Verizon’s Casio Exilim camera phone is now official and features an extremely rare 3x optical zoom lens. Basically, you get a basic standalone camera with optical zoom, 5.1 megapixel sensor, auto-focus, and flash that just happens to have cell phone features.

Check out the other highlights:

• Water resistant, meeting military specs for water immersion, humidity, salt-fog, shock, vibration, dust, sun, altitude, and temperature
• EVDO Rev. A data
• Memory card slot
• 180 degree rotating display
• Stereo Bluetooth
• HTML web browser

It’s available today for $280 after $50 discount and 2 year contract. Full press release after the leap.

CASIO EXILIM from Verizon Wireless

The Casio_® EXILIM from Verizon Wireless features a 180-degree rotating display and professional quality 5.1 megapixel camera. A ruggedized phone built to military specifications to withstand shock, water and dust environments,  it also comes packed with popular Verizon Wireless’ services, including Visual Voice Mail, VZ Navigator^SM, and V CAST Music with Rhapsody.

The Casio EXILIM is available online at www.verizonwireless.com and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on June 10, 2009, for $279.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted.

Following are features and specifications on the Casio EXILIM:

Camera and Video Capabilities

· 5.1 megapixel auto focus camera with flash

· 180-degree rotating display

· Optical 3x zoom

· Resolution adjustment: 2560 x 1920, 2048 x 1536,1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 160 x 120

· Dedicated camera/video key

· Video capture and playback

· Best shot mode: off, person, scenery, night view, person and scenery, twilight, food, character, sports, party, monotone, sepia, reverse, high sharpness, high contrast, and vivid

· Shot mode: normal shot or multi shot

· Image stabilizer

· Auto focus: off, single point AF or 9 point AF

· Perspective adjustment

· Self timer: off, three, five or 10 seconds

· White balance: auto, sunny, shade, tungsten, and fluorescent

· Shutter sound: shutter or silent

Design

· Meets military specifications 810F standards for: water (immersion and rain), humidity, salt-fog, shock, vibration, dust, solar radiation, altitude, low and high temperature storage

Verizon Wireless Services

· V CAST Music with Rhapsody – customers can choose from more than 4 million songs to download over the air; get the master copy of the songs on their PCs; and sync favorite tracks, albums and playlists from their PCs to their phones using a USB cable

· V CAST Video – download or stream video from the best names in news, sports, entertainment and more

· Chaperone^® Parent and Child-capable – customers can view location information or be notified of the whereabouts of the Chaperone Child phone

· Chaperone^® Child-capable – allows the device to have its location shared with family members via the Chaperone Web site, the Chaperone Parent application or Child Zone^® SMS alerts

· Media Center – downloadable games, ring tones, location-based services and more

· Field Force Manager-capable – a resource management tool that provides businesses with the ability to locate, monitor and communicate with their mobile field workers

· Dashboard with Mobile Web – a graphically rich portal powered by Adobe Flash^® Cast™ technology, which delivers personalized multimedia information and entertainment services directly to the device

· Visual Voice Mail – delete, reply and forward voice mail messages without having to listen to prior messages or voice instructions

· Mobile E-mail, Mobile Web Mail, Mobile IM and Chat capable

· Text, picture, video and voice messaging

· VZ Navigator-capable – customers can get audible turn-by-turn directions to more than 15 million points of interest and share the directions with others

· Mobile Broadband Connect-capable – allows customers to use the device as a modem to connect to Verizon Wireless’ high-speed network with a qualifying Nationwide plan

Bluetooth^®

· Bluetooth profiles supported: headset, hands-free, dial up networking, stereo, phonebook access, and object push (for vCard /vCal)

Music

· Music Player for: .mp3, .wma, unprotected .aac and unprotected .aac+ formats

· Create and manage playlists

· Sync music from PC to phone

· Supports up to 8 GB of optional removable memory (microSD™ sold separately)

General

· Embedded ringtones, vibrating alerts and silent

· Voice commands

· Tools: calculator, calendar, alarm clock, stop watch, countdown timer, world clock, notepad

· HTML Web browser

· Phone book with up to 500 entries with multiple contacts

· In Case of Emergency (ICE) contacts

· Advanced speech recognition

· Speakerphone

· Flashlight

· TTY-compatible

· GPS-enabled/E911

· Bilingual Interface: English / Espanol

· Hearing Aid Compatibility = M4/T4

Specifications

· All Digital: 1X/EV-DO Revision A

· Dimensions: 4.0”x 2.0”x 0.8”

· Weight: 4.5 ounces

· Display: 2.3”, 240 x 320 pixel, 65K TFT Color

· External Display: 0.7” mono (white) 96 x 32

· SAR: head 0.524 W/Kg; body-worn 0.527 W/Kg

· Usage Time: up to 230 minutes or

· Standby Time: up to 540 hours

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