You’ve got to hand it to Videotron as they are amassing quite a collection of Android devices. The started off with the Nexus One and followed through with the Motorola XT720 , Garmin A50, Motorola Spice, Nexus S and recently the HTC Panache… which means that 30% of their lineup a… Continue Reading Here Videotron [...]
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Looking for an Android device that no one else will have? Check this out! Sure the HTC Droid Incredible was and still is incredible, and the Motorola Droid X is a beast of a phone, but everyone has one of those. I mean even my grandmother is rocking an Evo. So I’ll bet [...]
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Manufacturer Asus seems to have secured the exclusive rights to use GPS giant Garmin’s PND software on Android smartphones. This little piece of news comes not too long after hearing that a previous partnership between Asus and Garmin had dissolved. Now it does seem the two companies will work together on future devices but they [...]
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Reuters interviewed with Garmin’s CFO, Kevin Rauckman, over the future of their phone unit. Rauckman stated that they will have to evaluate their smartphone unit in the next couple of quarters to decide whether to stay in or exit out. The sales for the T-Mobile Nuvifone have not met their sales expectations and they are [...]
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Another Chinese first TD-SCDMA is China’s alternative to W-SDMA and Sony Ericsson have been working hard to produce handsets that will run on it. Enter the A8i (pictured) their first TD-SCDMA phone. China is a massive market and expanding at a phenominal rate. Even if only 1% of the population were to buy a smartphone [...]
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Garmin’s second-quarter results hit the wires this week, and overall, the company seems to be pretty healthy; its automotive, outdoor, aviation, and marine businesses all posted growth, average selling price was up, and shipped units grew a solid 8 percent year-over-year. If you read a little deeper, though, there’s one segment that undelivered — smartphones, [...]
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Split Personalities Taiwanese electronics corporation Acer plan to announce another dual boot netbook like their Inspire One D250. Like its fore bearer, the Inspire One AOD255 will also dual boot Windows XP but will have Android 2.1 as opposed to 1.6. If you don’t want to travel to Taiwan or wait until next month, the [...]
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Short version: A competent and useful, but ultimately limited handset. Recommended for GPS lovers, but not for Android lovers. Features: Dedicated Garmin Navigation function 3.5″ 320 x 480 display Garmin “Breeze” interface MSRP: $199 (incl. $50 rebate) with 2-year agreement (T-Mobile) Pros: Navigation is fantastic Bright and responsive multi-touch screen Breeze interface ain’t so bad [...]
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Now that the Garminfone is out on T-Mobile, another device by Garmin-ASUS – the GPS and turn-by-turn navigation specialists – has appeared. The model number is E600 and is being branded as a Nuvifone. The FCC describes the device as a “PDA Phone” but those are the only details we could come by. While no [...]
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With all of the noise about the HTC EVO 4G’s launch and Steve Jobs’ latest 3.5-inch Apple device (I am trying to refrain from calling it by its name, here), we almost forgot that T-Mobile’s got something launching today: the T-Mobile Garminfone. Available for $199.99 after a $50 rebate on a two-year contract, it’ll be [...]
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