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If what Garmin Asus G60 did was to bring great navigation into a smartphone, then what the Garmin Asus A10 does is to make this offering even better. a refurbished G60, is what we call this one, with better and more amazing features and all that was previously missed out. The Garmin Asus partnership brings [...]

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update Asustek Computer and Garmin will not be renewing their dual-branding partnership to sell location-based service (LBS) smartphones when their contract terminates in January 2011, according to reports. in other news, navigation services vendor TomTom is reported to be working with HTC to provide “location-rich” map services. According to a Forbes report Tuesday, Asus Chairman [...]

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NAVIGON Launches On-Board Navigation App for Android SmartphonesProvides Premium, All Inclusive Experience with On-Board Map Material, Industry first Reality Scanner and Traffic LiveHAMBURG, GERMANY–(Marketwire – October 27, 2010) – NAVIGON AG, a leading provider of mobile on-board navigation, today announced the release of the US version of its award winning MobileNavigator for the Android platform. [...]

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Last week, DigiTimes reported that the Garmin-Asus tie-up was headed for splitsville. on Monday, Asustek confirmed the report, in part, saying that the company will end its mobile phone co-development business partnership with Garmin when the current contract expires. In September, Garmin publicly stated that it was mulling the future of its Nuvifone smartphone business. [...]

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Garmin and AsusTek said Tuesday that they won’t introduce new co-branded Nuvifones going forward, but will support handsets in the field. What this means for Garmin’s Nuvifone remains to be seen, but Asus won’t be making them, according to a statement. at the least, the Nuvifone line is being rethought and perhaps being turned into [...]

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VISITORS to PC Expo 2010 will be able to see devices laden with cool new technology. The expo starts at Stadium Indera Mulia in Ipoh, the first of nine locations, from Oct 29 to 31. It will showcase a wide variety of consumer information and communication technology (ICT) devices ranging from notebooks with cooling technology [...]

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Computer maker Asus and GPS maker Garmin jumped into the combined smartphone/GPS business with the nüviphone G60 back in 2009, and despite a series of follow-up devices and expanding to embrace Google’s Android platform, the devices have failed to resonate well with the consumer marketplace. And now Asus has pulled the plug, saying on Monday [...]

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LG is hoping the Optimus one (LG-P500) will be a drawcard for people who’ve never thought they needed a smartphone before. Even though it’s designed as a “starter” smartphone, the Optimus one will ship with the latest version of Google’s mobile OS, the faster Android 2.2 (Froyo). It includes Swype for easy text input and [...]

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