A week after we’ve reported the announcement of the Nuvifone by Garmin, the company released two commercial videos that gives you a glimpse to what they call the new revolution. Though the following promo videos ain’t the greatest we have seen, they expose us to some of the applications the Nuvifone features but it’s not enough and we expect some improved presentations to be released.
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Garmin announces the release of the Nuvifone, a new 3.5G GSM HSDPA smartphone, combined with a media player, full GPS navigation system, proprietary OS and many advanced elements. The Nuvifone sports the following features:
- Display: 3.5″ touchscreen.
- 3 major icons: Call, Search, Maps
- Built-in camera with longitude / latitude tagging system.
- Full GPS navigation system, loaded with North America and European maps.
- Google local search capability.
- Garmin Online Service: an online updates information service, including weather, traffic, stocks, news, sports, hotels, etc.
- WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity.
- Email, SMS/MMS and IM support.
- Nuvi navigation service, providing “Where Am I ” function, for an accurate location info, on and off the road.
- Integrated media player, supports MP3 and MPEG4/AAC .
- Availability: Q3 2008.
- Price: Unknown.
I’m definitely looking forward to snack one of those and see it in action.

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