Hasta La Gadget!

Verizon on Thursday announced a new addition to its Casio G’zOne family with the G’zOne Rock, a rugged flip phone targeted at people with high-adventure lifestyles. Verizon claims the phone is resistant to water, shock, dust, vibration, humidity, salt fog, solar radiation, altitude, and high and low temperature.

The price tag is a little high at $200 after mail-in rebate with a two-year contract, but for a phone that won’t break under most conditions, I’ll bet some people will be willing to plunk down the cash. The G’zOne Rock also has a 2-megapixel camera with video capture, stereo Bluetooth, and touch-sensitive music controls. Included as well are six unique outdoor apps including a powerful compass, a walking counter, and a thermometer.

The Rock appears to be a successor to the G’zOne Boulder, released more than a year ago. The phone comes hot on the heels of the more-upscale G’zOne Brigade, a horizontal flip phone with higher specs that was announced two weeks ago.