As everyone knows, Garmin and TomTom have their backs against the ropes in a fight to remain relevant in an age of free GPS turn-by-turn navigation on smartphones (thanks Google and Nokia ). While dedicated personal navigators are almost always superior to their converged competition, the gap has certainly…

It might be happening a little later than they’d originally hoped , but Garmin — through its partnership in Garmin-Asus — should finally be unveiling some Android-based phones pretty shortly in an effort to kickstart the firm’s weak showing thus far in the dog-eat-dog handset world. The VP of the mobile device business …

How many phones does Garmin-Asus sell on T-Mobile? If you guessed zero, you’d be absolutely correct, so we’re buzzing about this FCC filing that popped up in the last few hours detailing a “PDA Phone” with AWS 3G frequency compliance. To be fair, this could be a device for …

If you’re the outdoorsy, adventurous type, this will no doubt be of interest to you. Garmin ’s just outed two new touchscreen, handheld GPS devices — the Oregon 450t and 450. These mid-range devices both boast 3-inch displays, weigh in at in 6.8 ounces, and supposedly get around 16 hours of battery life on their …

We’ve been seeing a fair amount of netbooks equipped with Intel’s Pinetrail processors since they were announced early last week , and it looks like we’re going to be seeing at least one from Samsung in the very near future. This one — the N220 — was just spotted in France. The 10.1-incher packs (as you’d expect) …

Garmin makes the best portable navigators out there. Millions of people, including me, are fans. But following notoriously lengthy delays, the first Nuvifone should have been euthanized, not put on AT&T shelves next to the iPhone—for $100 more. The Nuvifone G60 GPS phone is out this week for $…

The connected PND , by most accounts, is a dying breed . Dash couldn’t pull it off , TomTom’s execution was downright pathetic and no one even remembers that Insignia made one . But considering that Garmin’s n?vi range has always delivered, we’re going to let the n?vi 1690 ship before passing judgment. Said navigator, which just slipped into…

This “pre-launch” list of upcoming AT&T phones leaked out today, and it’s pretty interesting — in addition to the BlackBerry 9700, it also features the illusory Garmin-Asus n?vifone G60 , which finally looks like it’ll be coming to the US just a short 18 months after first being announced. Other notables include…

Sure, you’re still waiting for your N?vifone , but in the meantime it looks like the kids at Garmin have taken all that hard-won knowledge and applied it to their latest PND. The n?vi 1690, which recently popped up at the FCC, features GSM, GPRS, and EDGE connectivity. The unit won’t support …

Garmin’s already firmly entrenched in the GPS for outdoorspeople game with its Oregon line of handhelds , and now the company’s announced a new series, the Dakotas. Two models — the 10 and 20, respectively — have been launched, and are, overall, a bump up from the Oregon line. These bad boys supposedly have a 20 hour battery …