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From the News Desk
Friday, 1. February 2008
Nuvifone, Garmin’s Answer to the iPhone
The GPS maker Garmin International decided that it’s time to conquer the mobile phone market with a new touchscreen phone. The new gadget, called nuvifone, is not just a phone but it includes also a mobile web browser and a personal navigator.
The nuvifone combines a cell phone, a Web browser, and GPS. Its slim form factor, 3.5-inch touch screen, and on-screen keypad resemble another device that took the mobile market by storm last year: the iPhone.
"This is the breakthrough product that cell phone and GPS users around the world have been longing for -- a single device that does it all," said Cliff Pemble, Garmin's president and COO, in a statement.
Garmin said that when the nuvifone is docked onto the vehicle mount, it automatically turns on the GPS, activates the navigation menu, and enables hands-free calling. The nuvifone also includes personal messaging functions, including email, text, and instant messaging. The phone comes with maps of North America and Europe, as well as a built-in database with millions of points of interest. It works just like Garmin's standard GPS devices, offering turn-by-turn audible directions.
Garmin’s ultimate device includes a built-in video camera, MP3 and MPEG4/AAC and access Garmin Online, an online service offering constantly updating information such as real-time traffic, fuel prices, stock prices, sport scores, news reports, local events and weather forecasts.
Garmin said the nuvifone will be available in the third quarter of this year, but didn't provide details on specific markets and pricing.
The nuvifone combines a cell phone, a Web browser, and GPS. Its slim form factor, 3.5-inch touch screen, and on-screen keypad resemble another device that took the mobile market by storm last year: the iPhone.
"This is the breakthrough product that cell phone and GPS users around the world have been longing for -- a single device that does it all," said Cliff Pemble, Garmin's president and COO, in a statement.
Garmin said that when the nuvifone is docked onto the vehicle mount, it automatically turns on the GPS, activates the navigation menu, and enables hands-free calling. The nuvifone also includes personal messaging functions, including email, text, and instant messaging. The phone comes with maps of North America and Europe, as well as a built-in database with millions of points of interest. It works just like Garmin's standard GPS devices, offering turn-by-turn audible directions.
Garmin’s ultimate device includes a built-in video camera, MP3 and MPEG4/AAC and access Garmin Online, an online service offering constantly updating information such as real-time traffic, fuel prices, stock prices, sport scores, news reports, local events and weather forecasts.
Garmin said the nuvifone will be available in the third quarter of this year, but didn't provide details on specific markets and pricing.
