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Rumors on the street is that Google will be releasing a free, ad-supported turn-by-turn GPS application. And yes, that was the collective trembling of Garmin, Tom Tom, and the rest of the traditional GPS makers as they shook in their boots. Assuming this is true, of course.

I always wondered why Google never released such an app that would be a natural extension of Google Maps. It just makes sense, right?

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Well folks, believe it or not, but the wait for the Garmin nuvifone G60 is almost over.  On October 4th AT&T Wireless well begin selling the handset for $299 after a 2-year contract signing and $100 mail-in-rebate.  Garmin-Asus’ G60 is said to provide the “easiest-to-use location experiences available because it is the only phone to fully integrate the world’s best selling GPS navigator with voice, data and mobile web.”  So it’s probably best to think about the G60 as a GPS with an integrated phone, and not the other way around.

The G60 will include a 3 megapixel camera with geo tagging, be preloaded with a ton of POIs, have access to AT&T’s 20,000 WiFi hotspots and come packed with a dashboard and windshield mount.  When the G60 is removed from the in car mounts it will automatically mark your position just in case you can’t find your way back to your car in the crowded mall parking lot.

So the question on everyone’s mind is can the G60 compete with the iPhone?  Fortunately, and unlike many other smartphone’s out there, it sounds like the G60 will be a fully functional GPS, which is something Apple’s handset is most certainly not, unless of course you purchase some aftermarket accessories, which even then could be a stretch.  300 bones is quite a lot to spend on a phone, but if you consider the cost of a GPS and a phone combined, then you might look at this as a steal.  Just keep in mind that the battery life will most certainly be a concern since GPS tends to be a hog in this department. …Continue reading: Garmin’s nuvifone G60 Launch Date And Price On AT&T Wireless Announced

Yesterday we saw the HTC Touch Pro2 emerge with AT&T branding and today the phone became available for purchase from T-Mobile for a non-recession friendly $350, and that’s after a 2-year service agreement.  What T-Mobile is smoking is anyone’s guess, but if you’ve got the will power hold out a month or so and I’m sure we’ll see a price cut.

The big features are a 3.2 megapixel camera, touchscreen, full QWERTY keyboard, stereo Bluetooth, music player, WiFi, GPS and 3G connectivity.

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To little to no fan fare, AT&T finally launched Sony Ericsson’s C905a yesterday.  It’s $179.99 after a 2-year and $50 mail-in-rebate.  The phone has been on the market in other regions for some time so the news of its arrival to the states although welcome, is rather moot.  But of note it is AT&T’s first 8 megapixel camera phone and include GPS, a Xenon flash, music player and a 2.4-inch 320×240 LCD.

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Garmin-Asus announced their official partnership a few months back and with it we expected the long rumored, then officially announced Garmin phone to launch in a timely fashion.  I guess our hopes were set a little too high, because word on the street is that we won’t see the first handset from the navigation company until June of this year, at least that’s what an inside source says.  Carrier and price you ask?  Keep dreaming, but if one of their phones - probably the G60 as alluded to by the source - is set to launch in June you can probably expect an announcement in May, which is around the same time Windows Mobile 6.5 launches (which might mean the M20 instead).

[via BGR]

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