Casio G'zOne Brigade now officially available on Verizon

It's no mere coincidence that folks have been able to pick up Brigades this week, because Verizon's chosen today to officially light up retail availability of its latest in the long-running G'zOne series from Casio. The landscape QWERTY clamshell features a 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera with video capture, microSD expansion, EV-DO Rev. A data, mil-spec 810F compliance for resistance to just about all the bad stuff you could possibly come in contact with during an average day, and a pair of displays: WQVGA on the inside paired with a 128 x 96 monochrome OLED up front. It runs $249.99 on contract after $50 rebate and it's available today, so start planning your next dusty, wet, cold, rocky activity where you can put this thing to the ultimate test.

[DallasB Posted Mar 11th 2010 12:24PM]

Sure is a ugly phone.

[Soheil Posted Mar 11th 2010 1:22PM]

Remixed Nokia E90

[Johnny Rockets Posted Mar 11th 2010 2:11PM]

What's the point of this?

You can get a Nexus One, Droid, iPhone, or HD2, all at cheaper rates than this one.

[soatari Posted Mar 11th 2010 3:57PM]

@Johnny Rockets

The G'zone series of phones are incredibly rugged and designed for heavy wear and tear. My roommate has one and I can attest to the beatings that thing has survived without any kind of permanent damage.

[KingFaisal94 Posted Mar 11th 2010 6:30PM]

*Crosses Fingers hoping the new nokia communicator is announced soon*

[scots79 Posted Mar 12th 2010 12:42AM]

Had the original g'zOne, that sure was a tank of a phone. I can't count the amount of times it was submerged, dropped, covered in snow, etc. Now I have to baby my smartphones, it was a tough transition after having an indestructable phone for so long.

[Carltondance12 Posted Mar 12th 2010 6:48PM]

Why the most durable phones are the most ugliest phones?

[InspectorEngadget Posted Mar 18th 2010 12:31AM]

Made from Chuck Norris' kidney stones.