Garmin apps coming to multiple platforms
UPDATE: Garmin has given Asus an exclusive on their nav app for Android. Garmin and Asus revealed more information today on their future plans re: mobile, but here’s the big news: “Garmin will expand its mobile handset application development and plans to offer navigation and other applications through certain consumer application stores. “
Report: Garmin-Asus partnership to end
China’s Economic daily is reporting that the Garmin-Asus smartphone partnership will be dissolved come January, at the end of its two-year contract. The translated report is less than clear, but it does state that Asus will continue making smartphones on their own and that Garmin will supply navigation for them.
Garmin-Asus to introduce Windows Phone 7 model?
It looks like Garmin-Asus may be moving forward with plans to roll out a Windows Phone 7 model in Q1 2011. The report from DigiTimes is actually a bit oblique: “Garmin-Asus is expected to launch 1-2 Android-based smartphones in the Taiwan market before the end of 2010 following the successful launch of A10 in September. [...]
Garmin headed for smartphone exit ramp?
Should they stay or should they go? That’s the smartphone market decision Garmin expects to make in the next couple of quarters, according to a Reuters interview with Garmin CFO Kevin Rauckman, who said:
T-Mobile Garminfone review
Hands on with the T-Mobile Garminfone The T-Moble Garminfone is Garmin’s first Android smartphone released in North America. Produced by the Garmin-Asus partnership, it includes many of the goodies you would find on a nuvi, including North American maps, junction view, lane assist, Where am I?, tracklogs and multi-destination routing.
Garmin-Asus nuvifone E600
A Garmin-Asus E600 “PDA phone” has cleared the FCC. Little information was made available in the filing though, with no indication whether it is going to be an Android phone or use the customized Linux OS found on their first AT&T nuvifone. About all we can say is that it’s a GSM phone that appears [...]
Coming to the US (eventually)
There were a couple of major announcements made yesterday by TomTom and Garmin-Asus; unfortunately they didn’t involve products for the US, at least not yet. I do expect that all will be making it to our shores eventually. The Garmin-Asus team will need to romance a carrier first, while TomTom just seems to have a [...]
Garminfone coming to T-Mobile
UPDATE: Read my hands on review of the T-Mobile Garminfone. Garmin and T-Mobile have announced the Android-powered Garminfone, which will be exclusive to T-Mobile. This seems to be a US version of the nuvifone A50, previously announced for some Asian and European markets. That model got quite a few positive reviews, unlike the original nuvifone [...]
Garmin-Asus nuvifone A50
Garmin-Asus has announced their first Android phone, the nüvifone A50. It includes on-board maps, lane assist and junction view, comes with a car mount, and is compatible with Garmin’s CityXplorer maps. Nothing shocking there; the biggest news is availability – the A50 is expected to be available in the first half of 2010 in Europe [...]
PC Mag slams nuvifone G60
Wow! PC Magazine has posted a Garmin-Asus nuvifone G60 review and they slammed it, giving it a 2 out of 5 star review, saying, “It’s like Garmin gave up halfway through the development cycle and released what it had.” This, despite some fairly positive points. It sounds like it’s a good phone and a good [...]
