Garmin Nuviphone all set to arrive in US this Q4

on 08/07/2009, filed in Home > CellPhones

After numerous delays and false starts, the Nuviphone from Garmin is ready to arrive in the US later in Q4 this year, where it will see an advertising blitz follow. This might seem a tad slow since the Garmin Asus Nuviphone G60 has already shipped in Asia, while the Windows Mobile-powered M20 has already arrive in Asia this month. Garmin hopes to see the Nuviphone contribute around $100 to $200 million to the company’s coffers this year on a global basis, which means they have high hopes for this handset to make it big. What do you think? Image courtesy of Engadget.

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.

GPS: Global Posting System: The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite system (space-based) that provides geographical location and time information in all weather, anywhere on Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. It is maintained by the United States government and is freely accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver

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