T-Mobile Garminfone: GPS Android Smartphone Announced

Garmin is renown for GPS and navigational equipment, but its smartphones like the Nuviphones have been underwhelming. The Asus built Garminfone is a T-Mobile Android 1.6 smartphone with basic hardware and an emphasis on GPS usage (notice the dashboard mount).


The Garminfone does not exactly enthrall me, mainly due to its aged Android 1.6, but Garmin’s GPS software could be what “makes” it.

- 3.5″ HVGA Capacitive Touch
- 3 Megapixel Camera
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE world phone (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
- Dual-band 3G UMTS/HSPA world phone (Bands I& IV)
- microSD, Stereo Bluetooth 2.1/A2DP, Wireless G
- 4.57 x 2.45 x 0.51 inches @ 4.8 ounces.
- Talk time: 5 hours, Standby time: 10.4 days
- Available spring

Source: Garminfone website.