Garmin nuvifone G60

[Dooghan]

http://gizmodo.com/350894/garmin-goes-beyond-portable-navi-with-nvifone

http://www8.garmin.com/nuvifone/

http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2008/01/Garmin_Nuvi_phone.jpg

[Nicko]

It looks great but here is one major flaw, it uses it's own proprietary operating system. I would have thought by now Garmin would have given up on anything that's not Symbian, CE or windows mobile

[Dooghan]

Official video

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I think I'm starting to want one

[Nicko]

Rumour is that the Nuviphone is due out 1st quarter of 2009 in AU.

[Nicko]

This is going to be my partner's new phone, whether she likes it or not ;) She can then get rid of her ipod and mobile phone!

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[Nicko]

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[Nicko]

It does appear that there will be a number of models but no news on the difference between them at this point in time www.garminasus.com

[harv1]

Has anybody had much to do or heard of the new Asus nuvifone G60 GPS Smartphone it sounds and looks good,but it does not state what GPS Chip set it has or what OS in installed

Garmin-Asus nuvifone G60 Images Below
http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic2.php3?sImg=reviewsimg/mwc09-various/garmin-asus/gsmarena_005.jpg
http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic2.php3?sImg=reviewsimg/mwc09-various/garmin-asus/gsmarena_004.jpg
http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic2.php3?sImg=reviewsimg/mwc09-various/garmin-asus/gsmarena_002.jpg
http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic2.php3?sImg=reviewsimg/mwc09-various/garmin-asus/gsmarena_001.jpg
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network UMTS 850 / 1900 / 2100
Announced 2009, February
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, Q2
Size Dimensions 112 x 58 x 14 mm
Weight 137 g
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 272 x 480 pixels, 3.55 inches
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- 2.5 mm audio jack
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 4 GB storage, 128 MB RAM
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0
Camera Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus
Video No
Secondary No
Features OS Linux
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push email, Instant Messaging
Browser HTTP / WAP 2.0
Radio No
Games Yes
Colors Black
GPS Yes
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- Location-based applications
- Organizer
- World Clock
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1100 mAh
Stand-by

:hatoff Operating system Linux :hatoff

[Nicko]

It is not an Asus Nuvifone, even though they manufactured it, it is in fact a Garmin Nuvifone.

[harv1]

It is not an Asus Nuvifone, even though they manufactured it, it is in fact a Garmin Nuvifone.
Thanks Nicko
Do you know yet if we can load Oziexplorer and other Apps on this device or not

[Nicko]

I might appear to be a Guru, but, it is not the case and in this case I cannot answer your question because I do not have the answer yet :)

[BUCK]

Any news on when, or if, or have we already got the nuviphone in oz?

[Nicko]

That's a negative