The Garmin-Asus nüvifone G60 is finally ready to give us some turn-by-turn lo,cation-aware mobile action. Contrary to earlier rumours, the GPS focused handset will be running Garmin-Asus’ own Linux operating system
The Garmin-Asus nüvifone G60 (no, we don’t know where those umlauts came from either, maybe they like heavy metal) has been keeping us in an excited froth for quite some time. Positioned (ho ho) as a complete mobile phone GPS solution, the Garmin-Asus nüvifone G60 is due out in June this year.
Garmin-Asus had previously been rumoured to have nüvifone handsets due this year – one running Android. This may just have been a misunderstanding – rather than using Google’s Android OS (which is based on Linux) the nüvifone will be running a homebrew Linux Mobile OS developed for the project. The other phone – M20 – will run some form of WIndows Mobile OS.
The Garmin-Asus nüvifone G60 will come with a 3.5 inch touchscreen, 3G, wifi and web browsing capabilities. MOre importantly, it will be GPS’d up to the hilt and feature Garmin’s navigation software behind a nice big friendly icon.
TBC | £tbc | Garmin-Asus via Engadget
