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Lost: the Garmin-Asus nüvifone G60

 Garmin Asus nuvifone G60 Discontinued
13th February 2009

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One of the most catastrophic failures to launch during 2008 was the Garmin nüvifone - announced more than a year ago, it would have been a class-leading GPS/phone hybrid due for general release in Q3 2008. Well, that deadline came and went with no product released and no word from Garmin as to when it would ever see the light of day.

Garmin clearly wasn't up to producing such a device, so it teamed up with ASUS, who are better known for their PC components than their rather obscure line of smartphones.. and they tried again. So, now we have the Garmin-Asus nüvifone G60 which appears to be precisely the same handset that was announced more than a year ago.

 Lost! So, perhaps now the nüvifone G60 will finally see the light of day? Don't bet on it. Garmin-Asus have a carefully worded press release that says: "Garmin-Asus expects to announce the nüvifone G60’s pricing and availability in the first half of 2009." Wait a minute. That doesn't say that the nüvifone G60 will be available during the first half of 2009.. it means that Garmin-Asus might tell us some more some time before June.

We could tell you what we know of the specifications of the Garmin-Asus nüvifone G60, but at the moment we cannot see the point. They haven't changed since the last time and frankly we may as well tell you the chemical composition of pixie dust, because at the moment we have no faith that the G60 will ever make it to market before it becomes obsolete.

Lost? The nüvifone G60 certainly is. Missing, perhaps presumed dead?

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Garmin-Asus nüvifone G60 Provisional Specifications

Available:

Unknown

Network:

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 +
UMTS 850 / 900 /2100

Data:

GPRS + UMTS + HSPDA + WiFi

Screen:

480 x 272 pixels

Camera:

3 megapixels

Size:

PDA-style device

Bluetooth:

Yes

Memory card:

microSD

Infra-red:

Unknown

Polyphonic:

Yes

Java:

Limited

Battery life:

Unknown

 

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