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I just posted our full review of the Garmin Garminfone for T-Mobile on MobileBurn.com.  Todd Haselton wrote the review for us, and he really likes the device – in spite of the fact that he expected to not like it at all. On a related note, T-Mobile has also just announced that the Garminfone will [...]

We have already spent some hands-on time with the Garmin-ASUS nuvifone A50. Well this thing just got official, and in the process found itself a new name, ‘Garminfone’. We’ve pretty much covered all the relevant specifications before, but for a quick recap, the ‘Garminfone’ will provide you with a custom build of Android running on [...]

I just spent a bit of time with the brand new Garmin-ASUS nuvifone A50 (specs here), the company’s first Android-powered smartphone.  I’ve posted the photos and video, along with some of my thoughts, on MobileBurn.com – but you can see the video and a few photos right here. But do click through for the Garmin-ASUS [...]

I just received the full specs for the new Garmin-ASUS A50. For starters, the phone supports quad-band GSM/EDGE and will be available to carriers with some grouping of the following UMTS 3G bands: 850/900/1700/1900/2100MHz. That would mean it could support 3G on EU networks, T-Mobile USA’s AWS 3G network, or AT&T’s 3G network – depending [...]

Today Garmin-ASUS unveiled its first Android powered smartphone, the A50.  The A50 includes Garmin’s own navigation system, which offers voice guided turn-by-turn navigation for both drivers and pedestrians and ships with a car mount in the box. The company claims that location based features are tied into most every aspect of the A50, including email, [...]