And just like that, the Nuvifone is dead. Announced today, Garmin and ASUS are done introducing mobile handsets that combined Garmin’s GPS brand with ASUStek. ASUStek will go their own way building mobile phones that might use Garmin as a GPS solution while Garmin will rely on selling their services through “certain consumer application stores”. more »

It sounds like a match made in Heaven: GPS device meets cell phone. Only now, even very inexpensive cell phones come with a GPS chip allowing mobile GPS navigation. So how does a GPS expert transform their brand into a cell phone? The answer is the new Garminfone. Nuvifone? Garmin took what seemed ages to more »

Chocolate or vanilla? Mustard or ketchup? Cream or sugar? Add the Nuvi phone to life’s tough choices with their new phones officially announced today: the Android-powered A50 and Windows Mobile M10. Asus/Garmin announced these phones just as the Mobile World Congress is just getting underway in Barcelona, Spain. The A50 is said to have “more more »

If you are a mobile phone fan like me, so far CTIA has been a bit disappointing. Two phones that I have been looking forward to fondling are reportedly major duds and have each earned a “don’t touch with a 10 foot pole” warning. It is up to Google and Verizon to cheer me up. more »

It’s a cell phone – no, it’s a GPS unit! Actually the new nuvifone from AT&T Wireless and Garmin are both of those things and more. The unit integrates Garmin’s popular GPS service with voice, data, and web browsing services, all in a sleek 4.4 x 2.3’ package with a 272 x 480 WQVGA touchscreen. more »

Rumor has it now that the way-late-to-the-game, Garmin-Asus nuvifone will cost $299 on a two year contract or $599 with no commitment. Since announcing the phone, Garmin has delayed it, taken on a partner, released the phone in Taiwan and it finally appears that the GPS phone will come to the US on AT&T. Can more »

According to a spokesperson for Garmin-Asus, the M20 will be sold in the United States under AT&T at some point in the future. As of now, both the M20 and G60 started selling in Asian countries such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia. The spokesperson released this information to Pocket Lint, but did more »

We saw Garmin-Asus announce the G60 a little over a week ago, and now they have followed up with their latest model — the nuvifone M20. This time it is running Windows Mobile 6.1, of course we can still hope to see something Android based in the future. In the meantime, the nuvifone M20 specs are pretty impressive. You can expect to see a 2.8-inch VGA quality touchscreen, accelerometer, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth, 3-megapixel camera, microSD card slot and either 4 or 8GB of internal storage.

Additionally, the M20 has support for quadband EDGE, triband HSDPA and comes preloaded with Garmin’s navigation and maps. The M20 will also ship with a car mount that will allow drivers to take full advantage of the GPS capabilities right out of the box. Sadly, the pricing and availability have still not been announced. All weRead [Garmin-Asus]

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Today, Garmin detailed a bit more about their Nuvifone that has been in development for some time. Asus will play a much larger role as Garmin announced a partnership with the company to build the phone and help support it. The first in an expected full line of phones will be the Nuvifone G60. The phone is expected in the first half of this year at an undisclosed price, to undisclosed regions on undisclosed carriers. Awesome stuff right?

Don’t get down just yet. The phone looks to have some interesting connected services. . .

In a statement released with Garmins earnings report, the Nuvifone has been pushed back from its original estimate of Q4 of this year to the “first half of 2009″. Surely, it is not the navigation part of the convergence device that is slowing the team down, or is it?