Garmin Nuviphone G60 Delayed Again

on 05/10/2009, filed in Home > CellPhones

Time and tide wait for no man, and neither do they wait for smartphone releases. The Garmin Nuviphone G60 has been delayed yet again to Q3 later this year due to some issues with production capability of both Asustek and Garmin. It would be interesting to see just how this delay could affect potential sales considering hot new smartphones will be hitting the deck this summer, including the Palm Pre and perhaps even the rumored iPhone refresh. The Garmin Nuviphone G60 will most likely cost around $500, and the Linux-based OS has already been finalized. In this dog-eat-dog world of smartphones, any delay could prove fatal.

Garmin: Garmin Ltd. was incorporated in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. It was founded by Gary Burrell and Min Kao in 1989, hence the company name Garmin. Garmin specializes in developing consumer, aviation, and marine technologies that rely on Global Positioning System or GPS for navigational assistance. Burrell and Kao, both electrical engineers, first named the company ProNav, but opted to change it to Garmin in 1991 when another competitor, who had a product called NavPro, sued the company for trademark infringement. Today, Garmin has more than 9,200 associates in 35 offices worldwide.

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