Comments on: Garmin Nuvifone coming in Q4, just in time for people to still not care

By: AT

AT — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:23:32 +0000

I disagree with the fact that it was old hat when it was first announced. Back then, there weren’t many phones like it on the market or coming to market. And this integrated full navigation into it that the iphone wasn’t able to do. This phone had me drooling from the get go!

However, with that said, it has been far too long since it’s announcement and will probably just fold into the mediocre category of smart phones. It’s too bad because this could have been the only phone that would have gotten me to switch carriers no matter who it was with! But now, I’ll probably stick with the blackberry storm that I have learned to absolutely hate over the nuviphone!

By: HereAndNow

HereAndNow — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:00:31 +0000

I assume Garmin’s devices will be sold under the Garmin-Asus label. If Asus really is interested in selling Android smartphones/smartbooks/netbooks, they may allocate the resources to reskin it.

By: Greg Kumparak

Greg Kumparak — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:57:30 +0000

I just fail to see how the hardware aspect (which they’re obviously having a bit of difficulty with) helps them. Unless they nail a reskinning of Android (a la Sony Ericsson or HTC) or do something to really make themselves stand out, I don’t see how they’ll keep up with HTC’s lead, Sony Ericsson’s design, or Samsung’s ability to push out 3 phones a week.

The only thing Garmin could really bring to the table is a killer GPS application, which they could release just as well in the Android Market, without millions spent on hardware R&D.

By: HereAndNow

HereAndNow — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:48:29 +0000

Android could probably get them back in the ball game, but not if it takes them another 1-2 years to deliver a device running it.

By: Screen Sleuth

Screen Sleuth — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:38:28 +0000

No one will care, and it’ll flop horribly. Why did it take them so long?