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Friday October 20, 2006
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 In his tireless (some say obsessive) quest to test cellphones to their utmost claimed limits, intrepid PC Magazine phone analyst Sascha Segan may have gone a length too far. Take a look at his review of Verizon's waterproof G'zOne (and how the heck are you supposed to pronounce that, anyway? Gee-zone? Gee-zee-one? Guzoney?).
Waterproof? thought Sascha. Must then bring it into the shower and a swimming pool, and have someone take pictures of me using the phone in the water, and show everyone in the world the pictures! You have to see this slideshow.
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October 20, 2006 3:32 PM
Man, those photos are classic! It's good to have fun at 'work.' ;)
October 20, 2006 3:50 PM
One of our production people photoshopped Sascha's wet head onto the swimming baby on Nirvana's Nevermind album cover. Squee!
October 20, 2006 3:54 PM
Wow, they did a great job - fooled me! I did briefly wonder where the hell you guys are hiding the pool and underwater camera gear... That'll teach me to be the first to leave a comment. ;)
October 20, 2006 4:16 PM
My vote is definitely for "Guzoney."
October 20, 2006 4:23 PM
I didn't post the Nevermind one...
October 20, 2006 5:29 PM
Funny, I thought this was the cover of "Weird" Al's Off the Deep End.
October 22, 2006 7:09 PM
That's what Brenda Raney from Verizon says. "Gee-Zone." I guess like G-Shock. I was calling it the "Gee Zee One" all through Digital Life.
October 22, 2006 7:11 PM
Dave, a photographer and I went to the rooftop pool at the Gravity health club at the Parker Meridien Hotel and really, truly took those underwater pictures. I even have underwater VIDEO that I couldn't post because I don't know how to post video. The phone is a surprisingly good underwater camera.
October 23, 2006 10:05 AM
Okay, I can't see the total usefulness of a waterproof phone (okay, yes I can, considering how much of a big deal cellular companies make about water damage) but between this and the video of Jim dropping the phone into a fishbowl on DL.TV, the phone looks pretty rugged and awful solid. And the LED flashlight on it is a nifty bonus as well-more phones should have LED lights!
December 21, 2006 2:29 PM
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