Casio Exilim C721: A Phone that Meets Military Standards for Toughness!

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June 14, 2009 ||

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Casio Exilim C721 Casio, widely known for its smart digital cameras and innovations in shock and water resistant watch technology has now launched a new sturdy phone named Casio Exilim C721 with high end features designed on the Exilim technology platform.

The clamshell phone is ruggedized to meet military specification 810 standards which means you don’t have to worry about your camera phone when you are enjoying the rain in the lawn or if you happen to accidentally drop it in your bath tub as it is water resistive for about 1m. It is built to with stand humidity, salt-fog, shock, vibration, dust, solar radiation, altitude, and low and high temperature storages.

It features a 5.1 MP auto focus digital camera on its back and a high end mobile phone on the other side. Talking about its camera, it supports 3X optical zoom, auto focus, a bright flash light and high quality video recording and can take photos in seven different resolutions in 262,000 color support.

It has all the features of a good digital camera like image stabilizer, a dedicated camera key, 15 best shot modes, white balance, macro mode, brightness, a self-timer, an optional shutter sound and many more. You can activate the camera in the normal mode or you can flip and fold the screen to turn it into a digital camera and all the buttons on the side will turn into camera controls.

The 2.3” rotating TFT screen of the phone displays 65K colors at a resolution of 240×320 pixels. When you fold the screen to its back, above the Verizon brand name, is a glossy OLED display that shows the battery life, clock time, and signal strength, text caller ID during a call and any new messages or missed calls if you have. It also displays the current song details when the audio player is active.

It has an 8GB external memory that slips into the microSD port. The microSD port and the headset port are tightly rubber-sealed. You can listen to the music on a Bluetooth stereo headset or its crystal clear speaker in mp3, AAC, wma formats from its music player or even watch your favorite videos on its built in video player.

It is GPS Enabled/E911 enabled, provides instant access to IM services and comes with a HTML browser that supports WAP 2.0, so you are at liberty to view the web pages in full size or the scaled down mobile versions.

You may also like using the Verizon’s wide range of broadband services that include V Cast video , V Cast Music with Rhapsody, V CAST Music, VZ Navigator(SM)-capable, Visual Voice Mail and a few others and purchase or download videos wirelessly from the web.

The Casio Exilim C721 requires a dock for charging and synchronizing and renders a talk time of 3.8 hrs and a battery stand-by time of up to 22.5 days. It is available in Black and Champagne colors for $279.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate on a two year customer license agreement. Services like VZ Navigator, Visual Voice Mail and a few others are available on demand for a few extra bucks.

Visit a Verizon Wirless Communications Store nearby or buy it online at www.verizonwireless.com

Watch the Cnet video review of the Casio Exilim C721.