Garmin nüvifone gets another delay

The Garmin nüvifone – the much-touted chatnav from Asus and Garmin – has had its release date pushed back to the second half of the year, the satnav company has confirmed.

The Garmin nüvifone is an attempt by GPS specialist Garmin to make a mobile phone that does satnav right. As announced last month, the Garmin nüvifone is being kitted out with a Linux-based operating system, developed in house by Garmin, which is one reason why the phone has been deleayed. Again.

“Smartphones are complicated and bringing one to market that’s built totally from the ground up on a custom Linux platform is not an easy task,” said Garmin President Cliff Pembl.

The Garmin nüvifone was originally announced in January 2008, and was scheduled for a release in Q3 of that year. Garmin revised its plans and the Garmin nüvifone was down for release.. ooh, about now. This further delay has pushed the Garmin nüvifone back to the second half of 2009.

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