Garmin-Asus to release phone you shouldn’t consider buying

Typically we stay a bit more neutral when it comes to gadgets, and we love to give companies the benefit of the doubt before products hit store shelves, but after two years of waiting for a GPS-Phone hybrid from Garmin, who makes great stand-alone GPS units, we’ve come to realize the company might want to stick to what it’s good at. In the time we’ve been waiting for the Nuvifone to materialize on shelves, in Taiwan today, mind you, we’ve seen countless phones that deliver on the promise of GPS… as well as media playback, independent applications, and so many more features that make the Nuvfone seem pretty, well, pointless. If you can’t tell, we’re pretty much writing this device off right now.

We bring in VP of Interpret, Michael Gartenberg, and Engadget’s Ross Miller to sort out the mess. Why would a device come out like this? In what scenario would we actually recommend it as a useful device? Who’s the target? Why should Garmin even bother? Just watch the show, we’ll try to help Garmin-Asus get this device to America with a shred of a shot of selling 10 phones. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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• Nuvifone

[fraziercrane]

I don't know how it works in U.S. but in my country , GPS or AGPS on any of the phones require data transmission and hence expensive charges. And the location determination is not as accurate as Garmin.

The GPS

[jamestheboss]

Pretend other phones don't have GPS? This doesn't sound like the best strategy.

[postrocker0924]

This phone has a very complete LBS ( Location-Based Service) built with GPS navigation that iphone and other phones still don't have. Their LBS applications are pretty impressive, it's not just about GPS navigation folks!

[frvfilms]

linux min back ground....

[backdoorman1971]

This phone is just a waste of time. With the phone like the HTC Hero,iPhone3gs and the Palm pre? this phone is joke!