Thursday, February 12, 2009
Garmin-Asus Introduces nüvifone™ M20
Posted by Jason Dunn in "Pocket PC Hardware" @ 06:18 PM
"Garmin-Asus, a co-branded alliance between Garmin® Ltd., and ASUSTeK Computer Inc., today announced the Garmin-Asus nüvifone M20, an all-in-one phone, mobile webbrowserand premium navigation system with a Windows Mobile operating system. The Garmin-Asus nüvifone M20 will be on display at GSMA Mobile World Congress inBarcelona, Spain, February 16-19, 2009, at the Garmin-Asus exhibit (Hall 7, #7C37). As the first Garmin-Asus nüvifone powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional withenterprise email, the sleek and colorful nüvifone M20 is designed for on-the-go professionals who want a fashionable and functional smartphone to manage their busywork and personal lives. This powerful device combines a dual-band 3.5G/tri-band GSMphone with Wi-Fi connectivity, desktop-like internet browser, push email, documentviewing, multi-media capability, Bluetooth® and Garmin sat nav."
Garmin-Asus has released an interesting device here! Strong GPS navigation features combined with a VGA screen and 4GB or 8GB of storage makes for a potentially compelling travel companion-type device - depending on the price of course. Pricing and availability won't become a reality until the first half of 2009.
The rest of the press release continues below, along with two high-res images. Read more...
