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Anyway, I did not expect much from this phone, so I am surprised it is not a complete turd. ]]>May 18th 2010 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
I'm also pleasantly surprised on this one. It's not a phone that I would purchase, but it looks pretty darn solid.]]>May 18th 2010 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
You already have for S^1 and Crackberry(BB), why not these two cool OSs]]>May 18th 2010 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
Yep, I really thought this would be a fiasco, it is not my cup of tea either but surprised. I think Ovi Maps is perfect for me and the devices are better but that does not detract from the reasonable-ness of this device. ]]>May 18th 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
How are they going to make money on that on Android or Symbian when Google Navigation is almost as good, and Ovi Maps is just as good, and both are free.]]>May 18th 2010 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/May 18th 2010 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/May 18th 2010 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
Thanks.]]>May 18th 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
Well, most reviews over here between PND's prefer Tom Tom over Garmin, but my take is PND's will become extinct.]]>May 18th 2010 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
They should have just made an awesome piece of hardware, and included the nav software as a bonus.]]>May 18th 2010 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/GPS, Browser, Phone, and Camera.. just the right balance.]]>May 18th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://j.mp/garmin-nuvifone-series]]>May 19th 2010 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/May 18th 2010 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/May 18th 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/May 18th 2010 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
But what is the benefit of this vs Ovi Maps, which is offline, free, global, and works perfectly?]]>May 18th 2010 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
s60 = ;_;]]>May 18th 2010 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
I was talking about the navigation only. Anyway, with S^3, this is not a valid argument anymore. ]]>May 18th 2010 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/May 18th 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
No kidding.
No 3.5mm jack - for me at least, that is a deal-breaker.

Still though, this phone is not made most of the people on this site, so they might not really care.]]>May 18th 2010 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/May 18th 2010 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/May 18th 2010 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
You're in the wrong article. The iPhone OS 4 review is over there.

I kid, I kid.]]>May 18th 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
No. I'm saving my "6 to 12 months" zinger for that article. ;-)]]>May 18th 2010 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
The interface makes a lot of sense. This device has an interface optimized for someone in a moving vehicle. You don't want a bunch of tiny widgets and buttons cluttering up your screen. You really want a clean easy to navigate interface with big buttons.]]>May 18th 2010 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/I'll hold my breath for 2nd Gen.]]>May 18th 2010 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/This is not the Eclair you are looking for. ]]>May 18th 2010 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/May 18th 2010 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/May 18th 2010 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
For people that need off-line navigation this would be a terrific option. I wish that Google and Bing would offer off-line with their nav apps.]]>May 18th 2010 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/May 18th 2010 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/It's a nice pseudo-feature phone for people like my parents. If it was free, and on Sprint (which I'll be moving to thanks Evo 4G) I'd be pushing my parents to choose this device. Instead, they will probably both get Hero's - which maybe a tad better for a person like myself, but a little less user friendly than the Garmin, which is just like they're GPS system it took them a couple years to learn.]]>May 18th 2010 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
If the HTC EVO 4G spins your gears...

It is also refreshing to see the comments aren't ripping Garmin a new one, like usual.]]>May 18th 2010 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
They beat expectations, but those of course could be very low... ; )]]>May 18th 2010 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/May 18th 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/May 18th 2010 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/]]>May 18th 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
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Try it in a yard that has NO CELL COVERAGE. The point of this phone, that most people seem to be missing is not that the maps are stand alone, it's that the GPS is. While this will use assisted GPS (what's in all the other phones out there and relies on cell towers for location), it's big draw is the stand alone GPS, you know from those things floating around the earth in orbit that can be seen from most anywhere, what the Garmin and TomTom devices in my car use to tell me where I am, even when I'm in the middle of nowhere.]]>May 19th 2010 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/May 18th 2010 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/May 18th 2010 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
The device itself gets outdated before it even hits the shelves.

With the exception the G-1 (the one that started the Android revolution), T-mobile has been FAIL in the hardware department.]]>May 18th 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/
And I'd like to have that Garmin software on my Android. The hacked Google Maps has some issues, and I'd like to be able to set route options, or see how fast I am driving, or see how fast I'm allowed to drive... the navigation itself works very well (except for some hack-introduced problems like not saying/saying after it's too late that you have to change direction). But there are too many features missing, esp. offline navigation.]]>May 18th 2010 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/garmin-asus-garminfone-review/May 18th 2010 4:46PM