Garmin GPS Phone Coming to T-Mobile
You hear smartphones referred to as converged devices for the simple fact that manufacturers are managing to combine more and more features into single handsets. To that end, T-Mobile has unveiled its latest cell, the Garminfone, an Android-powered smartphone featuring Garmin's proprietary navigation software.
Garminfone provides voice and on-screen directions, traffic warnings with automatic re-routing, traffic warnings and even an application that helps users backtrack to their car. It represents the first Android-powered smartphone with preloaded maps of North America and a database of nearly 6 million points of interest.
The feature set is quite robust as well: A large 3.5-inch touch screen display, 3.0-megapixel auto-focus camera with geo-tagging capabilities, Web browser with high-speed 3G Internet, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity and a car mount optimized for automobile use.
Pricing has yet to be determined.