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{{Short description|Line of Internet-enabled mobile phone and personal navigation devices}}
{{Infobox Mobile phone
| name = Garmin-ASUS Nüvifone
| logo = Garmin-ASUS Nüvifone logo.png
| image = Garmin nuvifone g60.jpg
| caption = Garmin-ASUS Nüvifone G60
| manufacturer = [[Garmin-ASUS]]
| available = 10/4/2009 (AT&T)
| discontinued = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| screen = 3.5&nbsp;in, [[color]] [[liquid crystal display|LCD]]
| input = [[touchscreen]]
| connectivity = [[WiFi]], [[Bluetooth]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Topolsky |first=Joshua |url=https://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/garmin-announces-the-nuviphone/ |title=Announcement summary on Engadget |publisher=Engadget.com |date=2008-01-30 |access-date=2013-07-21}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|http://www.nuvifone.com/}}
| networks = Quad-band [[Global System for Mobile Communications|GSM]]<br />[[General Packet Radio Service|GPRS]]/[[Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution|EDGE]]<br />[[HSDPA]]
| form = [[Bar (form)|Candybar]] [[Smartphone]]
| music = [[MP3]] and MPEG4/[[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]]
}}

The '''Garmin-ASUS Nüvifone''' is a discontinued line of [[Internet]]-enabled [[mobile phone]] and [[personal navigation device]]s manufactured by [[Garmin-ASUS]] [[partnership]]. It makes use of a [[touchscreen]] with [[virtual keyboard]]s and [[button (computing)|buttons]].

== Description ==
Nüvifone is a [[3G]] hybrid [[handset]] that can be [[Docking station|docked]] into a vehicle mount. Once snapped onto the vehicle mount, it can automatically enable the embedded [[GPS navigation device|GPS navigation]] and simultaneously enable hands-free calls. It is featured with a [[geotagging]] built-in camera that can help recipients of the [[geocoded photograph]] trace to where the photos were taken.<ref>{{cite web |author=Elena Malykhina |url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206101219 |title=InformationWeek |publisher=InformationWeek |date=2008-01-31 |access-date=2013-07-21 |archive-date=2008-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305030116/http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206101219 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== History ==
The Nüvifone product was announced on January 30, 2008 and only a prototype (presumably not fully functional) was available at the time. According to the first [[press release]] by [[Garmin]], it was expected to be made available to market in the third quarter of 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www8.garmin.com/buzz/nuvifone/press_release.jsp |title=Press release |publisher=.garmin.com |access-date=2013-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127223921/http://www8.garmin.com/buzz/nuvifone/press_release.jsp |archive-date=2013-11-27 }}</ref> A later speculation pointed to the second half of 2009.

In February 2009 it was announced that the Nüvifone would be launched as the [[Garmin-ASUS]] Nüvifone G60, as part of a series of forthcoming Garmin-ASUS Nüvifone devices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.i4u.com/article23068.html |title=i4u |publisher=i4u |access-date=2013-07-21}}</ref> In the [[United States of America|United States]] [[AT&T]] was the exclusive [[Mobile Network Operator|carrier]] for this model Nüvifone.<ref>[http://www8.garmin.com/nuvifone/ AT&T the exclusive carrier] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315071202/http://www8.garmin.com/nuvifone/ |date=2013-03-15 }} Garmin official site</ref>

At the same time, the Garmin-ASUS Nüvifone M20 was announced for the [[Windows Mobile]] operating system.<ref name="M20"/> This has a 640x480 pixel [[VGA]] [[touchscreen]], running [[Windows Mobile 6.1]], offering [[tri-band]] [[GSM]]/[[EGPRS]] + [[HSPA (telecommunications)|HSPA]] and [[Wi-Fi]] connectivity, plus an [[accelerometer]], a 3MP [[Camera phone|camera]], 256MB of [[RAM]], 256MB of [[ROM]] and 4GB (8GB in some territories) of [[Data storage capacity|storage]]. The processor is a [[Qualcomm]] 7200A chip operating at 528&nbsp;MHz. The device contained Ciao! — Garmin's location-based social networking application.<ref>[http://www.pocketpicks.co.uk/latest/index.php/2009/02/21/garmin-asus-impresses-with-its-m20-navigation-meets-smartphone/ Pocket Picks: Garmin-Asus impresses with its M20 navigation meets smartphone] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307035253/http://www.pocketpicks.co.uk/latest/index.php/2009/02/21/garmin-asus-impresses-with-its-m20-navigation-meets-smartphone/ |date=March 7, 2009 }}</ref>

The A10 and [[Nuvifone A50|A50]] Garmin-ASUS Nüvifones were built on the [[Android (operating system)|Android]] platform, allowing users the purchase of connected service like traffic information and other accessories, plus the choice of installing thousands of free additional applications from [[Google Play|Google Market]].<ref name="A50"/> In [[Australia]], the A50 was made available exclusively through the [[Optus]] carrier, coming onto the Australian market in August 2010. It came complete with an in-car cradle for using it as a GPS and supporting Garmin's "PhotoReal" junction view.<ref name="Gizmodo Australia"/>

In 2010, Garmin announced it would stop making Nüvifones altogether.<ref>[http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/26/2357634/garmin-to-stop-offering-cell-phones.html Garmin to stop offering cell phones] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031100937/http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/26/2357634/garmin-to-stop-offering-cell-phones.html |date=October 31, 2010 }}</ref>

== List of cell phones ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!OS
!Release date
!Availability
|-
| NavTalk
| Proprietary
| 1998
| AMPS Networks
|-
| NavTalk GSM
| Proprietary
| Feb. 22, 2001
| Europe
|-
| G60
| Proprietary (Linux)
| October 4, 2009
| US (AT&T)
|-
| M20
| Windows Mobile 6.1
| February, 2009
| Asia/Europe
|-
| M10
| Windows Mobile 6.5.3
| February 6, 2010
| Asia/Europe
|-
| M10E
| Windows Mobile 6.5.3
| July, 2010
| Asia/Europe
|-
| A10
| Android 1.6/2.1 Eclair
| July, 2010
| Africa/Europe
|-
| [[Nüvifone A50|A50]]
| Android 1.6/2.1 Eclair (via update)
| June 9, 2010
| Australia (Optus)/Europe/US (T-Mobile)
|}

== See also ==
{{Commons category}}
* [[ASUS]]
* [[Dashtop mobile]]
* [[Garmin]]
* [[Garmin-ASUS]]

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="M20">{{cite web |url=http://www8.garmin.com/ctia09/Content/Press/M20/M20.html |title=Garmin-Asus Introduces nüvifone™ M20 |author=Garmin-Asus |website=garmin.com |access-date=July 14, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="A50">{{cite web |url=https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/103765 |title=A50 |author=Garmin-Asus |website=garmin.com |access-date=July 14, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="Gizmodo Australia">{{cite web |url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/07/garmin-asus-nuvifone-a50-navigating-to-optus-next-month/ |title=Garmin-Asus nüvifone A50 Navigating To Optus Next Month |author=Gizmodo Australia |date=26 July 2010 |website=gizmodo.com.au |access-date=July 14, 2017}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.nuvifone.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.pocketpicks.co.uk/latest/index.php/2008/02/15/finding-our-way-with-garmins-nuvifone/ Pocket Picks photo gallery from MWC 08] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629223456/http://www.pocketpicks.co.uk/latest/index.php/2008/02/15/finding-our-way-with-garmins-nuvifone/ |date=2009-06-29 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090307035253/http://www.pocketpicks.co.uk/latest/index.php/2009/02/21/garmin-asus-impresses-with-its-m20-navigation-meets-smartphone/ Pocket Picks photo gallery from MWC 09]
* [https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA70735658&sid=sitemap&v=2.1&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7Ecf54fe6e&aty=open-web-entry Garmin Introduces New GSM Cellular Phone/GPS for Europe]

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