Comments on: Garmin Announces nuvifone… Bitch Say What?

By: Cruiser

Cruiser — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:47:46 +0000

I have one UMTS SE V800iphone that does plenty for a private user but truly NOT interested in public usage & access if I can help it (I fundamentally hate/loath yakking in public with a cellphone, hence a discrete use with a Jabra sleek 250v is my solution), and having two widescreen GPS while driving, I can see this potential “must have” as a worthy one to put the considerations like Iphone and even the TyTNII or N95s to fill the local bins pretty soon.

This is my kinda positive contribution Garmin is giving for value… focusing on co-ordinates coupled with a GPS and default transfers to another thru the mobile network without heavy hardware cameras involved either, which certainly is not like those that Stevieboy wants us to have so he fills his pockets with silly and ignorant wannabes wanting everything that Apple throws out!!!

I’m waiting for this to be added to my dashboard!

By: kellie

kellie — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:18:40 +0000

I have to agree with rob!

By: rabbivj

rabbivj — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:07:53 +0000

this looks like a killer phone!

By: Steven I

Steven I — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:06:47 +0000

I could only hope that T-Mobile would be able to pick this phone up. By the 3Q T-Mobile should have 3G up in certain key markets and with At&t having the iPhone I don’t know if Stevie boy would take to kindly to a phone that might steal some of his customers away. I know that the iPhone and this phone have certain key differences, but I know for my money which I would buy .

By: TJ

TJ — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:54:34 +0000

This is not the first GSM phone from Garmin… https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=145

I wonder if this is why Nokia was so interested in NAVTEQ.

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:32:42 +0000

I’m thinking that this could be the new touchscreen phone of this year, kinda like the iPhone was last year.

By: eJay

eJay — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:57:21 +0000

@Rob – I thought I read of gizmodo that you would be able to put it in the windshield mount and it would automatically turn to hands free. Which is good I guess but what if your walking and its navigating?

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:43:58 +0000

There is nothing like navigating and having the phone ring. Navigation should be navigation and phones should be phones.

These things remind me of of all-in-one video or audio products – lots of functions with mediocre performance at all of them.

By: eJay

eJay — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:32:00 +0000

Yea I might actually dump my iPhone for one of these…

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:04:14 +0000

As a Blackberry user and a iPhone “considerer”, I am moved by the prospects of the Nuviphone. The prospect of the Nuviphone should at least serve to keep the competition on their toes.