The Garmin Asus Nuvifone G60 Smartphone was recently announced and it seems to be a very promising phone. This device has a block form factor. A 3.5 inch TFT resistive touchscreen which presents a resolution of  272 x 480 pixels is featured. It can display almost 65k colours. This screen can show a virtual QWERTY keyboard or an A-Z keypad for providing input. The user memory of this cell phone has a capacity of 128MB. There is a 4GB flash memory as well. Memory can also be extended up to 16GB with a microSD card.


A number of networking options are available with this candy-bar phone. It supports 3G - triband UMTS (850/1900/2100) networking standard. GPRS and EDGE are compatible with this phone too. Being WiFi 802.11b/g standard capable, this device can be used to access the internet at hotspots. It has the WAP 2.0 browser pre-installed in it. This smartphone has the Linux operating system pre-loaded in it as well. Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP and USB 2.0 connectivity are offered too. A built-in GPS receiver is also present for taking advantage of location based services. There are pre-loaded maps too. Apart from these, there is a 3 Megapixel webcam with autofocus and the geo-tagging feature, built into this camera phone as well. Other utilities and features include Java MIDP 2.0, alarm, clock, calender, games and calculator. An organiser and Mobile Office tools like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF are available too. A 2.5mm audio output jack is present in this phone as well. An accelerometer has also been incorporated in this phone, which will alter display orientation in accordance with the way the device is held.

The Garmin Asus Nuvifone G60 3 MP Camera Mobile Phone has a Lithium ion battery for power supply. With dimensions of 112mm by 58mm by 14mm, and a weight of 137g, this light, compact phone does appeal to the eye.

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