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Filed under: Handsets, ASUS, Windows Mobile

Photos of the ASUS Galaxy 7 touchscreen phone have been popping up for months at this time, and due to a resemblance a certain Samsung device, it’s been referred to more than once as an “Omnia-killer” (of course, we understand the urge, but we have to ask if it’s even worth the effort). at this time it seems like the folks over at Mobile Review have their hands on the thing, and they’ve been kind enough to share their thoughts. Right off the bat, they were disappointed to learn that plans for a 800 MHz processor had been scrapped in lieu of the far less exciting 528 MHz Qualcom MS7200A, but they then go on to give props to the phone’s Glide interface (on par with TouchFlo3D, it seems) and its build quality — the handset itself seems sturdy, well considered, and it even integrates some leather for that touch of “class” that only a dead animal can bring. Other than that, it’s pretty much what you were expecting: a WinMob phone with a 5 megapixel camera, a 3.5-inch (800 x 480) display, 512MB memory, 4GB storage and a microSD slot. The phone should be available early next year.

[Via Wmpoweruser]

ASUS Galaxy 7 touchphone gets manhandled originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, ASUS, Others, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Every once in a while we’re reminded that Garmin’s Nuvifone — declare nearly a year ago — still exists, and this time around it’s none other than the FCC Makethe reminding. The curiously-named “Calf” from ASUS turns out to be the Nuvifone once you click through to the label diagrams, and test documentation reveals that 3G is being tested on Bot. Bands II and V — that’s North America-friendly 1900 and 850MHz, for those who aren’t up to snuff on their spectrum terminology. With gub’mint certification under its belt, maybe we can push that 1H 2009 release window to 1Q, eh, Garmin?

[Thanks, cl347bv]

Garmin Nuvifone gets FCC approval originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, ASUS, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba, Android

The Open Handset Alliance just made a major score with 14 more members: AKM Semiconductor Inc., ARM, ASUSTek Computer Inc. (previously rumored), Atheros Communications, Borqs, Ericsson, Garmin International Inc., Huawei Technologies, Omron Software Co. Ltd, Softbank Mobile Corporation, Sony Ericsson, Teleca AB, Toshiba Corporation and Vodafone. That’s not Truly everyone that matters, but pretty darn close. Were we to climb not-very-far onto the limb of conjecture, we might posit that Garmin might be looking at Andoid for its much-delayed nuviföne, or some sort of followup, while the emergence of an ASUS “Eee Phone” or a XPERIA X1 running Android (Sony Ericsson may very well be the biggest win in this place, consumer-wise) would be welcome moves from those manufacturers. We’d say at this point the holdouts are starting to stick out more than the actually OHA members, which spells good things for the industry no matter what specific hardware is the fruit of this relationship… but seriously guys, build us some more Android phones.

Open Handset Alliance signs up 14 more Android-lovers, including Sony Ericsson, ASUS and Garmin originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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