Garmin-ASUS announce the nuvifone M20
It wasn’t long ago when both Garmin and ASUS announced that they were teaming up to bring the nuvifone G60 to market and promised to out new models soon. True to their word, today the nuvifone M20 was treated to some press release love. Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, the M20 touts a quad-band EDGE / tri-band 7.2Mbps HSPA chipset, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 4 to 8 GB of internal memory all under a 2.8″ VGA touchscreen display. Did we miss anything? Oh yes, GPS. Obviously with Garmin working on this thing its something of a sat nav monster and will be able to run your favorite LBS services, though if Garmin-ASUS had their way you’d be using Ciao! which sounds like their alternative to Google Latitude. Still, the M20’s GPS chip will work even without the phone itself being connected to a cellular network meaning you can mount the M20 with the included car dashboard mount (with power cable) and drive around like crazy in the Australian outback without having to fear getting lost. Now where’s that Android nuvifone at?
They have to make sure it lasts longer than a day on one charge. The only issue I have with all WinMo devices is the battery life is simply horrible.
Just to add, the company that makes a WinMo phone with a capacitive screen (multitouch support), 5 days stand-by time, G-sensor, GPS and speedy CPU will be The Winner. Then, you’ll have all pluses of the iPhone, and all the advantages of WinMo
There will soon be more types and styles of phones than people!
They ALL try to mimic the iPhone. Without success.
Why does this have to be turned into an “iPhone killer” discussion? On the whole, this phone brings a completely different experience than the iPhone. And the fact that Garmin is involved, brings a vastly superior GPS system (with turn-by-turn — something that has been lacking with the iPhone).
Don’t get me wrong, I own an Iphone, but you are comparing apples and oranges here.
This phone looks an awful lot like a cheap version of the nokia N95.
i definitely want one.
if it is even close to what the press release says it will be a major success
WinMo? ugh no thanks. Id rather use a 2006 RAZR.
2.8″ screen?? Are you kidding me?