nuviphone is coming…

Published on May 1st, 2008 in garmin, gps navigation


Garmin’s nuviphone is coming pretty soon and we have some more details for you. An engadget reader was subject to a Garmin survey which looked like in the pic…

Although not in the image, this reader was asked if he/she would purchase the device from AT&T with a 2 year contract… the $20/month being on top of a regular voice plan.

In case you haven’t heard of nuviphone before these are the main features of this gadget:

  • phone
  • mobile web-browser with Wi-Fi and 3.5G connectivity
  • GPS navigation system
  • 3MP digital camera
  • media player
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7 Responses to “nuviphone is coming…”

  1. Dan C. Says:
    May 1st, 2008 at 1:53 pm

    They won’t be able to compete with the iPhone once Apple adds GPS.

  2. Farshad Says:
    May 1st, 2008 at 4:05 pm

    If the phone and the rest of it is built like their GPS, they will have a dynamite product in their hands. Garmin makes excellent poroducts that are easy to use. I think the combination of Nuvi and iphone will make Nokia and Motorola scramble to come out with better designs and better prices. I rhink they have a lot of catching up to do

  3. Steve Cary Says:
    May 2nd, 2008 at 5:26 am

    I like the idea, as I am a big Garmin GPS fan, but I hope that they took the project seriously enough to hire the proper team to work on the telephony and internet parts, as that is not where their expertise has been. They could easily mess it all up and make a great GPS that stinks as a phone or an internet device. Also competing against it is the fact that there are plenty of well established phones out there that are getting GPS hardware installed now, and I think that most people are still mainly concerned with their entertainment rather than their navigating skills. I do hope it makes a splash, though. I’m all for it if the car cradle makes it easy to use it in either mode.

  4. michaelp Says:
    May 16th, 2008 at 10:07 am

    i’m looking for a new phone that includes a good camera (my camera just broke) and gps that is accurate and must be fast to acquire (i have an old b&w garmin handheld that i could replace).

    a little internet would be cool but not a big deal compared to an included camera and gps.

    this looks interesting and i’ll check it out against the instinct, iphone2, and treo800.

  5. tim brown Says:
    May 18th, 2008 at 10:19 am

    I can’t wait. It will be built from the bottom up and not trying to build on top of older technology like those who will try and catch up with the Nuviphone. Hurry Garmin, but do it right.

  6. mike Says:
    May 21st, 2008 at 3:14 pm

    Unfortunately nuviphone will be A-GPS. I’ve been holding off on a new phone waiting to see the nuviphone. I was disappointed to find out they are going with A-GPS. Garmin is more than capable of creating a phone with a GPS that doesn’t require you to pay a monthly charge for the GPS.

  7. Pete Says:
    May 21st, 2008 at 8:20 pm

    “Unfortunately nuviphone will be A-GPS. I’ve been holding off on a new phone waiting to see the nuviphone. I was disappointed to find out they are going with A-GPS.”

    A corroborating link please? I question your premise.

    Pete

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