Garmin-Asus Announce New Handset - nuvifone M20
2009-02-13 16:08:50 (252 views)
Garmin-Asus, a co-branded alliance between Garmin Ltd. and ASUSTeK Computer Inc., has announced the Garmin-Asus nüvifone M20. The device is aimed at being an all-in-one phone, mobile web-browser, enterprise email enabled and premium navigation system running on a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system.
The Garmin-Asus nüvifone M20 will be on display at GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain from February 16-19, 2009
The GSM device will feature -
* 2.8-inch, VGA (640 x 480), 65K, TFT touchscreen, Accelerometer
* 3.5G/tri-band support (HSDPA), Wi-Fi, GPRS/EDGE
* GPS with A-GPS support, Garmin sat nav.
* Push Email
* 4GB or 8GB internal storage (flash)
* Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, USB 2.0 (mini)
* Full QWERTY soft keyboard
* 3 megapixel AF camera with Geo-Tagging
The nüvifone M20 takes GPS navigation one step further via Connected Services, a suite of online applications and data from Garmin-Asus that adds location intelligence to navigation, phone and browser functions. The expandable list of applications includes content like real-time traffic information, Google Local search, White Pages, weather, flight status and movie times.
The nüvifone product line also includes Ciao!, a Location Based Service application that helps users stay up to date on their friends’ whereabouts and status by linking location-centric social networks. Through Ciao!, nüvifone users will see their friends’ location on a map and then be able to navigate to that location with ease. Nüvifone users can also choose to have the nüvifone automatically update their social network location information. The launch partners for Ciao! are Buddy Beacon and GyPSii, and it is scalable for additional social networks.
Garmin-Asus expects to announce the nüvifone M20’s pricing and availability information in the first half of 2009.
Shayne Rana
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