Casio produces a phone that is waterproof, drop proof, and crush proof. I
have it, and i've been "Testing It". It's called the Gzone.I used it as a
weight for a bouy where it sat submerged in a lake for 4 days. I now know
that it gets at least 4 days of battery life and still runs when wet. I will
say that it is rather hard to talk on under water though.

We've played a few intense games of "Hacky-Sack" with it as well.

It's a very impressive product that holds up too all the abuse a Westy owner
can throw at it. We've even frozen it in a block of ice for a day!

-Craig
'85GL turned WESTY
BOSTIG in the back

On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 10:42 AM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> Might have been droppage, campfire smoke, or beer stains, but my
> trusty-old 9+ YO "peanut" Motorola phone, (RIP), finally died.
>
> Old meets new:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/nagtwf
>
> Being loath to invest in crap, 6000 apps, Mach3 Text Capabilities, or
> a new uber-bloated plan, I researched online. $80+tax Cnd. later, I
> climb the Gizmo Ladder to a Samsung R500.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/mp6drg
>
> It takes 1.3 MP  pictures! It plays songs! It can have GB's of memory!
> It works with my existing cheap PCS plan.
>
> And it's much more sexy than my old one.
>
> I'm in Cell Phone Love.  <grin>
>
> Fellow Telus Vanagon Canucks. "Prepaid" version is on sale at London Drugs:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/lh8r7d
>
> Bonus: prepaid minutes *may* end up on your Telus PCS plan. YMMV, but
> after phone activated online, saw "SAMSUNG R500 P&T BONUS ACCESSORY".
> Ensure LD has stock on hand. Don't waste yer time like I did.
>
> - "Yah. We show 13". -  Pffft.
>
> I post this because we all know how important a cell phone is when on
> the road with our Westy/Vanagons.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Neil.
>
>
> PS. Now I get why people cross intersections with abandon while
> staring at their phone. Or why *every* night at work, when the lights
> go up (intermission) lots-o-people flip open their phone to see who's
> called/texted/whateverrrrrr.
>
> Now *I* can stare at my phone and cross an intersection with abandon!
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
>