If you followed the history of the Garmin Nuvifone in general, you know, it was not smooth from the trip. After it was announced in January 2008, launching the first smartphone Garmin was arrested again and again, and we almost threw it on the device. Nevertheless, when word came that officially, Garmin Nuvifone G60 will be offered on AT & T beginning on October 4, we wanted to try.
The advantage of Garmin Nuvifone G60 compared to other GPS-enabled smart phones is that it comes with preloaded maps and voice-guided directions out of the box, so no need to add location-based services to subscribers. Not surprisingly, the Garmin 20 years experience in the market of GPS and the company’s history perfectly portable navigation device (PND), G60 Nuvifone stands out as a navigator, but, unfortunately, he falls flat on its face like a smartphone.Linux-based smartphone offers the basics, such as email, calendar and document viewing, and even comes with an HTML web browser and all wireless options. Nevertheless, the capabilities of each are limited, and there are user interface and system problems.
Nuvifone G60 feels as fresh meat, which really should not be so, because it took two years to come. Priced at $ 299.99 with a two-year contract, you’d better get one of the AT and other GPS-enabled smartphone T and adding it TeleNav Navigator service. We hope that the company Garmin Nuvifone other models will be better, but we also can not help but wonder if the company would be better to develop applications for smart phones, and did not leave with their equipment.
Design
Garmin Nuvifone G60 has a simple but clean design. Dressed in a black casing pleasant to the touch material G60 measures 4.4 inches by 2.3 inches wide by 0.5 inches and weighs 4.8 ounces, so it’s a bit bulky and not very pocket-friendly device. Of course, it must be a certain size to make it a viable option for navigation in the car, but we would prefer something a little thinner. On the positive side, the phone has a very solid construction and looks like it could survive the regime, not that we recommend you to be rude to the device.
G60 is equipped with a 3.5-inch, 65000 colors touch screen with 272×480 resolution. This is not a sharp screen we’ve seen, so images and text do not look as smooth. Nevertheless, it remains clear and bright enough for viewing maps and the like. You can adjust the brightness and as usual hypertensive, you can choose the day and night color map or choose auto, so it will automatically adjust.
The display has a built-in accelerometer, but, unfortunately, very temperamental. During the probationary period, there have been numerous instances where the screen would not change the orientation, when we turned the phone from vertical to horizontal position, and vice versa. It was disappointing, especially when we used the device as a handheld navigator.
Features
If you’ve ever used one of Garmin PNDs to the functions Nuvifone G60 in navigation will look and feel familiar. The device comes with preloaded maps of North America and offers points of interest (POI) database that contains millions of records in categories ranging from accommodation, food and shopping attractions. Garmin and AT & T also offer additional services related, for example, business-Yellowpages.com searches, flight status, to see the arrival / departure and gate numbers, Ciao, location-based Garmin social networking app.
G60 is able to receive updates in real-time traffic, weather information, fuel prices, and the like, but you have to pay $ 5.99 a month for the privilege. 30-day free trial of the Premium set of service connection will be offered, so that you can try them before you continue the subscription.
