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Garmin-Asus Announces WinMo nuvifone M20

by Chris Ziegler on February 12, 2009 at 01:26 PM

We'd been secretly holding out hope that Garmin-Asus would pull an Android piece out of its pocket in time for MWC this week, but it's looking pretty unlikely with the announcement of the M20. The second model in the nuvifone series following the G60, the new piece runs Windows Mobile 6.1 and features a 2.8-inch VGA touchscreen, quadband EDGE / triband HSDPA up to 7.2Mbps, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and -- naturally -- Garmin-provided satellite navigation.

You'll also find support for real-time traffic, weather, movie times, and other tidbits of information you're probably interested in when you're navigating. On top of that, you can get either 4 or 8GB of onboard storage and a service Garmin is calling Ciao!, which is basically a friend-finder along the lines of Google's Latitude.

Pricing and availability should be announced in the first half of the year, but in the meantime you can check out the gallery over at Engadget and the full spec sheet after the break. [Via MarketWatch]

  • APAC/EU: 3G 900/2100; 2G 900/1800/1900
  • NA: 3G 850/1900; 2G 850/1800/1900
  • Other Connectivity: 802.11 b/g WLAN; Bluetooth 2.0+EDR; mini USB 2.0
  • OS: Microsoft Windows® Mobile Professional 6.1
  • Dimensions: 95.3 x 52.5 12.8 mm
  • Weight: 99g (including battery)
  • Display: 2.8", VGA 640 x 480, 65K, TFT with touch lens
  • Display Resolution: 640 x 480
  • Camera/Photos: 3MP camera, JPG format with auto-focus and geotagging. View photos in JPG/PNG/GIF/BMP format
  • Flash Memory: 4 GB or 8GB
  • Audio: Built-in microphone & speaker; Ring tone supported formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV, and AMR-NB
  • Headphone Jack: mini-USB
  • Video Playback: MPEG4/H.264/H.263/WMV @ 30fps VGA
  • Video Recording: MPEG4/H.263 @ 15fps QVGA; Streaming Audio/Video
  • Messaging: SMS / MMS / Email / MSN / Push Email (POP3/SMTP/IMAP) / Microsoft Exchange Email
  • Internet: OPERA browser, HTML, WAP 1.2.1/2.0
  • Sync: ActiveSync® for Outlook contacts calendar, media and documents
  • Productivity: Document viewing: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF
  • CPU: Qualcomm 7200A 528MHz
  • Battery: 920 mAh Lithium (replaceable)
  • Talk Time: 3G: 3 hours / 2G: 2.8 hours
  • Others: Accelerometer

Tags: asus, breaking news, BreakingNews, garmin, garmin-asus, m20, mobileworldcongress2009, nuvifone

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