New Cell Phone - Casio GZ1 Commando

Rocky1

Rocky1

New member
Has anyone here picked up one of the new GZ1 Commando Cell phones yet? Ordered mine tonight, it should be in Monday.

After the fact I started searching the net and found that the - PC World Review - doesn't afford it the most glorious ratings, nor do a few others I found. However, I have a digital camera that works beautifully and I absolutely love, that PC World gave less than favorable reviews also. And therefore, I personally don't put a whole lot of store in yuppie performance reviews.

Was wondering IF anyone is using it, are you seeing the problems with touch screen response everyone is complaining about? The one I played with at the local Verizon store was WAY MORE RESPONSIVE than the sweetheart's new Droid II. It has definite touch screen response issues, the Commando was there every time.

This one is designed with the outdoorsman in mind if you're thinking new phone... Dust, Shock, and Water Resistant. Comes with a neat selection of aps for the outdoorsman as well...

Quote:G'zGear is probably the most interesting piece of preloaded software I have ever seen on a mobile phone. The app is broken up into different sections (Earth Compass, Walking Counter, Adventure Training, Trip Memory, Thermometer, Tides, Sun/Moon, and Star Gazer), with each one offering a useful or fun utility.

Thermometer, for instance, uses the phone's built-in temperature sensor to give you a rough estimate of the temperature around you and how it compares to other cities across the globe. It's not the most accurate tool in the world, but I don't expect my phone to tell me the temperature with incredible accuracy. Trip Memory allows you to create a scrapbook of your trips, syncing your photos with the coordinates of where you took it.

Of all the utilities, Walking Counter and Adventure Training were two of the most interesting. Walking Counter counts the number of steps you take like a pedometer, and tells you how far you've walked with the phone. On top of that, you can make various "virtual treks" to places like Mt. Kilimanjaro or the South Pole. Adventure Training sounded promising, but I was never able to get it to work. Adventure Training is supposed to make you a better runner by analyzing how you run and comparing your pace to that of Olympic athletes. My lighthearted jog around the block did not register on the device at all. Adventure Training could be a really cool app, so hopefully a fix will be implemented soon.

Give me a few days to try it out and I'll offer a more comprehensive review, at this point it appears to be a really cool phone for those of us in the outdoors.
 
Looks like the phone my cousin uses; he seems to like it and I recall him saying it is more durable than others he`s had in the past.
Be sure to let us know what you think.
 
Yeah I will... I know this particular model just came out in the last few weeks. Don't have it in stock in the store, and all reviews are less than 2 weeks old. The Commando line has been around for awhile, and there are numerous other family members; all of them I've seen share the same look about them.
 
Just got the same old phone.It makes calls.It recieves too many calls as is.
Seriously it looks like a good rugged phone.I carried so much stuff for so long at work I'm enjoying not communicating all day long.
 
Never heard of it. Looks like a nice phone.

I just ditched verizon over a situation they blew off that in turn pissed me off so I went to Sprint and will never look back.

Because of that I don't pay attention to the latest verizon super phone offerings.

Hope it turns out well for ya.
 
My son got this phone a couple weeks ago. So far so good. He really likes it. I've messed with it some, and pretty much liked everything about it. Too new to really tell, but I think it's a nice phone with some cool features.
 
Last edited:
Originally Posted By: tnshootistJust got the same old phone.It makes calls.It recieves too many calls as is.
Seriously it looks like a good rugged phone.I carried so much stuff for so long at work I'm enjoying not communicating all day long.

I know exactly where you're coming from, I've just learned to ignore mine most of the time! It's helping with that now, the volume on the ringer has died! Hence the need for a new phone.


Originally Posted By: Black_WolfNever heard of it. Looks like a nice phone.

I just ditched verizon over a situation they blew off that in turn pissed me off so I went to Sprint and will never look back.

Because of that I don't pay attention to the latest verizon super phone offerings.

Hope it turns out well for ya.



Thanks Black Wolf! I'd like to ditch Verizon too, but they're the only one that offers decent coverage in ND. Were it not for the state's anti-monopoly law, they'd be the only major cell phone provider there. Sprint is really iffy up there unless you're in one of the major population centers.


Originally Posted By: iahntrMy son got this phone a couple weeks ago. So far so good. He really likes it. I've messed with it some, and pretty much liked everything about it. Too new to really tell, but I think it's a nice phone with some cool features.

Thanks iahntr! Hopefully it'll hold up for both of us. Seems I may have to wait a few more days for mine, tracking number arrived today and it sugggests it may be Wednesday before I see it!
 
I have had Sprint for a long time. Every time my contract is up I shop around, but haven't found a better plan yet. I live in ND, but fortunately near a city that has good coverage. If I'm out in the sticks, the phone still works on roaming, which is no charge. My only gripe is that there is only one service center to my knowledge, in Fargo. However when I've had problems with hardware in the past they've always next day shipped me a replacement.

My wife had Verizon for a couple years after they bought Unicel. Her experiences with customer service were atrocious. She switched as soon as she had the opportunity.
 
Originally Posted By: BountytheDogHunterI have had Sprint for a long time. Every time my contract is up I shop around, but haven't found a better plan yet. I live in ND, but fortunately near a city that has good coverage. If I'm out in the sticks, the phone still works on roaming, which is no charge. My only gripe is that there is only one service center to my knowledge, in Fargo. However when I've had problems with hardware in the past they've always next day shipped me a replacement.

My wife had Verizon for a couple years after they bought Unicel. Her experiences with customer service were atrocious. She switched as soon as she had the opportunity.


Alltell was a pain... Verizon in Bismarck has been pretty good as far as customer service goes. Broke my phoneand had to get it replaced the weekend that the Verizon/Alltel swap happened every where else in the world. Verizon couldn't access my account, Alltel said it didn't even show up in theirs. Went back to Verizon and the girl told me the best she could do was order a replacement phone, but she couldn't do aything with the account until next mroning. Had to go back the next evening to get it all straightened out, account had locked down while they were transferring
 
I had verizon for years but i noticed since they got that fios high speed cable fiber optic and internet thing going that their mobile service quality and customer service went in the crapper. The fios rocks and ill give them that but i wont go back to their mobile service after what i went thru. Dont know what got into them for the big change?
 
Visited with my cousin today his phone is the G`z One Rock.
He says it one of the better phones he`s owned.Even took a plunge in the swimming pool with it (not by choice), and no damage was done.
 
That's good to know Hooked!!

I finally got mine last Thursday, was supposed to be 2 day delivery, it took 2 days to get out the warehouse, and then Fed Ex missed us the first day... And, it is taking some getting used to, having moved up from a Razor flip phone to a Droid, but thus far it seems to a good phone. Not real impressed with having to wake it up and unlock it to answer a call, but that can be fixed soon as I find time to program the Tactile button.

Plenty of Aps to download and play with, as with all Droids, Blackberries, and other smart phones, but at least a few of these are in fact useful. Haven't really had a chance to go out and try to get lost to see if it'll help me find the way home yet, but for the most part it doesn't seem to have any real problems.

Haven't had any complaints about me sounding funny. It takes great pictures outside, inside I haven't been real impressed. Doesn't seem to want to flash like it should, but I downloaded an ap that is supposed to make it zoom, since it doesn't seem to want to do that either, and that allows me to force flash on it. Still won't zoom unfortunately!

For those of us getting up in age, having fired one too many rounds at the range, having worked in noisy environments for too many years of our lives, or otherwise just plain can't hear... It's got an AWESOME SPEAKER on it! Volume on this thing is unreal!! Alarm clock starts out at a nice calm level, but you won't sleep through it too long!!
 
Maybe I need that phone. The only reason my alarm clocks work is because they wake my wife up and then she wakes me up! The only thing so far that has been able to wake me up immediately is when one of my kids is crying.
 
One thing that is really cool with this one, and I'm sure it may be found on other droids as well is... It has 3 different volume settings.

One for Ringtone, one for Media, and one for alarm. If you aren't real deaf, just don't wake up, you can turn the volume down on Ringtone and Media, and crank the alarm way up.

I personally have found, that Rap music annoys me bad enough that it will wake me up most anytime!! Only thing is, I usually wake up grumpy when I do that.
 


Write your reply...
Back
Top