The nuvifone contrary to how most people view it, is not a failure. I think selling it unlocked and adding t-mobile 3G would be a huge plus. I think of it as a GPS with phone capabilities so all the phone frequencies should be supported. They should add a flash to the camera and add MMS capability with geotagging of course.
If they have a much longer-lasting battery and a more rugged exterior, that would really help. Maybe adding trails or waterway maps or making them very easy to add on would be a plus. I would prefer a 3.5mm headphone jack so it can also be used as a music player. Adding a video player would be nice as well as a few games for people who use games.
Adding a hot-swappable sim card slot like the memory cards are would really allow it to be a gps for anyone and a phone for anyone. Adding text to voice for reading of emails would really make it nice while while driving. It is advertised as the "navigation phone" and it really is. Everyone talks about their iphone this and their andriod that, but those phones are so locked down that you can't just let your kids borrow it when they go out for the night.
Having carrier subsidies makes it cheaper at the start but it loses so much. AT&T removed a lot of useful features, RSS feeds, Tethering, Business card scanner, car usb adapter..and sim-locked it so in order to use the nuvifone without a sim you have to unlock it.
One more thing garmin could do is make those "paid connected services" free. It would reduce their revenue but it would also increase it's usefulness. I think most "apps" on phones are "pay once" and then use forever and theirs should either be built into the product or available for add-on. No one likes additional monthly fees on a very expensive device.
I know many people have said they don't need the nuvifone but they already have a gps device. I say that this is should be the best nuvi device out there and then they can take the sim out their phone and pop it into the nuviphone while driving...or just use the nuviphone all the time as a feature phone. That is a whole different shift to it..but I have many phones and do sim-swap all the time to use whatever phone i feel like using at the time.
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The nuvifone contrary to how most people view it, is not a failure. I think selling it unlocked and adding t-mobile 3G would be a huge plus. I think of it as a GPS with phone capabilities so all the phone frequencies should be supported. They should add a flash to the camera and add MMS capability with geotagging of course.
If they have a much longer-lasting battery and a more rugged exterior, that would really help. Maybe adding trails or waterway maps or making them very easy to add on would be a plus. I would prefer a 3.5mm headphone jack so it can also be used as a music player. Adding a video player would be nice as well as a few games for people who use games.
Adding a hot-swappable sim card slot like the memory cards are would really allow it to be a gps for anyone and a phone for anyone. Adding text to voice for reading of emails would really make it nice while while driving. It is advertised as the "navigation phone" and it really is. Everyone talks about their iphone this and their andriod that, but those phones are so locked down that you can't just let your kids borrow it when they go out for the night.
Having carrier subsidies makes it cheaper at the start but it loses so much. AT&T removed a lot of useful features, RSS feeds, Tethering, Business card scanner, car usb adapter..and sim-locked it so in order to use the nuvifone without a sim you have to unlock it.
One more thing garmin could do is make those "paid connected services" free. It would reduce their revenue but it would also increase it's usefulness. I think most "apps" on phones are "pay once" and then use forever and theirs should either be built into the product or available for add-on. No one likes additional monthly fees on a very expensive device.
I know many people have said they don't need the nuvifone but they already have a gps device. I say that this is should be the best nuvi device out there and then they can take the sim out their phone and pop it into the nuviphone while driving...or just use the nuviphone all the time as a feature phone. That is a whole different shift to it..but I have many phones and do sim-swap all the time to use whatever phone i feel like using at the time.