulder phone is currently available at Verizon online store and through business sales channels.