Casio Rock Review

Today we’re going to take a look at the Casio G’zOne Rockfor Verizon Wireless. If there is any phone we offer that is meant to go anywhere, this is that phone. Upon handling it feels heavier than most other flip phones, but for good reason. It feels tough, and that is exactly what it is. On the outside it has a rubberized case and where there isn’t rubber is super tough plastic. On the front it has a basic display, much like what you would see on a digtal watch, that displays the time and date along with battery life and reception as well as touch sensitive controls for your music.

Along the right side we find the charger port and USB port, on the left we find the Headphone jack, push to talk button, volume controls and a button that changes it’s mode, which we’ll talk about in a bit. On the back we find the super tough battery plate and 2MP camera with flash. When open it up, and as you can see there is a cool flip button on the right that flips it open, we see a 2.1 inch color display and phone buttons that give a military kind of feel.

You want to go mountain climbing? You can do that with this phone. Do you want to know if it’s low tide or high tide, good thing you have this phone. How about a walking counter? Thermometer? Astro calendar? This phone has so many outdoors modes under it’s G’gear button that any hiker, surfer, camper or mountain climber would love to have. Not only is this phone fitted with software for outdoors, it’s fitted itself with the hardware to take it. It has been tested with military standards for shock, water, humidity, dust, solar radiation, altitude, you name it. Not only that, you can hold down the speaker button to turn your phone into a flashlight, something typically only found on smart phones with a downloaded app. The camera isn’t that bad for a phone jammed with so many features, I wouldn’t use this for big events, but while outside this can take some decent pictures at 2MP, with a few more options than the typical flip phone.

The Casio Rock for Verizon Wireless is the ultimate in outdoors ready flip phones. It’s tough, tested tough and feels tough. It has great applications, built in, for keeping up to date with where you are, what you’re doing and what you may be up against depending on what outdoors activity you’re doing. The added bonus of being a 3G capable phone makes this the perfect flip phone for someone who wants it all, but doesn’t want a smart phone. Someone who wants a phone that can almost survive anything, and begs to be tested on that claim. You can buy this phone and many others at thebluedot.net as well as trade in your old and used phones at thebluedot.net/tradein

Rugged design that meets military specifications for water, shock, dust, vibration, humidity, salt fog, solar radiation, altitude, and high and low temperature storage

Earth Compass functions as a standard compass and GPS shows the distance from and directions to over 40 domestic and worldwide locations

Walking Counter measures steps, time, distance, speed and energy consumption

Thermometer shows current temperature in both Celsius and Fahrenheit

Astro Calendar provides the moon's age and days until a full or new moon

Sunrise Sunset shows the current time and position of the sun and times for sunrise and sunset for current, past and future dates, allows users to view times for select major cities and shows the ratio of day and night in numbers and graphs

Tides shows the tidal graph for the day, the time of ebb and flood tides, sunrise and sunset, past and future sea tide levels, tidal graphs for 100 locations made available by Surfline's webcams, and the current tide and the best time for fishing

VZ Navigator for audible maps, turn-by-turn directions

Field Force Manager resource management tool providess businesses with the ability to locate, monitor and communicate with their mobile field workers

Push-to-Talk capabilities that leverage Verizon's high-speed EV-DO Revision A technology for fast two-way communication

Touch-sensitive music controls on the sub-display with music player and access to VCAST Music for downloadable songs

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Samsung Fascinate Galaxy S

The Samsung Fascinate, a droid OS phone, gives a nice light feel to it and feels like one piece. On the back we can see the 5MP camera with LED flash. On the right side we find the power button, with the headphone jack and USB/power port on top. On the left we find the volume controls and the rest of the phones controls along the front, which was touch and not button activated. Unlike other droids you may have seen the settings, home and search buttons along the bottom are seamlessly attached to the 4 inch touch display.

As mentioned before the touch screen is a 4inch screen with a 480x800 resolution display.  It is a 3G phone so expect fast load times and quick access to email and videos. Like all other droids it has the droid market place and plenty of Google apps at your disposal, such the free turn by turn GPS Google navigator. It has a 2GB internal memory and can take up to 32GB micro SD card to expand your memory.  The camera can take 5MP pictures along with video, it has some internal photo editing programs, but with the droid market place you can get any number of programs to edit your pictures and video if the built in stuff doesn’t cut it for you.

This phone is part of the Galaxy line from Samsung, so you can be sure it is one of the better droids available. The screen is bright the design is slick and the interface is great if you prefer the Droid OS. If you’re in the market for a smart phone, be it droid, iPhone or windows, this is one of the droid phones you should consider. The Saumsung Fascinate is available for purchase at thebluedot.net and you can sell your old or used phones with us aswell at www.thebluedot.net/tradin.

Large 4.0-inch Super AMOLED touch screen display for 20 percent brighter imaging with 80 percent less glare

Runs on Android 2.1 with support for Google Mobile Services including Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk and Android Market

Access to thousands of apps on Android Market

Built-in 5.0-megapixel camera with auto-focus and LED flash and HD video recording (720p) capabilities

Social Hub to sync with contacts, calendars and social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook

Mobile HotSpot capabilities allows customers to transform the phone into a 3G wireless modem for up to five compatible Wi-Fi-enabled devices

Comes with 2GB of internal memory expandable to 32GB, 16GB microSD included with handset

HTC Droid Eris Review

Today we’re going to take a look at the HTC Droid Eris For Verizon Wireless. Upon first handling this device it is slightly heavier than non-QWERTY keyboard droids with a thicker design and softer rubberized like finish covering it. It makes it feel a bit tougher, like it can bounce if you drop it, though I wouldn’t suggest doing that with any phone. It has a medium sized touch screen display at 3.2 inches but what separates this droid from others is the jog ball below the screen for easy navigation. If you’re used to how your old blackberry may have navigated this may be the best transition if you thinking of moving over to droids. On the top we find the headphone jack while on the left we have the volume controls. On the back we find the 5MP camera and the USB power port on the bottom.

Being a droid phone it touts most of the features you’ll find on every other Android. Free Google turn by turn navigation, tons of apps and a slick interface. The camera comes in nice and clear at 5MP. The track ball is a nice feature for those more familiar with that kind of navigation. It can go 17 days on a full charge on standby or just over 5 hours on constant voice. It has Bluetooth capabilities like most droids as well.

The HTC Droid Eris for Verizon Wireless is a phone that feels a bit tougher and has a much friendlier navigation for those making the jump from blackberry to droids. If you’re looking for an android phone with tons of apps, a nice camera and jog ball interface control… this is the only phone for you really. You can buy this phone and many others at thebluedot.net as well as trade in your old and used phones at thebluedot.net/tradein 

Specs

Large 3.2-inch capacitive touch screen and trackball interface

Built-in 5.0-megapixel auto-focus camera

Compatibility with Google services like Google Maps, Gmail, Google Search and more

Selection of widgets can be placed right on the home screen to switch scenes, catch up with friends, capture some memories with Footprints, or view local time, weather and maps

Stay close to friends by viewing text exchanges, email conversations, Facebook status, Flickr photo albums and phone logs, neatly organized by people

Integrated GPS and a digital compass with a sensor that enables the phone to know what direction it is facing

Smart dialer for simplified dialing by name, number or initials

Full-featured mobile browser that displays Flash-based sites

Samsung Intensity

The Samsung Intensity, on first glance, has a nice beveled edge look to it. There isn’t a sharp edge to be found the case, which is great for pant pockets. It has a nice High contrast theme with a black case and white symbols. The screen slides to the side to reveal a QWERTY keyboard navigation options. Sliding the screen feels solid with a healthy click when put into place. The screen is on the left side, as oppose to the LG Cosmos which has a sliding keyboard as well, which is also available for purchase at thebluedot.

The Samsung Intensity has a large 2.1 display for easy texting and email reading. It also touts a 1.3 MP camera. Along the side there is a MicroSD card slot, able to support up to 16GB of additional memory. On a full charge on standby it lasts for just over 12 days or 5 hours of non-stop voice.  It is also Bluetooth compatible for hands free headsets.

The Samsung Intensity features one touch to talk and text for ease in communicating on the go. The camera also features a nightshot, multishot and self timer. It also responds to voice command with a press of a button along the side, enabling quick calls when driving.

Large 2.1-inch display with horizontal slide-out four-row QWERTY keypad for easily text messaging

Built-in 1.3-megapixel camera with night shot, self-timer, multi-shot and shutter sound selection

Compatible with PC client for VCAST Music with Rhapsody (over-the-air downloads are not supported on the Samsung Intensity)

Voice commands such as Voice Dial, Menu Readout, Digital Dial Readout, TXT Message Readout, Call Announcement, My Verizon and Help

Integrated microSD card slot with support for up to 16GB (card purchased separately)

You can purchase the Samsung Intensity, and more, at thebluedot.net.

The Motorola Devour

The Motorola Devour, the first Verizon Phone to Feature MotoBlur (a  service that syncs in-phone data with several Social media sites) looks both futuristic and tough. With it’s metallic Case and black plastic accents it looks like something out of a sci-fi film. Heavier than some phones, it gives the impression it’s built to last and not feel that clunky. The Screen slides to the side to reveal a QWERTY keyboard. Sliding the Screen feels very solid, especially when it clicks into place. Along the top we can see a Standard Headphone jack in the center. Along the left it features a USB jack with a volume and camera button along the left side.

The Devour has a 3.1 inch touch screen interface with the Android 1.6 operating system.  On a full charge it can last 18 days on standby, or 6 and a half with voice non-stop. It has a 250mb Internal memory but also features MicroSD expandable memory. The camera touts a 3.2 MP camera with Continuous zoom.  It also features both Wi-fi and Bluetooth connectivity.

The Motorola Devour has MotoBlur, which is an auto sync feature that can connect any in-phone media to your social media sites, such as Facebook or Myspace. The camera, not only having continuous zoom, also has Video recording capabilities and built in image editor. Being a droid phone it features most of what other droid phones have to offer, such as Google maps free turn by turn navigation.

The Devour is a hardy Android hand-held for someone who still wants a QWERTY keyboard, but also wants smart phone features. The hard metallic case is a bit large for pant pockets, but can suvive the possible beating if your pockets are big enough. If you want a smart phone without having to be gentle, then this phone is perfect for you.

Large 3.1-inch capacitive touch screen with accelerometer to automatically switch between vertical and horizontal views

Integrated 3.2-megapixel camera with continuous zoom and photo editing functions

Use Google services like Search and Gmail, Google Talk, Calendar, Maps with Street View for turn-by-turn directions and Android Market to download apps

Bluetooth headset compatible

Qwerty Keyboard

You can find the Motorola Devour, and more, at TheBlueDot.net!

The Samsung Convoy

The Samsung Convoy is ready for Verizon duty! Lighthearted jokes aside, that may not be too far from the truth. A design that screams tough, the Convoy is literally built to withstand the worst. It has an intimidating rugged look with a metallic theme throughout. Upon handling, it gives more weight than other clam shell phones such as the LG Accolade. Heavy doesn't necessarily mean bad, in fact this just makes it seem even hardier. When flipped open it has large easy to read face buttons with large menu buttons up top. Along the side we see a rib like theme that not only is on the structure, but also the buttons. On the left we can see the push to talk button, while on the right we have the volume controls, headphone jack and microSD slot. The phones face also features a screen with easily accessible media buttons for music.

The Convoy is made to take a beating with military grade 810F for shock, dust resistance, vibration, humidity, solar radiation, altitude and low to high tempratures. On a full charge this phone can be powered on standby for  just over 22 days or for 5 hours voice non-stop. It has an internal memory of 100 mb, but features a MicroSD slot for expanded memory.  The Camera is a 2.0 MP with nightshot, zoom and video options.

The Samsung Convoy has everything a tough construction worker, or clumsy desk jockey could ask for.

• Rugged, durable and robust design meets military specifications 810F standards for shock and dust resistance, vibration, salt fog, humidity, solar radiation, altitude and low and high temperature storage
• Push-to-Talk capabilities that leverage EV-DO Revision A technology for fast two-way communications and Internet
• Integrated 2.0-megapixel camera with Night Shot, panorama, color effects and more
• Bluetooth 2.1 technology supports mono and stereo headsets, hands-free, dial-up networking, serial port, object push (vCard and vCalendar only), basic image, basic printing and phonebook access

You can find the Verizon Samsung Convoy, and more, at TheBlueDot.net.

BlackBerry 9800 Torch AT&T Unlocked

The BlackBerry 9800 Torch AT&T phone is the progeny of the fiercely popular BlackBerry Bold 9700. The Torch came on the market to counter heavyweights such as the iPhone 4, The EVO 4G, and the Galaxy S line. Introducing a revamped design featuring a sturdy slider and an interactive touch screen and QWERTY keyboard, the BlackBerry Torch takes all of the best features from dependable RIM, and injects new life by introducing a new OS and web browser. Using the new Webkit-powered browser, BlackBerry has completely redesigned it's oft-maligned browsing experience. The touch screen allows for quick and confident usage, combining sensitivity with accuracy to ensure you are selecting correctly. For those of us who do not feel comfortable using touch screens for typing, the full QWERTY keyboard has ample room even for the most amply built fingers. With 4GB of memory (expandable to 32GB), a 5.0 megapixel camera, and a battery featuring 5.8 hours of talk time and 30 hours of music playback the Torch is a bold leap forward in the always dependable line of AT&T BlackBerry phones.

• New dual-modal slider, giving the choice of a QWERTY keyboard or the interactive touch screen
• 4GB of storage, up to 32GB with SD card. 512 MB of Ram, 512 MB of ROM
• 802.11b/g/n WiFi on board along with Bluetooth 2.1 support, as well as an AGPS chip for when you get lost
• 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash camera
• BlackBerry OS 6.0, 624 MHz processor
• Use on the ultra fast 3G network
• Micro USB 2.0
• 111 x 62 x 14.6 mm, 161 grams

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 AT&T Unlocked phone is by default a GSM phone made for the AT&T network. It can be unlocked to other GSM based carriers.

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