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April 3, 2008 10:36 AM PDT
Casio G'zOne Type-S now sports push-to-talk
Verizon Wireless G'zOne Type-S
(Credit: Verizon Wireless)Casio showed off its new G'zOne Type-S for Verizon Wireless in black and silver at the UTStarcom booth here at CTIA. It's almost exactly the same as the original rugged clamshell, but it now supports push-to-talk capabilities. The rest of the Type-S Casios will have this feature as well, it's just that the black and silver version is the first out the gate with it. It's saddled with only a VGA camera, but a rugged phone like this doesn't need a lot of bells and whistles. Verizon is offering it now for $99.99 after a discount and a two year contract.
Nicole Lee is an associate editor for CNET, covering cell phones, Bluetooth headsets, and all things mobile. She's also pretty geeky--she likes World of Warcraft, comic books, and shiny gadgets. E-mail Nicole.
Anther thing. This phone is about as intuitive as a rock. I don't think they did any beta testing on it to see how well the interface worked. If I entered a phone number into the contacts list the name wouldn't come up if they called. Only the number. Often times the speaker phone would turn on at random so when i answered the phone it would blast into my ear and more... Over all I hate this phone.