After I posted a “boatload” of screenshots here (click here and here) on this blog from Garmin-Asus’ Linux powered nuvifone G60, Garmin-Asus announced on Friday via a press release that the G60 will go on sale in Taiwan tomorrow, and in Malaysia and Singapore by the end of August. In addition, the Windows Mobile powered M20 will go on sale in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia.
I was told by the distributor for Garmin-Asus’ products in Malaysia that we may see the stocks of the G60 coming in next week. I also know for a fact that the same distributor also has a unit of the M20 on hand, as one of their sales representatives was using it as his phone when I spoke to him! So, if everything goes well with the authorities here in Malaysia, we may even see the G60 going on sale as early as sometime towards the end of next week, which is around a full month away from Garmin-Asus’ announced availability for this country, unless plans have changed since I last spoke to the distributor 4 days ago.
Garmin-Asus nüvifone G60 and M20 Specifications
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nüvifone G60 |
nüvifone M20 |
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2G Connectivity |
Quad-band GSM / GPRS / Edge 850/900/1800/1900 |
Tri-band GSM / GPRS / Edge 900/1800/1900 |
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3G Connectivity |
850/1900/2100 HSDPA 3.6 Mbps |
900/2100 HSPA 7.2 Mbps |
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Other Connectivity |
802.11 b/g WLAN, Bluetooth, HFP, HSP, AVRCP, A2DP mini-USB 2.0 |
802.11 b/g WLAN, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, HFP, HSP, A2DP, AVRCP, mini USB 2.0 |
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OS |
Linux (closed platform) |
Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional (Upgradeable to WM 6.5) |
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Camera |
3MP camera with auto-focus and geo-tagging |
3MP camera with auto-focus and geo-tagging |
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Dimensions |
112 x 58.1 x 14.6 mm |
95.3 x 52.5 x 12.8 mm |
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Display |
3.55″, 65K, anti-glare resistive touchscreen |
2.8″, 65K, TFT with touch lens |
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POP3 / IMAP4 / SMTP |
Push / Enterprise / POP3 / IMAP4 / SMTP |
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Internet |
HTML browser based on Webkit platform |
OPERA browser, HTML, WAP 1.2.1/2.0 |
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Messaging |
SMS |
SMS / MMS / IM |
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Talk Time |
Up to 4 hours |
3G: Up to 3.5 hours / 2G: Up to 2.8 hours |
Click here for the press release.
