T-Mobile Garminfone Reviews & Tests

Expert review by : Jamie Lendino (pcmag.com)

T-Mobile Garminfone

The T-Mobile Garminfone offers powerful, well-integrated GPS navigation in a solid Android smartphone.

Best navigation phone on the market. Slim and attractive. Smoother interface than most Android phones.

Old version of Android OS. Proprietary headphone jack. Subpar camera and video recording.

Multimedia, Camera, and Conclusions The Garminfone uses the standard Android 1.6 media player, which can sync with doubleTwist (Free, ) on your desktop. MP3 and WMA music tracks sounded smooth but a little muffled through the bundled wired earbuds, and...

May, 2010

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An Android smartphone with excellent Garmin GPS

Best navigation, so-so smartphone

Outstanding navigation, navigates even in dead zones, easy user interface, includes dash mount/charger

Older version of Android, runs slowly at times, blurry photos and video in some tests, may be too basic for advanced users

Oct, 2010

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Expert review by : Rich Owings (gpstracklog.com)

T-Mobile Garminfone review

Hands on with the T-Mobile Garminfone The T-Moble Garminfone is Garmin's first Android smartphone released in North America. Produced by the Garmin-Asus partnership, it includes many of the goodies you would find on a nuvi, including North American...

Best Android phone for navigation ; You can carry one device, giving you a nuvi-like navigator and a smartphone ; All the benefits of Android – seamless integration of Gmail, Google Contacts, etc., access to Android apps through Market ; Sleek and...

Relatively small 3.5” screen ; Uses Android 1.6 (Android is now up to v 2.2) ; Custom UI may mean it is hard or slow to get updated to a new version of Android ; Does not warn when speeding ; Must pay for map updates (though it comes with Garmin's...

If you want one device, a smartphone with the best navigation app, this is the Droid you've been looking for. Despite being stuck on Android 1.6, it really is an excellent device.

Jun, 2010

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Expert review by : Android Police (androidpolice.com)

Garmin-Asus' Garminfone Reviewed, Is It A Solid Entry? [With Video]

, so in order to help us figure out whether it is just a useless and superfluous toy or a candidate for your next phone/gadget, Engadget grabbed a review unit and put it to the test. or if you want just the most important highlights, you can read the...

Apr, 2010

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