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nuviphone G60 reviews

Oct 7, 2009 garmin, gps navigation, phones, reviews 3 Comments

A couple of reviews already came out about the nuviphone G60 we waited for years. One from pcmag, and the other one from Gizmodo. Neither of them look that good but if you have your heart set on this device you should really read the reviews and look for specifics that would actually change your mind.

pcmag: You can search for points of interests with your voice, great map detail, no DC power adapter for charging, voice directions not very loud, comes with document viewer, no MMS, bad camera, no video recording or playing, good battery life.

Still, the G60 is the best cell-phone-based GPS navigation device I’ve ever tested.

gizmodo: bad touchscreen, bad camera, bad accelerometer, $5 extra to check weather, traffic, etc, no car chager, good navigation.

I didn’t mean to be this harsh, but I also didn’t expect the G60 to be so bad.

Have you seen any other nuviphone G60 reviews? Please share URLs in the comments section.

UPDATE (Oct 14th 2009):

Engadget: Great for navigating but not as capable as a smartphone.

At $299 on contract, you’ve got a lot of smartphone options, and unless navigation is your number one priority, almost any of them are superior to this. This phone just isn’t a smartphone; it’s an amazing navigation machine that makes calls and attempts to browse the web / dabble in integrated apps.

David Pogue: A video review. He calls it “too expensive two trick pony”

nuviphone will cost $300

Sep 26, 2009 garmin, gps navigation, phones 45 Comments

Some rumors on the interwebs are suggesting the nuviphone G60 will go for $300 after a two year contract and a $100 mail-in-rebate. That is quite pricey – and straight up it is even worse. Without a contract it will cost $550 – almost worth 2 low end netbooks :) even though we realize that is not a fair comparison.

As you know nuviphone already came out in Asia couple of months ago and we’ve been waiting for the North America launch for a looong time.

nuviphone M20 coming out soon

Aug 18, 2009 gps navigation 1 Comment

nuviphone M20 – the Windows Mobile love child of Garmin and Asus is ready to come out on August 19th… in Taiwan.

Here are the features and specs of nuviphone M20:

• dual-band 3.5G / tri-band GSM
• Wi-Fi
• 2.8” TFT touch screen
• 4GB or 8GB of storage
• 3MP camera
• OPERA browser, HTML, WAP 1.2.1/2.0

The date for U.S. release can’t be that far now… Read More …

nuviphone is here (well… in Asia) anyone still excited?

Jul 26, 2009 asus, garmin, gps navigation, phones 8 Comments

After a loooooong wait, Garmin and Asus has finally made the Garmin-Asus nüvifone G60 available in Asia. (more precisely Taiwan on July 27; Singapore and Malaysia end of August.)

We still don’t have any details on the pricing but their press release say this:

In Asia, it will be available through carriers and retail channels. The nüvifone G60 is on schedule for delivery in Europe and the United States in the second half of 2009, and additional details about pricing, availability and carriers will be announced in the coming months

After all this wait how much would you be willing to pay for this phone?

Asus T91GO

Jul 7, 2009 asus, gps navigation 1 Comment

About a month ago we announced the Asus T91; a netbook sized tablet computer with integrated GPS. Today we have a few more details:

There will be three versions: T91, T91GO, and T91A. According to our source the standard T91 won’t have GPS, but the T91GO will feature both GPS, 3G, and even digital TV tuner. T91A on the other hand differs from the rest by offering Windows 7 and a multi touch screen.

ASUS Eee PC T91 integrates GPS receiver

Jun 2, 2009 asus, gps navigation 11 Comments

Asus just announced ASUS Eee PC T91 – a netbook with 8.9″ swivel touchscreen and a GPS receiver.

Eee PC T91 will come in white or black and will be loaded with touch optimized software such as foto fun, memos, touch gate, and a special IE toolbar.

Here are the rest of the specs:

• Operating System: Genuine Windows XP Home
• Display: 8.9″ LED-backlit / Resistive Touch Panel
• CPU: Intel® Atom Z520
• Wireless Data Networking: WLAN: 802.11b/g/n
• Bluetooth: V2.1
• Memory: 1GB (DDR2)
• Storage: Total 82GB (16GB Solid State Drive + 16GB SD Card + 30GB Portable Hard Disk Drive* + 20GB Eee Storage)
• 2 x audio jacks: Headphone / Mic-in
• Camera: 0.3 M Pixel
• Reader: 3-in-1 MMC, SD, SDHC flash card slot
• Digital Array Mic
• Dimensions: 225mm (W) x 164mm (D) x 25.2 ~ 28.4mm (H)
• Weight: 0.96kg
• Optional: GPS, TV Tuner, 3G plus (HSUPA)

ZorroGPS

Mar 15, 2009 gps navigation, phones, software 2 Comments

ZorroGPS just launched their latest version. Following the problems encountered on the first version, the software underwent many corrections and is now at version 3.0 which is available for download. The new version comes with the most recent Navteq maps to date: March 2009.

According to the editor ZorroGPS is very fast: It takes 5 seconds to calculate a route for 2000 kilometers and 1 second for route recalculation. This GPS navigation software also can overlay satellite maps.

The prices of ZorroGPS are very attractive and vary according to the maps you’re getting:

• With one of the 22 regions of France: 17 €
• With France: 19 €
• With Europe: 29 €
• With the United States: 27 €

These prices are great but you have to keep in mind that other features such as speed limits, realistic road signs, lane information is optional and cost extra.

It is compatible with Smartphones with touch or regular screen with Windows Mobile, such Asus P565, Eten glofiish M810, the HTC Touch Diamond, the HTC Touch HD, the LG Incite, Motorola Q11, Palm Treo Pro, Samsung i900, Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, and Toshiba G810.

We’re also informed that ZorroGPS will soon be available also for Nokia and Blackberry… Read More …

more nuviphone G60 videos

Mar 12, 2009 asus, garmin, gps navigation, phones Leave a comment

We had already talked about nuviphone videos but here are some we missed to mention that came up during MWC 2009 nuviphone G60.

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Asus P835 includes A-GPS receiver

Mar 8, 2009 asus, gps navigation 2 Comments

Asus just recently announced their new Windows PDA phone P835. Apparently it is designed for “business-savvy professionals” but we don’t see why a teenage girl wouldn’t use this. It has a big 3.5″ screen for those YouTube vidoes, a fast internet connection for instant Facebook status updates and uploading pics and videos you can shoot with the 5MP auto focus camera and 4GB of internal memory for some music.

But most important of it all is the ability switch between 12-key, half-Qwerty and full-Qwerty virtual keyboard modes, for fastest texting ever!

All that’s great but the A-GPS receiver makes it even better. ASUS however did not release any information about what kind of GPS navigation application would be pre-installed on this. But since the OS is Microsoft Windows® Mobile 6.1™ Professional you can install whatever you want for your navigation needs.

Other specs include 1100mAh lithium battery, Qualcomm 7201A 528MHz processor, 288MB RAM, microSD card slot, and Wi-Fi and bluetooth.

nuviphone G60 technical details

Feb 13, 2009 garmin, gps navigation, phones 1 Comment

nuviphone M20 was the highlight of the day but Garmin Asus also made the technical details of nuviphone G60 available yesterday. You can visit our nuviphone G60 page for the whole story of nuviphones but for technical details see below:

• 2G Connectivity: Quad-band GSM / GPRS / Edge 850/900/1800/1900
• 3G Connectivity: 850/1900/2100 HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
• Other Connectivity: 802.11 b/g WLAN, Bluetooth, HFP, HSP, AVRCP, A2DP mini-USB 2.0
• OS: Linux
• Dimensions: 112 x 58.1 x 14.6 mm
• Weight: 137g (battery included)
• Display: 3.55″ 65K colors, anti-glare resistive touchscreen
• Display Resolution: 272 x 480 WQVGA
• Camera/Photos: 3MP camera with auto-focus and geo-tagging
• Flash Memory: 4GB on-board 128 MB RAM
• Expandable Memory: Micro SD, HC Capable, expandable up to 16GB
• Music Player: MP3 capable
• Headphone Jack: 2.5 mm
• Battery: 1100 mAh removable/rechargeable lithium cell
• Email: POP3, IMAP 4, IMAP idle, SMTP
• Internet: HTML browser based on Webkit platform
• Calendar/PIM: Outlook contacts and calendar
• Productivity: Document viewing: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, JPG