T-Mobile will exclusively sell Garminfone, the first Android-powered
smartphone integrated with Garmin's premium navigation.
The Garminfone is a
full-touch 3G smartphone with a large 3.5-inch screen. Added features to navigation include the ability to add your own voice directions, geotagging (images,locations, parking spaces,) real-time traffic, weather, ETA, and gas prices. There is dashboard mount with charger, the usual Android Google apps, and push email.
Users can navigate to
an
address by clicking on it from a text message or e-mail,
contact, calendar appointment, or web page. Garminfone can even
remember where you are parked and navigate you back to your car.
The
3-megapixel camera with autofocus automatically geotags images
so you
can navigate back to where your family vacation photos were
taken,
e-mail geo-tagged images to friends and family members, or post
geo-tagged pictures on the Web for others to enjoy. Helpful
Garmin
travel applications such as dynamic, real-time traffic; weather
local
events; movie listings; and gas prices are pre-installed and
easy to
access and use.
Garmin Navigation: Driving, walking and public
transportation
navigation with voice and on-screen directions and automatic
re-routing are deeply integrated into the smartphone features of
Garminfone to simplify navigating your daily life. On-board
North
American maps offer fast and reliable directions -- whether in or
out
of cell phone coverage -- and multiple overlapping positioning
technologies ensure Garminfone customers have one of the best
location
and navigation experiences a smartphone can offer. In addition,
Garminfone utilizes text-to-speech technology to speak street
names,
and the screen automatically switches between day and night
modes for
easier viewing while driving.
Garmin Voice Studio: Garminfone is the first to feature
Garmin
Voice Studio, an Android application, which allows customers to
record
and share custom voice directions from family and friends.
Garminfone also includes a convenient charging window and
dashboard
mount, enabling customers to easily navigate and charge the
phone's
battery simultaneously.
In addition to the comprehensive navigational features, the
Garminfone
is built on the Android operating system offering a rich mobile
Web
experience with integrated Google mobile services
including
Google Search by voice, Google Maps, YouTube
and
access to Android Market, where customers can find thousands of
applications to further enhance their travel experience and their
daily
lives. The mobile web browser experience includes enhanced
functions
including pinch and zoom capability and embedded location
awareness,
which links information found on the Web to navigation and mapping
functions, allowing users to navigate directly to a location from a
Web
page.
The powerful mobile data experience Garminfone delivers is
supported by
fast data speeds via Wi-Fi and T-Mobile's nationwide 3G network.
Garminfone also offers essential smartphone features such as easy
access
to personal and work e-mail, including support for Microsoft
Exchange e-mail, contacts and calendar; social networking; instant
messaging; an advanced music player; and a 3-megapixel autofocus
camera.
Garminfone is expected to be available in the U.S. exclusively to
T-Mobile customers later this spring.