Garmin is gearing up for CES has released screenshots and videos demoing the nüvifone touchscreen smartphone with lots of GPS integration.
After viewing the videos, it appears the nüvifone integrates dual GPS with navigation via geotagged photos. Other features of the nüvifone include a camera, special car mount, parking space location recall, schedule, calendar, address book, MP3 player and some kind of GPS integration with web search.
When the nüvifone smartphnone is docked onto the vehicle mount, it automatically
turns on the GPS, activates the navigation menu, and enables hands-free
calling.
The nüvifone has a built-in search function, map functions, web browser, SMS, email client, and a mysterious tool box. More screenshots reveal that local searching is provided by Google local search.
The "Where am I?" feature lets users touch
the screen to display the exact latitude and longitude
coordinates, the nearest address and intersection, and the closest
hospitals, police stations and gas stations.
The nüvifone smartphone most likely will have Bluetooth because previous Garmin devices had it.
The original news releases said "The all touchscreen device is the first of its kind to integrate premium
3.5G mobile phone capability with an internet browser, data
connectivity, personal messaging, and personal navigation functions in
one device."
The nüvifone smartphone touchscreen measures 3.5 inches.
One video shows the history of Garmin and their navigators and why they introduced a phone. Then it added MSN search and news. The deep movie-trailer announcer voice underscored by thunder says, "The nüvifone is a product that will revolutionize how we navigate life."
The second video is more revealing of the features of the Nuvfone other than GPS.
Meet Suzy, Suzy loves her nuvi (isn't that cute how it rhymes?) She knows how to shop and her nüvifone know where she parked. She removes the nüvifone from a special car holder. The nüvifone automatically marks the position in which it
was last removed from the vehicle mount. She snaps a photo of the bistro so her husband John can navigate right to it. John uses his it for stock quotes and news and check his schedule. When Suzy calls John on his nüvifone he says good and he still navigates to her without having to hang-up the phone.
Joey who is not related to them, rocks out with his music player on his nüvifone He finds a tune on vinyl at record store and nüvifone shows him how to get there. He takes photo for his blog and texts his bass player.
"Nuifone a product that will will revolutionize the way we navigate life. Connect Communicate Navigate"