Tuesday, February 24, 2009

GearMania Tuesday: The New Nüvifone


We love Asus, which is making cheap, high-quality stuff. We've always loved Garmin, which introduced GPS to the masses, then lost it's market share to pretenders. Finally, we love the umlaut. (Whüe doesn't?)

Quite naturally then, we are pumped about the release of the nüvifone M20; the second handset in the Garmin-Asus partnership. The newest nüvifone is a full-on GSM phone with Wi-Fi connectivity, real time GPS, a web browser, email, personal messaging, stereo Bluetooth, camera, video, music player and, oh yeah, a 2.8-inch touchscreen. The M20 runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, sweet, and comes with either 4 or 8 gig of storage.

This, simply, is the kind of tech that reduces a man to a mumbling Neanderthal. "Must… have…shiny… box." Don't yüe agree?