After seemingly countless delays, Garmin-Asus is finally ready to roll out two of their navigation-centered phones. Both the Nuvifone G60 (pictured) and the Nuvifone M20 will debut in various Asian markets within the next few days and weeks.
First to roll off the production line is the Linux-powered G60, which will line retail shelves in Taiwan this Monday, with a Singapore and Malaysia release by the end of August. The handset's specs seems to be the same as originally planned, featuring quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 3.6Mbps HSDPA, Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth and mini-USB connectivity.
It will be running a proprietary Linux brew (closed platform) and will, of course, highlight Garmin's time-tested GPS capabilities. Other details of the phone include a 3.55-inch resistive touchscreen display, a 3.0 megapixel camera module, standard email support (POP3, IMAP and SMTP) and a custom Webkit-based browser.
The Nuvifone M20, on the other hand, will hit the streets of Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia in August. It will run Windows Mobile 6.1, with support for upgrade to 6.5 when it finally comes out, and will use Opera as the default web browser.
Details include tri-band GSM, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth and mini-USB connectivity. Other specs consists of a 2.8-inch TFT LCD with touch lens, 3.0 megapixel optics, full email suite (Enterprise, push, POP3 and IMAP) and Garmin's GPS technology.
Despite the imminent release, there are still very few details out about how the actual handsets work, though that should start changing, as some users are able to get their hands on the G60 beginning next week. No pricing has been given for either of the two units.
Both of these would be interesting phones to check out. The specifications look pretty nice, hope the phones turn out to work decently as well. Wonder how much these cost.
Good looking phones with nice features. G60 will be the phone to look at as it has Linux as OS. But any idea on whats the speed of processor, ROM, RAM etc ?