After several dismal years of failed attempts to gain smartphone acceptance, Garmin is officially throwing in the towel. The news came during Garmin’s summer fiscal discussions. While the GPS giant is down and out of the smartphone hardware business, the company reiterated their plans to continue developing smartphone apps and stand alone GPS units — two areas they are still enjoying expansion. It’s been a quick, bumpy ride for Garmin since unveiling...

You would think that after numerous missed deadlines and broken promises, a company such as Garmin who has been hyping up their Nuvifone offerings for well over a year now would have something that would truly drop our collective jaws. Sadly, with the latest announcement of all new Nuvifone M20′s dropping Garmin’s proprietary OS in favor of WinMo 6.5, a grim painting is starting to form on this once great concept. This is but one example of how a perfect idea...

The much  talked about Garmin-Asus pairing is finally coming to light today as Garmin and Asus have spilled the beans on the latest nuvifone…the M20.  The M20 will feature Windows Mobile 6.1 (sorry Android hopefuls).  A 2.8 QVGA touchscreen as well as GPS navigation…*obviously*.  The radios stuffed inside include quad-band EDGE/Tri-band HSDPA (up to 7.2Mbps) as well as WiFi and Bluetooth.  Other tasty tid bits include weather, real-time traffic and movie...