Garmin Asus A10 Navigation Phone Goes Official

on 04/28/2010, filed in Home > CellPhones

Folks in the market for an Android smartphone that focuses on navigation will be happy to hear that Garmin-Asus has officially announced the Nuvifone A10, which is targeted at pedestrian navigation users. This navigation phone will be going on sale in Europe and Asia Pacific mid this year, though there isn’t any mention of pricing just yet. Specifications of the A10 include:

Powered by Google’s Android OS
5-megapixel camera
Geotagging support
1,500mAh battery
Microsoft Exchange support
3.2-inch HVGA display

Press release.

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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