http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/ Engadget Comments for Garmin-Asus nuvifone G60 unboxing and hands-on http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/
Jitterbug + GPS = Fun!]]>Oct 1st 2009 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/
It would be great for my Alzheimer's-affected grandfather!

Destination: Bathroom

"Turn right at ... the end of the hallway."]]>Oct 1st 2009 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/
That is so wrong. But funny.

Yeah this phone doesn't look that awful but seriously we would have rather had a HTC Leo.]]>Oct 1st 2009 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/
As for this phone, bad idea. I'd definitely would rather have (and do) a stand alone GPS unit in my car. I'm glad it at least got Linux over WinMo.]]>Oct 2nd 2009 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/
What's up with that ABC keyboard though?]]>Oct 1st 2009 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/
]]>Oct 1st 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/
Though personally I have an iPhone with Navigon. I refuse to answer calls while I'm driving (just doesn't feel safe to me) so this works for me.

]]>Oct 1st 2009 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/
Weeeellll, I suppose you COULD use it as a sales computer, despite the lack of a laser barcode scanner, but that seems like it would be more suited to a dedicated device.

Although, you could preload the store's layout into the GPS, so you can better direct customers.

Aside from that, I don't see this device being used in PoS applications.]]>Oct 1st 2009 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/
]]>Oct 1st 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/
one of the small details that I really like, is that you can use both portrait and landscape orientations on ANY screen in the UI]]>Oct 2nd 2009 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/
I can't wrap my head around this. There's no reason people should be paying this much.]]>Oct 1st 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/
You know, there's a fine line between "absurdly detailed" and just plain too large of a gallery for anyone to have the time to look over. You guys are blogging on it.]]>Oct 1st 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/
Why would they want to pass up on making people pay $30/month for the same data network featurephones get for $10-15?

Its not the dedicated keyboard that makes it a smartphone, it's the multi-tasking.]]>Oct 1st 2009 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/Oct 1st 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/
And is the price really that unreasonable? It's a smart phone with GPS.]]>Oct 1st 2009 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-unboxing-and-hands-on/
You *can* buy the iphone with tom-tom for around the same price, but I have a problem with *Supposed* Smartphones that do not multitask. If I'm trying to get to an important meeting I've never been to and have to recieve a call, I don't want to have to pull over after the end of the call to restart my navigation and also risk missing a turn while on that call.]]>Oct 1st 2009 1:34PM