Garmin-Asus, announced the Garmin-Asus
nuvifone M20, a web-browser and premium
super navigation smartphone with a Windows Mobile operating system. The
Garmin-Asus nuvifone M20 will be on display at Mobile World
Congress in Barcelona.
The nuvifone
M20 is powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional with enterprise email. The smartphonece combines a dual-band
3.5G/tri-band GSM phone with Wi-Fi connectivity, desktop-like internet
browser, push email, document viewing, multi-media capability,
Bluetooth and Garmin sat nav.
The nuvifone M20's full
QWERTYtouchscree keyboard makes it easy to send and receive SMS, MMS and
emails. The nuvifone M20 can also be synched with a computer so that
contacts and emails are always available. HSDPA wireless connectivity
and enterprise grade Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) ensure messages are sent and
received quickly, including those with attachments.
The nuvifone M20 is designed with location based services (LBS) at its
core. Navigation functions are linked to frequently used applications
such as calendar, contacts, email, internet applications and more,
simplifying the nuvifone user's day as they travel from one location to
another.
The nuvifone M20 supports download speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps and
offers a desktop-style web browsing experience. Users can zoom and pan
web pages with their finger as they view the information in either
portrait or landscape orientation. In addition, they can easily
navigate to an address on a web page with only a few taps of the screen.
The nuvifone M20 has
the navigation capability of a premium Garmin nuvi(R) sat nav, and
comes with preloaded maps and points of interest (POIs) - hotels,
restaurants, stores, fuel stations and more - for North America,
Eastern and Western Europe, or other regions.
The nuvifone then gives turn-by-turn voice-prompted directions and
automatically recalculates if a turn is missed along the way. In
addition, the nuvifone includes quick access to online points of
interest through internet enabled local search. The nuvifone harnesses
the power of the worldwide web and information about local merchants
and attractions is continually updated.
The nuvifone M20 takes GPS navigation one step further via Connected
Services, a suite of online applications and data from Garmin-Asus that
adds location intelligence to navigation, phone and browser functions.
The expandable list of applications includes content like real-time
traffic information, White Pages, weather, flight status, local events,
and movie times.
The nuvifone product line also includes Ciao!(TM), a ground-breaking
LBS application that helps users stay up to date on their friends'
whereabouts and status by linking numerous location-centric social
networks. Through Ciao!, nuvifone users will see their friends'
location on a map and then be able to navigate to that location with
ease. Nuvifone users can also choose to have the nuvifone automatically
update their social network location information.
The nuvifone M20 has exceptional entertainment capabilities with the
combination of a 2.8" TFT touch lens display, built-in microphone and
speakers, built-in 4Gb/8Gb My Storage, and ActiveSync(R) for
Outlook(R), Microsoft(R) Office, and multi-media synchronization. The
VGA (640x480) display brings action to life when watching video or
looking at photographs. The three megapixel camera automatically
geotags images with the exact latitude and longitudinal coordinates.
Users can then save the image on their phone, email it to a friend, or
navigate to where the image was taken.