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New T-Mobile Smartphone, T-Mobile Garminfone is the complete package, succeeding where the Garmin-Asus nuvifone A50 which failed as a smartphone. This Mobile functional as a GPS-centric device marketed exclusively on T-Mobile. With a 600 MHz processor, Android 1.6, and 3.0-megapixel camera, the Garminfone is a mid-range device with awesome GPS functionality, supports T-Mobile’s HSPA+ (3G) upgrades.

Coming in at dimension of 116mm x 62.2mm x 12mm and weighing 136g, it’s slim and easily slips into a pocket or purse. With 262,144 colors, the 3.5-inch LCD screen. The right side This mobile contains the volume rocker and camera button, while the docking connector can be found on the left side of the device. The power button is on top, the miniUSB charging port on the bottom, and the 3.0-megapixel camera, and speaker are on the back. The front offers four capacitive buttons (home, menu, back, search) and a D-pad. The sensors are located on the top right hand corner of the unit.

The Garminfone ships with Android 1.6 and can be used in portrait or landscape mode (it can be turned to the left or right). To their credit, Garmin-Asus did a great job in designing the on-screen QWERTY keyboard (it’s not the Android standard one). It’s easy to type on in both portrait and landscape mode.

T-Mobile Garminfone Specs:
General & Hardware Date Announced 2010, 1Q
Network Technology 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G: HSDPA 1700 / 2100
Hardware/Processor CPU: 600MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor
Dimensions (mm) 116 x 62.2 x 12
Weight (g) 136
SAR Rating 0.714
Screen Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches
Screen Color TFT, 256K colors
Type Candybar
Navigation Key TFT capacitive Touch Screen
Other Keys four-way D-pad, volume rocker and camera button
Antenna Fixed Internal
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields
Internal(MB) 4 GB Flash memory, 256MB SDRAM/256MB ROM
Memory Slot microSD, up to 32GB
Battery Type Standard battery, Li-Ion 1150 mAh
Stand-by (hrs)
TalkTime(min)

Entertainment MP3 Yes
FM Radio Yes
TV Receiver Null
Video Record Yes
Video Support MP4/H.263/H.264 player
Audio Support MP3/eAAC+/WAV player

Messaging SMS Yes
MMS Yes
EMS No
Email Yes, push mail, Gmail

Connectivity HSDPA Yes, 3.6 Mbps
WIFI/WLAN Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
3G Yes
EDGE Yes, Class 10, 236.8 kbps
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots)
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP (A2DP)
USB Port Yes
Infrared (IrDA) No
Data Cable microUSB v2.0

Software Platform / OS Android OS 1.6
Java (J2ME) No
WAP No Info
Predictive Text Entry T9
PIM Application Document viewer, Photo viewer/editor, Organizer, Voice memo
Other Application Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, Multi-touch input method, cityXplorer maps – Google Search, Maps, Gmail; , YouTube, Google Talk;

Personals Themes No Info.
Caller ID Photocall

Camera Specifications Lens Type CMOS, 3.2 Megapixel
Digital zoom
Max. Resolution 2048×1536
Flash No
Night Mode No
Extra Features auto-focus, Geo-tagging
Photo Format
Video Yes
Video Format MP4, 3GPP