Verizon Wireless G’zOne Boulder Phone

The good: The G’zOne Boulder is military-certified to withstand the elements, plus it has EV-DO Rev.

A, a 1.3-megapixel camera, Push-to-Talk, an electronic compass, and support for V Cast Video, VZ Navigator, and V Cast Music with Rhapsody.

It offers decent call quality, a speakerphone, a 2-megapixel camera, and support for 3G EV-DO networks.

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Verizon Wireless G’zOne Boulder is one of the first Verizon phones to to utilize the carrier’s next generation PTT system using EV-DO Rev.

That means you can drown it, drop it, freeze it, heat it, and expose it to solar radiation and the G’zOne Boulder will put up a serious fight and come out unscathed.

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The bottom line: The G’zOne Boulder is a beefy, rough-and-tumble cell phone with a rich suite of multimedia features beneath its tough exterior, but we were ultimately disappointed with the call quality.

External screen wasn’t useful for camera, navigation or media features.

The G’zOne is integrated with a 2.0-megapixel camera and is able to access VCAST, giving customers access to high-quality video clips and 3D games.

My friend has the extended battery and it lasts about 20 hours with about 2 hours of talk with standby.

Most of the features don’t work as well on the Boulder as they do on other phones, especially when it’s time to dry the phone off and actually make some calls, but that might be what you have to live with to have a phone that can take such punishment.

For a rugged phone, the Boulder packs a surprising range of messaging features, including SMS, MMS for picture messaging , IM and e-mail for AOL, MSN and Yahoo.

Verizon says it subjected the phone to a battery of tests, including water immersion, dropping, vibration, and resistance to various elements.

The good: The G’zOne Type-V is an extremely rugged durable phone that can withstand submersion in water and multiple drops to the floor.

The display shows the date, time, and caller ID.

We tested the dual-band Type-V in San Francisco using Verizon Wireless service.