Verizon Wireless today introduced the G'zOne Boulder, a rough and tough push-to-talk phone built to military specifications to withstand shock, water and dust environments.

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The G'zOne Boulder has a rugged design that meets military specifications - 810F standards for water, shock and dust resistance; immersion; vibration, salt fog; humidity; solar radiation; altitude; and low and high temperature storage.

It comes with a built-in flashlight and electronic compass.

For fast two-way communication, consumers can use its push-to-talk service on Verizon's high-speed Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A) network.

With VZ Navigator, the G'zOne Boulder has audible maps, turn-by-turn directions and location information to over 14 million points of interest.

Field Force Manager lets businesses locate, monitor and communicate with mobile field workers.

Equipped with VCAST Music with Rhapsody, the G'zOne Boulder downloads music to the phone from a library of over 5 million songs. Users also get a master copy for the PC, free of digital rights management software. Music is stored on optional microSD cards up to 8GB in size (sold separately).

Packaged in two finishes, black and silver or orange, the G'zOne Boulder is available online now for $129.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a new two-year customer agreement. Customers may the G'zOne Boulder with or without a 1.3-megapixel camera. It will be available in stores in mid-August.

- Verizon Wireless G'zOne Boulder Specs

1. Posted by LewBob	Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:32 am
I just got one of these phones to replace an aging Motorola 815. The voice quality is horrible, and after some searching I found a website where 90% of the owners had the same complaint of garbled sound and having to ask people to repeat themselves. There is a firmware update that my Verizon Store told me about. I will try that on Monday and report back, but I suspect it is to solve a reported problem with the address book. Does anyone have feeback or the predecessor S version? I may still be able to find one of those at a Verizon Store. Lew
2. Posted by Julie	Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:48 pm
I have the Gzone S. Purchased it around February. Have had issues with the Alarm Clock not working for certain days of the week - on all settings and have had issues with taking a phone number that was not linked to a contact that was in my received calls and linking it to an existing contact. When you try to link them the phone tries to link it with a totally different contact - not the one you chose. I reported this to Verizon in February of 2008 but they have done nothing with it. I also ended up asking Verizon to replace my husband's original Gzone S phone because his had so many issues with the alarm clock not working. In order to get a new phone I finally put in a complaint with the BBB. If you don't care about adding phone numbers to your already listed contacts and you don't mind not using the alarm clock, then this phone is great.
3. Posted by LewBob	Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:46 pm
Verizon sent me a second Boulder: same thing. The sound is terrible. I found that Monstercellular is selling new E815's on Ebay for about $100 shipped so I ordered a new one. It is the best performing phone I have owned so I will stick with it until they get the Boulder fixed. Lew

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