Garmin-ASUS nuvifone G60 to drop, finally, in June?

By on Apr 17, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Rumor April 17, 2009

It may have taken a year and a half and a second official announcement but it looks like we may finally have word on when the Garmin-ASUS nuvifone is set to hit the streets. Of course we still don’t have any official pricing info or an exact launch date, but a Reuters article from this morning places the nuvifone G60 on store shelves in June. As for which store shelves the G60 will land on, it’s still looking like AT&T is where the smart money is though nothing has been confirmed. The article cites “a source with direct knowledge of the project” in stating that ASUS will issue its first LiMo-powered handset in June. As the M20 runs Windows Mobile it’s a safe bet to presume we’re talking about the G60 here. An AT&T-subsidized, LiMo-fueled, 3G-rocking navigation beast… We want it.

Thanks, Rich!

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  • http://blog.gurski.org emag

    I can just see AT&T disabling the built-in navigation expecting people to shell out an additional $10/mo for TeleNav for this thing, like on the AT&T BlackBerries, where “not supported” is really “actively do everything to disable” BB Maps.

    Wouldn’t that just take the cake?

  • grr

    worse, vz navigator

  • KDMâ„¢

    Actually I lost all interest in this phone when they gave up and slapped Winmo on it. I dont care how beast the GPS is winmo sucks balls.

  • boogalooboy

    @KDM: makes you wonder, doesnt it? If WM is as bad as people like you claim how come so many device makers purposely choose it as the OS for their devices? They could have gone with a feature-phone OS, Symbian or even Android yet they choose WM, especially relevant when you consider they have to pay a license fee for it.

    Maybe its because they can see that despite its image in the press and user’s biased minds its actually a powerful, extremely customisable OS that meets their needs.

    Nah, that couldnt be it. Guess they are in MS’s pocket, thats why.

  • AgBand

    @ KDM: Perhaps I just didn’t receive the high-caliber education that you must have, but I read this post totally different.

    Judging from the last sentence in this post (“An AT&T-subsidized, LiMo-fueled, 3G-rocking navigation beast… We want it.”), I would speculate that they did not slap Win-Mo on it.

    Did you also get that there was no way it would go to AT&T?

    IF this is actually the G60, it looks pretty nice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0ZvJ17fDKY

    Snd strangely, it doesn’t look like Win-Mo!

  • StevenGlansburg

    It’s definitely going to AT&T due to the simple fact they use GSM, it’s not economically smart to waste money on other US carriers that still use CDMA, while they can produce GSM phones for the entire world.

  • Me

    Please dont let it be AT&T…The suck! Billing errors, OVERPRICED serivce, plus people working their never seem to have the same answer for anything. I hope it goes to sprint and Verizon.

  • Maikel

    I give it to AT&T though, they seem to offer the best and broad choice in phones selection.

  • HereAndNow

    Who buys WinMo devices these days? That OS is stuck in the stone age.

    Microsoft better take Windows Mobile 7 seriously & deliver something truly innovative, or they will be laughed off smartphone platforms all together.

  • youAreAretard

    its LINUX you jackass. Learn to read.

  • Hmmmm.

    ‘Laughed off’? wow even for WinMo that statement is to laugh at. Fanbois. Go figure.

  • InigoMontoya

    I seriously don’t get it. Why wouldn’t I get an iPhone if the nuvifone is going to be AT&T? It’s going to be a cheap feeling brick, its a first gen phone. The rumor is that apple is finally going to have navigation in the 3.0 release in June – and if there is a new generation iPhone to go with it, Garmin ought to cut bait and get out of this market now!

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