Samsung Rugby (SGH-a837) cell phone (AT&T service)

Cool Yule Rating: 5 stars

Price: $129.99 (after rebate)

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Cool Yule Rating: 5 stars

Price: $129.99 (after rebate)

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Description: The Samsung "Rugby" is a great mobile-phone leap forward for klutzes, and anyone else who has ever dropped a cell phone (and, yes that's all of us). This phone has GPS, plays MP3 music files, has a camera, does the Web, e-mail, texting, and all of the usual stuff.

It also supports push-to-talk (PTT), which is vital in many applications and at least convenient in others. But the really cool feature is that the Rugby is certified to Military Standard MIL-STD-810F for ruggedness, and we quote, "will withstand dust, shock, vibration, rain, humidity, solar radiation and altitude and temperature extremes." Wow! So if you're in construction, natural resources, or just work outside, even on the weekends, or just, as we noted, drop your phone a lot, this could be the handset for you. Our test unit came in bright construction yellow, but it also comes in burgundy, and even basic black for those dressier construction sites.

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