New Life for Windows Mobile : Garmin Adds Real Navigation To the Nüvifone

By Mary Branscombe , published on February 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM
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Almost every Windows Mobile phone has GPS hardware, but few come with the software to make the most of it. As part of its collaboration with Asus, Garmin is putting the same software on the Nüvifone M20 and G60 models as on the stand-alone Nüvi sat nav, including preloaded maps and points of interest for North America, and turn-by-turn voice spoken directions. Other tools give you traffic, location-based events and movie times; the Ciao! application shows the location of friends in your social network. The M20 has a 2.8” touch screen; the G60 has a 3.5” screen and a ‘Where am I?’ option that gives you the nearest address, gas station and emergency services – and if you use it with the windshield mount, it will save the position it was in when you removed it, to help you find where you parked your car.

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tntom 02/17/2009 4:17 AM
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Windows Phone why not just WinPhone

Igot1forya 02/18/2009 9:06 PM
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I say call it the "Phone Operating System" or POS for short... and everyone will ask "Is your phone a POS?" and companies will put labels on thier next gen phones saying "POS-Ready"!

hellwig 02/19/2009 11:13 PM
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Hmm.. so I have to hold the TG01 phone perfectly straight to watch movies on it, what a pain.

I remember being at Microsoft and going to a presentation of their smartphone OS (can't recall which version). They had big hopes for the market, but this was 2004. I had figured that marked had all but dried up on them, but this article claims they're the number #1 smart phone OS. When did that happen? Why don't I see more Windows phone advertisements? Seems very contrary to MS's whole philosophy.

redhat 04/17/2009 6:23 AM
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I still do not know very clear what's windows mobile!

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