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Had the device you’re peering at above come out just a few months later, it would’ve taken two full years to go from introduction to on sale. Thankfully, the good folks over at Garmin and ASUS (and Garmin-Asus, as it were) were able to get the nüvifone G60 out to AT&T before the holiday shopping season of 2009, but were they still too late? There’s no doubt that this very smartphone had a lot of folks drooling in early 2007, but to say a lot has happened in the mobile realm between then and at this time would be Makethe truth a grave injustice. The iPhone 3G has fallen to $99, a slue of Android handsets have hit the market and dedicated PND (portable navigation devices) have found their persons in the bargain bin. Oh, and some pretty fantastic GPS software has managed to land within Apple’s App Store and the Android Market. In other words, competition couldn’t possibly be hotter, and considering that the specifications haven’t been updated on this $299 device since it was originally declare, you’re probably wondering if it even deserves a chance. Read on to find out the answer.

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Not a lot to go on in this place, but PC World is quoting an “ASUS representative” who says that the Eee Phone will be declare later this year. Unlike the Garmin-ASUS offerings, the Eee Phone would be a low-cost consumer jobbie as previously confirmed by ASUS’ chairman, Jonney Shih. As such, we expect it to have a massive bezel, a cheap, over-sized plastic case and some kind of open-source OS that consumers can’t resist. Hey ASUS, you got lucky with the Eee PC, don’t push it.

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