Sunday, August 14, 2011

Garmin will sell nuvifone in Asia, plans U.S. launch later this year - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The Olathe-based navigation device-maker (Nasdaq: GRMN) will sell the smartphone, whichb will specialize in location-base d services, on the open market in Asia later this month or earlhnext month, President Cliff Pemble said at the company’ annual shareholder meeting on Friday. Meanwhile, Garminb is nearing the end of six monthsa of field testswith U.S. wirelesss carriers and expects to launch the phonre witha U.S. carrier in the second half of the The nuvifone, originally announced in January 2008, has been a long time coming as Garmij built a customized operating systemn and shifted strategies from selliny the phone on the open market to selling it througjh a wireless carrier.
In February, Garmin said it woulr to leverage their navigation and mobile phone expertisweto design, manufacture and distribute co-brandeed mobile phones that offer location-based services. An Android-basee phone created through that alliancd is slated for release early next Garminranks No. 7 on the Kansas City Busines s Journal’s list of area public companies.

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