And the Garmin-ASUS Nuvifone we had all left for dead as far as the United States is concerned is actually going to come to life tomorrow. The announcement was made earlier this week and by ‘announcement’ I mean ‘official announcement’. The handset that has a tale as long as the Lord Of The Rings trilogy is going to head for none other than AT&T. the G60 will set you back $299.99 on a two-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate. Too pricey you say? You may just as well buy the iPhone 3GS and pair it with a free navigation app, but then there is the lure of new technology for some. Let’s see of the lure is strong enough.
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The Garmin-ASUS Nuvifone is pretty much the topic that hits a nerve with all navigation phone enthusiasts. If you’ve been living under a rock, the reason is the absolute absence of the handset. Even the merger of the companies couldn’t make the handset happen for all its fans. Well, it seems that the unthinkable may just happen, according to a report by TWICE Garmin is “getting very close” to a carrier launch here in the US. And the reason for the delay given by Garmin president and COO Cliff Pemble is;
“Originally we thought we’d launch the phone into the open market, but because of the strong interest we had from carriers, we chose to focus on a carrier-centric launch and meeting carrier requirements is a lot of work.”
So we dare again hope for the Nuvifone.
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After the successful invention of Hardware and software, we now bring you the latest from handset manufacturers; vaporware. So who are the innovators? Garmin-ASUS of course. We’ve been expecting the nuvifone G60 for over a year and a half now, in a conference call with analysts last week, Garmin President and COO Cliff Pemble admitted that the nuvifone G60 will be delayed due to technical issues. Reason cited for the delay was; creating a smartphone such as the nuvifone G60 is “complicated” and that “bringing one to market that’s built totally from the ground up on a custom Linux platform is not an easy task.” Ok, given that is a valid one, but for the love of all that is good and holy, are 15 months really not enough, and if you really were going to have so many issues, why announce the poor beast so early. The nuvifone G60 is now slated for a 2H 09 release instead of the July debut. And when they say 2H, we know this could be Q4. Like anyone will actually want the nuvifone with the Pre, new iPhone, BlackBerry Tour, etc, etc to choose from.
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It’s been more than a year since we’ve been hearing about the Nuvifone, and now it seems that the Garmin-ASUS Nuvifone G60 is finally near release. Nothing official, but a Reuters article has placed the release sometime in June. There still isn’t an exact date or price for us but it still seems like the handset will head for AT&T. According to the article, “a source with direct knowledge of the project” has been the source of information that ASUS will issue its first LiMo-powered handset in June. Now sine the M20 runs Windows Mobile, the Linux Mobile handset is definitely a reference to the G60. So how does a handset with LiMo and 3G rate on our scales….very very highly.
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