Garmin-Asus unveil Nuvifone G60-Nuvifone M20 Smartphones

The all new venture Garmin-Asus is going to offer you new smartphones. Their first two products will use a different operating systems, one Linux and the other Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional.

Garmin-Asus is a new tie-up between GPS (global positioning system) device maker Garmin and Asustek Computer (Asus) to build smartphones.

The Garmin-Asus venture has unveiled the Nuvifone G60, which is an older design intended to become Garmin's first smartphone, while the second one the Nuvifone M20, is a new debut.

Both smartphones have been designed with special consideration to location-based services via GPS and use navigation software from Garmin, one of the most popular GPS device makers in the US.

One feature on the new handsets is geotagging for photos. Pictures taken using the onboard digital cameras of the two Nuvifones will automatically be tagged with date, time and location data.

The Nuvifone M20 has a 2.8-inch touchscreen with 480x640 resolution and runs Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional.

The device comes with either 4GB or 8GB of flash storage for songs, pictures and other data. It includes a suite of Microsoft Office Mobile products such as Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint and Word. It has a 3.0-megapixel camera that can also take video.

Wireless technologies on the M20 include tri-band GSM as well as 3G communications and data services using 7.2Mbps HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) or Wi-Fi 802.11b/g.

The Nuvifone G60, which was announced last year, has a large 3.55-inch touchscreen with 272x480 viewing resolution and uses a Linux OS. The device has 4GB of flash memory for data storage and a 3.0-megapixel digital camera.

The Nuvifone G60 is already being made available to mobile service providers, while the company hasn’t revealed any info on M20, like when the device will hit the market.

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