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Casio device geared to construction, utlity workers

Verizon Wireless is selling a new Casio mobile device designed for construction and utilities workers and public-safety personnel who work under harsh conditions. The Casio G’zOne Brigade features a QWERTY keyboard; an HTML browser; and Document Viewer for reviewing Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. In addition is has push-to-talk capabilities.
The horizontal clamshell handset also has a 3.2 megapixal camera is video-capable and comes in matte black for $250 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year contract. Verizon said it customers need to purchase a $10-per month data package, which includes 25 megabytes with Mobile Email or can add PTT services for $5 per month per line on top of a qualifying voice plan.

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Tracy Ford
Tracy Ford
Former Associate Publisher and Executive Editor, RCR Wireless NewsCurrently HetNet Forum Director703-535-7459 tracy.ford@pcia.com Ford has spent more than two decades covering the rapidly changing wireless industry, tracking its changes as it grew from a voice-centric marketplace to the dynamic data-intensive industry it is today. She started her technology journalism career at RCR Wireless News, and has held a number of titles there, including associate publisher and executive editor. She is a winner of the American Society of Business Publication Editors Silver Award, for both trade show and government coverage. A graduate of the Minnesota State University-Moorhead, Ford holds a B.S. degree in Mass Communications with an emphasis on public relations.