Garmin's Nuvifone delayed until early 2009

by Joshua Topolsky posted Jul 30th 2008 at 8:34AM

Somehow this doesn't surprise us. According to a statement released ahead of Garmin's Q2 earnings call, the company says it will be delaying the release of its Nuvifone from late 2008 until the first half of 2009. In the press release, the satnav-maker says it has "found that meeting some of the carrier specific requirements will take longer than anticipated," and claims it is "working toward making necessary design changes to meet their requirements." Here's hoping the bump stems from these minor niggles with carriers, versus trouble with the phone itself, which was running only a partially operational OS last time we saw it.

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Filed under: Handsets, HSDPA

Tags: delayed, delays, garmin, gps, nuvifone, q1 2009, Q12009, q2 2008, Q22008, smartphone

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Ed @ Jul 30th 2008 11:39AM

Looks like I will have to go ahead and get a f'n iPone. I had hopes for this one, but I'm not waiting that long for it!

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Anthony @ Jul 30th 2008 11:49AM

By the time this comes out Tomtom will have a version on iPhone. That could seriously hurt Garmin's sales, but I totally understand based on history why they might have problems w/ carriers (N95 still in tests to be released domestically on Cingular?! Wow).

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Marin Perez @ Jul 30th 2008 1:01PM

Spoke with a Garmin Rep., he said the phone's going to be rolled out with a carrier, or two now and they had to do certification and optimization, leading to the delay.