Garmin-Asus Android phone promised for Q1 2010
Garmin-Asus, the joint venture announced at the beginning of the year, plans to release an Android smartpone in the first quarter of 2010.
The news comes many months after Garmin (without Asus) has announced that it’s working on an Android device, which should have been launched this year.
Quite possibly, the Garmin-Asus Android phone will be a [...]
Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60’s release pushed back to Q3 2009
Last time we heard about it, the launch of Garmin-Asus’ Nuvifone G60 was planed for the first half of 2009.
However, now Garmin says that its very first smartphone will not hit the market until the third quarter of the year.
According to Twice, the Nuvifone G60 is still “in the testing phase of the certification process”.
That’s [...]
Asus P835 officially unveiled: WVGA display, 5MP camera and more
Despite the alliance with Garmin, Asus doesn’t give up on announcing its own handsets after all.
The Taiwanese manufacturer has just unveiled the Asus P835, a brand new Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone that offers a large 3.5 inch touchscreen display with 800 x 480 pixels, plus a set of other nice features.
In Asus’ own words, the [...]
Asus P565 pulled off the shelves after the alliance with Garmin?
Unveiled back in November 2008, Asus P565 is a Windows Mobile smartphone that features a VGA touchscreen display, HSDPA connectivity, Wi-Fi, a 3.2MP camera and an 800 MHz CPU – thus being a pretty cool device.
However, it looks like Asus’ partnership with Garmin, announced at the beginning of February, has determined the Taiwanese company to give [...]
#MWC09: Garmin Asus Nuvifone G60 hands-on review and video
After more than a year of promises and plastic mock-ups, Garmin was finally able to come up with a working model of its Nuvifone G60 mobile handset.
But they had to take a partner on, to finally get the darn thing working. So from now own this LBS centric mobile phone will be known as Garmin [...]
Affordable Eee Phone to come under the Garmin-Asus brand
Asus has already confirmed the upcoming release of at least one Eee Phone. But now, after the Taiwanese company and Garmin formed the Garmin-Asus joint venture, things look a bit different.
More exactly, the first Eee Phone will come under the Garmin-Asus brand, and not under the Asus one, meaning that it might feature some advanced navigation capabilities [...]
Garmin-Asus unveils the nüvifone M20 Windows Mobile smartphone
Well, it sure didn’t take long for Garmin-Asus to unveil their second co-branded handset, after the nüvifone G60.
The new device is called nüvifone M20 and it was announced today, during a pre-MWC 2009 event.
Presented as “an all-in-one phone, mobile web-browser and premium navigation system”, the handset surprisingly runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional.
The M20 looks [...]
Garmin-Asus handsets announced; nüvifone G60 to be showcased at MWC 2009
Garmin’s collaboration with Asus has been in the rumors since the summer of 2008, and now it’s all official.
The two companies have just announced that they are working not only to co-develop the first-ever Garmin mobile phone, but also several other new location-based mobile phones that will be outed during 2009.
The first handset to be released [...]
Asus chairman confirms Eee Phone, envisions it as a remote control for the digital home
The existence of an Asus Eee Phone has been confirmed, by no less than Asus’ chairman Jonney Shih, in a recent interview with the New York Times.
Apparently, the man thinks he can see the future, and what exactly is in store for us all according to his visions? A day when all families don’t crowd [...]
Asus to make an Eee phone with Android?
The fact that Asus is planning to release at least one Android handset this year is no longer a surprise.
What might be surprising, though, is that the Taiwanese company also wants to come up with a handset under the Eee brand (you know, those small and affordable notebooks).
And to make it all even [...]