Garmin-ASUS collaboration said to be ending in January
It was hinted at back in September, now the Chinese-language Economic Daily is reporting that the Garmin-ASUS joint venture will end in January after the two-year deal expires. We've heard this from our own sources as well.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: asus, daily, dedicated, device, garmin, gps, iterations, joint venture, market, rumor
Garmin: ‘we’ll have to make decisions within the next couple of quarters’ on future of phone business
It doesn't take a rocket scientist -- er, make that a smartphone industry analyst -- to figure out that Garmin's been underperforming in the handset game since it tied up with ASUS early last year; notable missteps have included lackluster hardware, a hopelessly delayed first model, banking fortunes on WinMo in its twilight years, and a general failure to capture the kinds of blockbuster carrier deals that can prop up your bottom line. Indeed, it wasn't long ago that the company went public with the fact that Garmin-Asus' financials weren't where they needed to be, but things are getting a little more serious now: CFO Kevin Rauckman has mentioned in an interview that they'll need to decide "within the next couple of quarters whether [they] continue to invest or whether [they] pull back." Of course, "pull back" is probably code for "cut and run," since there's really no good way to half-ass your smartphone presence and still earn customer loyalty and turn a profit.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: asus, aviation, business, cellular, decisions, earn-customer, garmin, general-failure, loyalty, nuvifone, smartphone
ASUS’ Windows Phone 7 debuts in the wild?
Boy, this thing here has more questions than answers attached to it.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: asus, brother, corner, number, pakistan, phone, phones, rumor, serial, windows, windows-phone
Microsoft confirms Windows Phone 7 manufacturers: ASUS, Dell, HTC, LG, and Samsung all on board
Microsoft is no stranger to having partners galore in the phone business, but its lineup of manufacturers for the upcoming, surprisingly promising Windows Phone 7 launch is no less impressive.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: asus, dell, dell lightning, dellmobileleak, having-partners, htc, microsoft, phone, result, some-compelling, the-impressive, windows-phone, windowsphone7
Garmin-Asus planning another nuvifone for AT&T?
It takes a little bit of creative dot-connecting to follow our thought process here -- but we think we're onto something, so do us a favor and lend us an ear for a second.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: asus, bit, efforts, engadget-mobile, g60, garmin, garminasus, kicked-off-its, north, nuvifone, nuvifoneg60, onto-something, process, thought-process
Garmin-Asus Garminfone review
The holy matrimony between smartphone and personal navigation device just keeps getting stronger, scorning dedicated GPS units like forgotten flings and leaving navigation-free handsets wandering lost and alone. Garmin-Asus has been flirting with the perfect bond with its Nuvifone series for some time now, but rather tragically from a branding perspective its strongest attempt yet comes without the nuvi moniker. It's the T-Mobile Garminfone, and its Android underpinnings go a long way toward making the best mix of PND and smartphone to date.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: asus, engadget, featured, garmin-asus, garminfone, gps, its-strongest, perfect, perspective, pnd, smartphone
T-Mobile shipping the Garminfone for $199 in June, we go hands-on
T-Mobile and Garmin-Asus have just gotten down to the nitty gritty with us on the long anticipated Garminfone : the phone ships in June for $199 on a two year contract. Just to show they're serious, they also let us play with the phone, which is running a speedy, heavily custom Garmin UI on top of Android.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: asus, beach, garmin-asus, handset, heavily-custom, mobile, nitty, ships
T-Mobile Garminfone official: Android, 3 megapixels, zero nuvi branding
We've known that Garmin-Asus has been working on a phone with T-Mobile's 3G bands for a while, but now we finally know what it is: meet the Garminfone. Yes, just "Garminfone" -- you won't find an ounce of nuvifone branding here, despite the fact that the device is a dead ringer for the nuvifone A50 announced back at MWC , which leads us to believe that AT&T might hold the exclusive American rights to market the name with its own G60
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: asus, att, exclusive, garminfone, gold-connectors, mobile, mwc, nüvi, Ringer
Three Windows Phone 7 Series devices, all in a row
Well, there they are, the only three confirmed Windows Phone 7 Series prototype devices that currently exist.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: asus, check-out-some, debuted-today, engadget, handset, mix, mix10, mwc, prototypes, result, series, three-windows, windowsphone
ASUS U50Vg-AM1 Thin and Light 15.6-Inch Black Laptop
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ASUS U50Vg-AM1 Thin and Light 15.6-Inch Black Laptop