EE Times Under The Hood - October 8, 2007 - (Page 28) under the hood: MOBILE www.eetimes.com • www.techonline.com Ruggedized phone built for abuse s every cell phone user knows, the more you use your mobile, the more likely it will suffer physical trauma. Pull it out to grab a call, and a slip of the hand sends it tumbling. Take a phone near a lake, and it will be among the first to seek out the water. Mobility and morbidity seem closely linked. Enter the Casio G’zOne Type-V, a ruggedized clamshellstyle cell phone for Verizon’s CDMA network. The G’zOne BY DAVID CAREY A my eye. Casio’s marketing folks figured a live functional phone submerged for hours with a group of goldfish would make its point. Beyond its water and humidity resistance, the design is claimed to have survived multipass drop tests from 1.5 meters, two days’ exposure to saltwater and fog, vibration claims to have passed military specification (Mil-spec) tests for shock and moisture resistance, building on Casio’s long and successful line of stout G-Shock watches. The G’zOne was initially introduced to the Japanese market in 2005 and enjoyed great popularity. The recent U.S. launch suggests that the demand for a robust design is global. A fish aquarium demo of the G’zOne family earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show caught ONLINE View the related OnDemand seminar at www.techonline.com/underthehood, search article ID: 200000351 28 Electronic Engineering Times, TechOnline | October 8, 2007 http://www.eetimes.com http://www.techonline.com http://www.techonline.com/product/underthehood/200001704
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