Nearly two weeks after formally announcing their new alliance, Garmin-Asus have announced their latest smartphone product offering – the new nüvifone M20 – “an all-in-one, mobile web-browser, and premium navigation system with a Windows Mobile operating system.” The company will unveil the new M20 at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The nüvifone M20 is a dual-band 3.5G/tri-band GSM Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone with Wi-Fi connectivity, web browser, push email support, document viewing capabilities, multimedia support, Bluetooth wireless, and Garmin satellite navigation.

Other features and specs include the following:

• Full QWERTY soft keyboard
• HSDPA wireless support
• 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi
• Location Based Services with navigation functions linked to frequently used applications such as calendar, contacts, email, Internet apps, etc
• Comes pre-loaded with maps and points of interest (POI) for North America, Eastern and Western Europe, and other regions
• Provides turn by turn voice prompted directions and automatically recalculates if a turn is missed
• Connected Services support – suite of online apps and data from Garmin-Asus which adds “location intelligence” to navigation, phone, and browser functions. Expandable list of apps includes content like real-time traffic, white pages, weather, flight status, local events, and movie times
• Support for Ciao! – a social networking service that keeps users up to date with their friends whereabouts and status
• 2.8 inch TFT VGA (640 x 480) touch lens display with 65K colors
• Built-in microphone and speakers
• Built-in 4GB/8GB My Storage
• ActiveSync for Outlook, Microsoft Office, and multimedia synchronization
• 3.0 megapixel camera with automatic geotagging capabilities
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
• Supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV, and AMR-NB
• Video playback support for MPEG4/H.264/H.263/WMV @ 30fps VGA
• Video recording in MPEG4/H.263 @ 15fps QVGA; Streaming Audio/Video
• Opera browser
• Qualcomm 7200A 528MHz processor
• 920 mAh Lithium replaceable battery
• 3 hour talk time with 3G enabled; 2.8 hours with 2G enabled
• Built-in accelerometer
• Measures 95.3 x 52.5 x 12.8 mm
• Weighs 99 grams with the battery

The Garmin-Asus M20 will be available during the first half of this year.Stay tuned for an exact availability date and pricing.

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