(End User) - if you're someone who needs navigation capabilities even when
you don't have cellular connectivity, and are looking to streamline to one
device (instead of carrying both a smartphone and a GPS receiver), the new
Garminfone might be just the ticket.

The successor to the rather lackluster Nuvifone (the original Garmin/Asus
navigation handset for AT&T), the Garminfone for T-Mobile (Amazon:
http://xrl.us/Garminphone ) has been enhanced with the Android operating
system (version 1.6 Cupcake) that allows you access to a wider variety of
apps as well as a sleeker design (and CNet calls it a "complete package" of
cell phone and GPS device). Like HTC does with its Sense overlay, Asus and
Garmin provide a UI overlay that makes navigation more prominent on the home
screen, but also includes a widget app on the right side of the screen that
can take you to five customizable home screens.

But for this Android phone, the big draw of the Garminfone is its Garmin
navigation software and built-in maps...

Continued: http://xrl.us/Garminphone2

>...and built-in maps...

Updateable at the usual Garmin extortionate prices, presumably v. the
"free" smartphone updates

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:21:17 -0700 (PDT), colinh
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote (with clarity & insight):

>
>>...and built-in maps...
>
>Updateable at the usual Garmin extortionate prices, presumably v. the
>"free" smartphone updates
>
That's a dumbass argument. You really think "free" has no cost? You
really think ~$80 for a continent's worth of routing data is
expensive?

Just cause you've got a big dome doesn't get you off the hook for
using it.

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:30:22 -0500, Wayne R. <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Just cause you've got a big dome doesn't get you off the hook for
>using it.

If I live to 100 I'll probably never understand what that means.

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:12:32 -0500, Sunshine <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote (with clarity & insight):

>On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:30:22 -0500, Wayne R. <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>>Just cause you've got a big dome doesn't get you off the hook for
>>using it.
>
>If I live to 100 I'll probably never understand what that means.

Many people act as though simply having a human brain separates them
from the rest of the apes but I argue that one must actually use it.

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:52:14 -0500, Wayne R. <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:12:32 -0500, Sunshine <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote (with clarity & insight):
>
>>On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:30:22 -0500, Wayne R. <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Just cause you've got a big dome doesn't get you off the hook for
>>>using it.
>>
>>If I live to 100 I'll probably never understand what that means.
>
>Many people act as though simply having a human brain separates them
>from the rest of the apes but I argue that one must actually use it.

Heh, so that's what a big dome is. Thanks. ;-)

On 16 jun, 23:52, Wayne R. <wruff...@KomKast.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:12:32 -0500, Sunshine <sunsh...@none.invalid>
> wrote (with clarity & insight):
>
> >On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:30:22 -0500, Wayne R. <wruff...@KomKast.net>
> >wrote:
>
> >>Just cause you've got a big dome doesn't get you off the hook for
> >>using it.
>
> >If I live to 100 I'll probably never understand what that means.
>
> Many people act as though simply having a human brain separates them
> from the rest of the apes but I argue that one must actually use it.

:-)))

On 16 June, 14:30, Wayne R. <wruff...@KomKast.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:21:17 -0700 (PDT), colinh
> <cfhug...@hotmail.com> wrote (with clarity & insight):
>
>
>
> >>...and built-in maps...
>
> >Updateable at the usual Garmin extortionate prices, presumably v. the
> >"free" smartphone updates
>
> That's a dumbass argument. You really think "free" has no cost? You
> really think ~$80 for a continent's worth of routing data is
> expensive?
>
> Just cause you've got a big dome doesn't get you off the hook for
> using it.

Sorry your English doesn't understand the implications of words in
quotes

On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:42:19 -0700 (PDT), maceda
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote (with clarity & insight):

>On 16 June, 14:30, Wayne R. <wruff...@KomKast.net> wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:21:17 -0700 (PDT), colinh
>> <cfhug...@hotmail.com> wrote (with clarity & insight):
>>
>>
>>
>> >>...and built-in maps...
>>
>> >Updateable at the usual Garmin extortionate prices, presumably v. the
>> >"free" smartphone updates
>>
>> That's a dumbass argument. You really think "free" has no cost? You
>> really think ~$80 for a continent's worth of routing data is
>> expensive?
>>
>> Just cause you've got a big dome doesn't get you off the hook for
>> using it.
>
>Sorry your English doesn't understand the implications of words in
>quotes

Yes, it does.

On Jun 15, 6:43*am, "TicTac" <j.ticta...@live.com> wrote:
> (End User) - if you're someone who needs navigation capabilities even when
> you don't have cellular connectivity, and are looking to streamline to one
> device (instead of carrying both a smartphone and a GPS receiver), the new
> Garminfone might be just the ticket.
>
> The successor to the rather lackluster Nuvifone (the original Garmin/Asus
> navigation handset for AT&T), the Garminfone for T-Mobile (Amazon:http://xrl.us/Garminphone) has been enhanced with the Android operating
> system (version 1.6 Cupcake) that allows you access to a wider variety of
> apps as well as a sleeker design (and CNet calls it a "complete package" of
> cell phone and GPS device). Like HTC does with its Sense overlay, Asus and
> Garmin provide a UI overlay that makes navigation more prominent on the home
> screen, but also includes a widget app on the right side of the screen that
> can take you to five customizable home screens.
>
> But for this Android phone, the big draw of the Garminfone is its Garmin
> navigation software and built-in maps...
>
> Continued:http://xrl.us/Garminphone2

Garmin did a commendable job of incorporating GPS into Palm PDA (iQue
series) but failed miserably with the new mobile wireless platform.
Whether it will survive in the face of competitions from FREE Google
Maps mobile app, FREE Nokia Ovi maps, etc. by charging $100 for its
maps is open to question.