The MWC 2008 - Live Report

We managed to get close and personal with Garmin’s nuvifone. The company still doesn’t have a working model to showcase so we had to play with the mock-up. As we said before, the GPS phone will have a 3.5” touch display and no hardware keys. In contrast to most other GPS phones, the nuvifone will try to compete with standalone devices. It will have preloaded maps of North America, Eastern and Western Europe or both. Turn by turn navigation and tons of POI will also be included. Additional GPS-based features include the “Where am I?” which displays exact coordinates, as well as nearest “address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations and gas stations.” Garmin has not released any specifications of the nuvifone yet and we hope by Q3, when the phone is scheduled for release, there will be more information available.