ASUS unveiled their Garmin Asus Nuvifones M20 and G60 in the Indian market. With the nuvifone, Garmin-Asus intends to introduce location-centric approach in the lifestyle of the Indian people through their location based services. The Garmin-Asus nuvifone brings maps to life with high quality data from global map provider, NAVTEQ. Although navigation is a key component of the nüvifone series, the devices do more than “just navigate.” Both the nüvifone G60 and M20 incorporate top-of-the-line phone capabilities with premium features such as 3.5G data connectivity, SMS text messaging, email, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and more. The nüvifone G60 and M20 have a full HTML browser that customers can easily zoom in or pan with their finger, and pages may be viewed in either portrait or landscape. Users can surf the web on their phone via Wi-Fi or 3G networks, and the pages are presented similar to a PC browser.
Location Link: H
elps the user to reach his desired location by just selecting the POI and then by navigating to the desired destination.Panoramio: With this application the user can navigate to the geo-tagged photos. Its basically a geo tagged photo sharing website wherein you can view beautiful geo tagged pictures in your area to get navigational directions to their location.
Weather Status: It helps the user to stay updated about the current and the five day weather forecasts.
Flight Status: Helps the user to check flight information from around the world.
Currency Converter: It’s acts as a one touch access for the users for currency conversions.
The nüvifone G60 and M20 include a built-in camera with auto-focus. The camera automatically geotags images with an exact latitude and longitude reference of where the image was taken. The user may then save the image so they can navigate back to the location, or email the geo-tagged image to others. The nüvifone also provides direct access to millions of geo-located landmark and sightseeing photographs available through select picture sharing site, which are searchable and are sorted by the distance from the current location.
Specifications
| nüvifone G60 | nüvifone M20 | |
| 2G Connectivity | Quad-band GSM / GPRS / Edge 850/900/1800/1900 | Tri-band GSM / GPRS / Edge 900/1800/1900 |
| 3G Connectivity | 850/1900/2100 HSDPA 3.6 Mbps | 900/2100 HSPA 7.2 Mbps |
| 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 |
| OS | Linux (closed platform) | Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional |
| Camera | 3MP camera with auto-focus and geo-tagging | 3MP camera with auto-focus and geo-tagging |
| Dimensions | 112 x 58.1 x 14.6 mm | 95.3 x 52.5 x 12.8 mm |
| Display | 3.55″, 65K, anti-glare resistive touchscreen | 2.8″, 65K, TFT with touch lens |
| POP3 / IMAP4 / SMTP | Push / Enterprise / POP3 / IMAP4 / SMTP | |
| Internet | HTML browser based on Webkit platform | OPERA browser, HTML, WAP 1.2.1/2.0 |
| Messaging | SMS | SMS / MMS / IM |
| Talk Time | Up to 4 hours | 3G: Up to 3.5 hours / 2G: Up to 2.8 hours |