The Garmin Asus A50 Nuvifone is the first Android powered Smartphone that brings together the ace qualities of a top-notch navigation system and highly structured business phone. The partnership of Navigation giant Garmin and electronic bigwig ASUS brings a host of world class features.

To start with, the Android Operating system seamlessly allows assimilation with a plethora of Google services like Google Search by Voice, Google Maps, Gmail, Youtube and also the Android market that boats of over 20000 applications. It has on-device sync with Microsoft Exchange Server to wirelessly organize contacts, calendar and enterprise email. Coming on to its GPS navigation capabilities, one can receive location information from satellite, network-based and terrestrial sources. There are pre-installed maps on the device, so one will not miss out on voice directions because of cell phone coverage. If this wasn’t enough, it supports cityXplorer to find way through the transport network in a particular city and an e-compass to know where one is standing exactly.

Other Specs include a 3.5-inch HVGA display with user-friendly touch screen interface, QWERTY keypad, 4GB of internal storage space complete with an extendable micro SD slot and an accelerometer to enhance your viewing experience of photos and videos. Well, the price is a mystery here and its expected to hit the shelves by the first of half of 2010.

Via: Business Wire