The Garmin-Asus phone will finally start selling in US from Oct 4. Arriving on AT&T, the phone is touted to be a perfect combination of phone and personal navigation device. It comes preloaded with North America map and loads of Points of Interests (POI) bundled along with a dashboard and windshield mount, making it a perfect substitute for dedicated in-car navigation device.
As for the phone, it has a 3.55-inch touchscreen, 4GB internal memory, 3MP camera, HTML browser, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and more.
It will be sold for $299 after $100 mail-in-rebate and will also include a 30-day trial of Nuvifone Premium Connected Service that pushes traffic updates, white pages, weather, movie, local events and fuel price content. It will cost $5.99/month after the trial expires.
Specifications:
2G Connectivity: Quad-band GSM / GPRS / Edge 850/900/1800/1900
3G Connectivity: 850/1900/2100 HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
Other Connectivity: 802.11 b/g WLAN, Bluetooth, HFP, HSP, AVRCP, A2DP mini-USB 2.0
OS: Linux
Dimensions: 112 x 58.1 x 14.6 mm
Weight: 137g (battery included)
Display: 3.55? 65K colors, anti-glare resistive touchscreen
Display Resolution: 272 x 480 WQVGA
Camera/Photos: 3MP camera with auto-focus and geo-tagging
Flash Memory: 4GB on-board 128 MB RAM
Expandable Memory: Micro SD, HC Capable, expandable up to 16GB
Music Player: MP3 capable
Headphone Jack: 2.5 mm
Battery: 1100 mAh removable/rechargeable lithium cell
Email: POP3, IMAP 4, IMAP idle, SMTP
Internet: HTML browser based on Webkit platform
Calendar/PIM: Outlook contacts and calendar
Productivity: Document viewing: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, JPG
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