Rugged Casio Brigade from Verizon Coming Soon

Casio G'zOne Brigade is a new rugged handset from Verizon, which should be available sometime brefore the year's end. It is a sideways clamshell that has both a numeric keypad and a full QWERTY keyboard. Other features include:

• 3G for data;
• Push-to-talk capabilities;
• 3Mpix camera with flash;
• microSD card support;
• 2.5mm headset jack;
• dedicated music and messaging keys;
• Bluetooth

Pricing wasn't announced.