Nuviphone: Garmin unveils a cellphone
The smartphone is a quad-band HSDPA device, equipped with WiFi, Bluetooth, full Web Browser, PIM, and - you guessed it - GPS functions. It'll run off of Garmin's own operating system with the user interface based on the current one Garmin's PNDs utilize. Oh, and that 3.5-inch LCD display? It's, of course, a full touchscreen.
Pricing and availability will reportedly be announced soon.
Now, if there's any gripe folks have had about satellite radio's retail strategy - it's been the lack of integration in PNDs and Cellphones. Well, now Garmin's gone and made those two, one and the same.
[Engadget]


Comments
what is a PND?
Posted by: john park | January 31, 2008 10:58 AM
Sorry about that.... PND = Portable Navigation Device, aka a GPS.
Posted by: Ryan Saghir | January 31, 2008 11:26 AM