Hands-off with Garmin's nuvifone
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted Jan 30th 2008 8:12PM
posted Jan 30th 2008 8:12PM
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who are the providers ?
No camera? useless for me. I'll wait for a 3G iphone here in Oz.
Those pics aren't very flattering. It looks huge in some of the shots. That really appears to be a horrible setting for an unveiling.
I like the specs on this baby, though.
A valiant effort by the photographers.
I'm interested to learn more.
Is there a jailbreak in development yet? (jk)
Lol. Is it me, or is this the announcement of the iPhone all over again.
how r you supposed to hold this to your face??
Bluetooth is there to make sure you don't have to I suppose. Would look awfully awkward holding up that monster I would think.
is the web browser only for the wifi?
Man...you guys are savvy and on your game most of the time. But, letting your writers run wild at CES with point and shoot digi cam or cell cams, and expecting good shots is just counter-intuitive. Hire a real professional photographer, might I suggest myself, to take your product shots. Stop blaming the booth designers for your shortcomings. Any actual, photojournalist could have gotten many outstanding shots of this product, in that display. Your coverage of CES rocked otherwise, and not all your writer can't take photos, but yeah these blow.
I have to agree. Most of Engadget's product shots are terrible.
Was it fun being on Lakeshore Dr.?
I know they are debuting it at a GSM show, but will it also be available in CDMA?
What's with techsavvy people having such trouble making pictures, and fixing them in photoshop?
I mean I so often see them making pictures full of reflections of flashes and out of focus and and dark and shaken pictures, is there no pride?
There are many sites with tips and instructions you know.
It's the same size as an IPhone... do you hold that to your face?
Not only does it have a camera, but it geotags the pictures... Don't post unless you know what your talking about:
http://www8.garmin.com/buzz/nuvifone/media_gallery.jsp
An important question. Does it come loaded with Garmin's mapsource program for TOPO? I use GPS's when I go hunting, and have been using them for 10 years. I have an old Garmin GPS 12 and a newer e-trex Legend CX. I also take my cell phone with me and can get service most places. It would be nice to combine the two if I could as everything that goes in goes on my back or pockets, or belt. If it is just a road map program it would be useless to me.