Comments on: How vaporware is born: the Garmin-ASUS nuvifone G60 delayed again

By: Storm Owner

Storm Owner — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:18:09 +0000

i think its a good move. don’t make the same mistake that rim did with the storm. work out all the kinks, the major ones anyway, then release it to the public. keeping people waiting only increases the hype, and sometimes hype is good for sales, imho.

By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:45:04 +0000

@ celz

I agree with one of ur points, and disagree with the other.
Agree: When other phones like the Fuze, Storm, Nokia e71 etc can all have proper built-in turn-by-turn software…I don’t even see a niche or market this phone can exploit. And the worst part is, Garmin is not coming out with newer statements indicating how this phone is possibly different from other phones. Its still the same lame image, no device in actual build version, no specs, just nothing. These guys are already setting it up for MAJOR FAIL!

Disagree: The low blow. I thought that was slick! Good one BG

By: celz

celz — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:40:22 +0000

that last lil sentence with links to the most anticipated phones was a low blow bgr.. i love it.. but if my touch pro has a version of garmin that appears to be tha same as the gps units what more can their phone do. im sorry but this idea is dumb.. no one is gonna buy a smartphone that only has good gps when tons of phones have good gps some from the same people

By: bonesb

bonesb — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:37:34 +0000

I really wanted that phone. In January 2008, when it was announced. I moved on.

By: Squid7085

Squid7085 — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:11:44 +0000

Thats why you do what Apple did and keep it a secret until you have something that is at least close to being ready for the prime time. I would imagine the iPhone was full of delays as well. Delays are part of reality. If Garmin was smart they would have kept it a complete secret, or have just been saying “We are working on a phone” and nothing more. You show something off, it build anticipation, but if the wait is too long, you have to wow again. For example, lets say the Pre gets delayed until next year, a lot of the wow will be gone. Sales based on “wow, I want that” are huge.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:27:51 +0000

I care