{"id":308382,"date":"2010-02-11T12:39:45","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T17:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/?p=26083"},"modified":"2010-02-11T12:39:45","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T17:39:45","slug":"garmin-asus-announces-android-powered-nuvifone-a50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/308382","title":{"rendered":"Garmin-Asus announces Android-powered nuvifone A50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/2010\/02\/11\/garmin-asus-announces-android-powered-nuvifone-a50\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/nuvifonea50.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"nuvifonea50\"  height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26084\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After building their own operating system for the Garmin nuvifone G60 caused the handset to take roughly a decade (in smart phone years, that is) to come out, it&#8217;s no surprise that Garmin-Asus is steering clear of that route. They announced back <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/2009\/06\/16\/after-the-g60-garmins-devices-will-only-run-android-and-winmo\/\">in June of last year<\/a> that they&#8217;d be bring Android into the mix, and this latest handset reflects that.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-26083\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The handset you see up top is Garmin&#8217;s first foray into Android, which they&#8217;ve lovingly dubbed the &#8220;nuvifone A50&#8243;.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re not saying which version of Android comes tucked in side (though <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/02\/11\/garmin-asus-nuvifone-a50-runs-android-knows-where-you-are\/\">Engadget<\/a> has been tipped that it&#8217;s running 1.6, which seems perfectly likely), but here&#8217;s what we <em>do<\/em> know so far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Screen<\/strong>: 3.5 inch, Half VGA (480&#215;320) capacitive touch screen<\/li>\n<li><strong>Internal Storage:<\/strong> 4GB flash<\/li>\n<li><strong>Camera<\/strong>: 3 megapixels with autofocus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hardware Features:<\/strong> microSD slot, accelerometer, compass, car mount and car charger  included<\/li>\n<li><strong>Software Features:<\/strong> Exchange support, Garmin navigation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s no word yet on pricing nor US availability, but look for it in Europe sometime in the next four months.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/_L1H_aC_QVz3MilQt8_11RcZdEw\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/_L1H_aC_QVz3MilQt8_11RcZdEw\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/_L1H_aC_QVz3MilQt8_11RcZdEw\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/_L1H_aC_QVz3MilQt8_11RcZdEw\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=jH0zuv4-OdE:-MpkQx_X25Q:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?i=jH0zuv4-OdE:-MpkQx_X25Q:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=jH0zuv4-OdE:-MpkQx_X25Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?i=jH0zuv4-OdE:-MpkQx_X25Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=jH0zuv4-OdE:-MpkQx_X25Q:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After building their own operating system for the Garmin nuvifone G60 caused the handset to take roughly a decade (in smart phone years, that is) to come out, it&#8217;s no surprise that Garmin-Asus is steering clear of that route. 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