Garmin ASUS Garminfone Dated and Priced [T-Mobile Getting Garminfone For $200 With Two Year Plan On June 2nd]

Posted on TFTS by Kevin Schram on Tuesday, 25. May 2010 under: Mobile/Cell Phones

Okay, maybe I was a little hard on the Garmin-ASUS Garminfone when we covered it’s big unveiling. At any rate, the phone’s release date and pricing structure from T-Mobile have been confirmed via a leaked T-Mobile promo flyer. The personal GPS-smartphone hybrid is coming on June 2nd for $199.99 with a two-year contract.

In addition to the subsidized price, a new Garminfone out of contract will cost you $599.99 (!) which is right up there with phones like the HTC Droid Incredible and the HTC EVO 4G. Probably just a *bit* too high, especially for a phone that nobody is expecting much from.

The phone will be running Android 1.6, so no Froyo. The screen size is nice and big, give it that, at 3.5-inches, mainly because it’s meant to double as a personal GPS unit for your car like Garmin’s more traditional products. There will be a custom UI on top of Android 1.6, but the phone will still be able to use apps from the Android Market.

The T-Mobile flyer for the phone mentions “Navigate via text message”, which sounds like it could be a neat feature where you can automatically import addresses sent to you into the GPS side of the phone. It’s nice, but probably not worth the $200/$600 they’re asking. The phone also promises a better “media-centric” experience than the first Garmin-ASUS phone attempt, the universally-lauded Nuvifone.

Does this Garminfone appeal to you?

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