Garmin-ASUS nuvifone to actually see the light of day?
It was a simpler time. The economy was the last thing on most people’s minds, Dane Cook was just a weird annoying guy from Waiting, Galvatron ruled over our comments section with an iron fist… And Garmin announced that it would enter the wireless arena with the soon-to-be released nuvifone. A lot has changed since then but one thing has remained constant over this historic 18-month period — no nuvifone. Believe it or not however, that might actually change in the near future. Despite having a bit of trouble spelling nuvifone, TWICE reports that Garmin is “getting very close” to a carrier launch here in the US. Why the massive delays? Garmin president and COO Cliff Pemble:
Originally we thought we’d launch the phone into the open market, but because of the strong interest we had from carriers, we chose to focus on a carrier-centric launch and meeting carrier requirements is a lot of work.
Yeah if Garmin thought working with carriers was easy, the company was definitely in for a rude awakening. The June/July time frame does jibe with what Reuters reported back in April so it’s looking like this little guy may actually see the light of day. We shall see.
Thanks, Rich!
[Via GPS Tracklog]
Fyorth!
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Funny, Dane Cook is still an annoying actor and an unfunny comedian. (Ready the “Screw you douche bag, Dane Cook is the most funniest comedian ever!!!!” comments now.) No, he isn’t funny, he’s only popular because dumb women that can’t understand jokes at a real comedy show (Louis C. K., Dave Attell, I could go on) think he’s hot and then there’s the guys that think he’s awesome because he talks about his cock non-stop because he has no real material.
the damn screen is noT even flush. hOw does garmin expect Us to touch something in the corneRs? with a stylus? lame…
Check out SlipperyBrickfor the new Mio GPS phone. Sorry I don’t have link. Going to Sprint.
@COO Cliff – too late, buh bye.
LoL, wait… what ever happened to Galvatron anyway?
Wait… We are still talking about this failed phone that should have been out like what… 3 YEARS AGO?!?!?
nobody in their right mind would buy this thing.
Great Galvatron shout out!!!
FYI – Galvatron was a commenter that never spelled anything right. He was a overnight janitor at Target I think. He was a regular though.
My nemesis.
talk about dead on arrival
I miss Galvatron.
I miss galvatron
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oh snap…i thought he said MOVIE-phone…”welcome to movie phone” now that would be sweet every time you turned it on.
lol @ Galvatron comment…great posting Zach…lol
Where is Galvatron? I miss that guy/gal
Seriously what ever did happen to Galvatron? lol
I like that the screen size (a little over 3.5 in) is bigger than iPhone and Pre. If they built it with a slide out key board it has a lot of potential.
Here’s to hoping Garmin doesn’t get lost in the shuffle of all the new phones coming out: iPhone 3G S, Palm Pre, T-Mobile’s Android-based MyTouch 3G. Of course, the GPS feature is what will stand out for the Garmin nuviphone compared to the other phones available on the market, but could it be too little, too late?
We can’t count them out until we all get our hands on the phone.