Garmin-Asus working on an AWS smartphone, but what is it?

How many phones does Garmin-Asus sell on T-Mobile? If you guessed zero, you'd be absolutely correct, so we're buzzing about this FCC filing that popped up in the last few hours detailing a "PDA Phone" with AWS 3G frequency compliance. To be fair, this could be a device for Canada's WIND Mobile, too, now that it's sharing T-Mobile's spectrum space -- but either way, we've got to wonder what kind of phone we're looking at here. It seems a little late in the game to be re-releasing either the nuvifone G60 or M20 with new bands, so we're hoping this is legitimately new hardware in the mix; if so, it'll be interesting to see if the nuvifone franchise still has a chance to redeem itself after the G60 became one of the most catastrophically delayed launches in mobile history. Nothing a little Android can't fix, right?

[Hi Kenneth Posted Jan 5th 2010 6:19AM]

its fail?

[slipdisc Posted Jan 5th 2010 6:32AM]

"It seems a little late in the game"
Late in who's game?

[dand Posted Jan 5th 2010 6:39AM]

32.63dBm on 850? It's got to be for Canada...what mobile device in the US needs nearly 2-watts of power?

[kingstu Posted Jan 5th 2010 7:04AM]

Nuviphone 2? Android 2.0? Sweet. I'll take that. T-Mobile 3G is getting a lot of love now.

[SParklingCYaNide Posted Jan 5th 2010 8:44AM]

@kingstu Not to mention the HD2 and Possibly the X10. T-Mobile is REALLY on Fire now with their devices, FINALLY!

I'm Enjoying every minute of it.

[SParklingCYaNide Posted Jan 5th 2010 8:45AM]

@SParklingCYaNide Oh and of course the Nexus One, the phone I'm getting. Damn! How could I have forgotten to include THAT!~ lol

[PEZ Posted Jan 5th 2010 7:53AM]

Does engadget read its own articles? Garmin-Asus are releasing ANDROID PHONES with custom Garmin nav technology for Tmo and everyone else (eventually). CHEESE AND CRACKERS.

[airmikee Posted Jan 5th 2010 9:58AM]

@PEZ

Big deal. The Nuviphone G60 was a piece of shit. Are you really going to ask for their second turd?

[Pyronick Posted Jan 5th 2010 11:37AM]

@airmikee: If it's Android powered, I know I am.

[Quikboy Posted Jan 5th 2010 2:04PM]

I'd rather see WinMo 7 if it comes out by then.

[rcriton Posted Jan 15th 2010 7:20PM]

Chances are it is the mysterious Nuvifone A50 that popped up in our mobile analytics stats recently:
http://www.mobiware.fr/2010/01/16/garmin-asus-android-nuvifone-device-spotted-in-the-wild/
Bad news: the device we spotted ran Android 1.6 :-(
Let's be optimistic and assume they'll upgrade by the time it is released.