The Garminfone will come packed with tons of navigation features, including a brand new app called Garmin Voice Studio that allows users to send and share custom directions to friends and family

Android already offers its own built-in GPS app through Google Maps’ “Navigation” service, but Google warns that it is in beta form and the company certainly doesn’t have the expertise in the field that Garmin does.

Expanded functionality for the Garminfone will also include automatically hyperlinking street addresses (from texts, e-mails, Web sites, etc) on the device to bring up direction information. Users can also geo-tag pictures with the built-in 3-megapixel camera and Garmin will introduce a suite of location-based services like movie listings and local gas station prices.

Garmin’s full navigation suite that is used on its GPS devices will also be transferred over, allowing complete voice-based navigation information and guaranteed functionality even if the cell signal is lost.

The phone will also come with a mount that makes it easy to stick it to a dashboard or window. Other specs of the Garminfone were not specifically detailed, though it does include support for Microsoft Exchange e-mail, native social networking functionality, and a 3.5-inch touch screen.

The Garminfone will be available later this spring.

Resource:
http://www.tgdaily.com/mobility-brief/49449-garmin-intros-navigation-centric-garminfone-on-android

The company has recently launched the LG InTouch Max, and coming freshly released is the Samsung Galaxy Portal.

The InTouch Max has a 3.2 inch touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera, 3G, wi-fi, GPS, and a slide-out Qwerty keyboard. The phone comes for free on a £22 per month plan.

As for the Galaxy Portal, that comes equipped with a 3.2 inch touchscreen, a 3.2 megapixel camera, a 1GB memory card, assisted GPS, 3G and wi-fi. It also boasts a fancy navigation app called Layar. Again, you can get the handset free on a £22 per month deal.

Two more Android phones are due at some stage next month, the first being the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, with its 4 inch WVGA screen, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 8 megapixel camera, wi-fi, 3G and GPS.

The other is the HTC Desire, which is very much like Google’s Nexus One. The smartphone sports a 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera, and a 1GHz processor.

Pricing details on these last two phones have not yet been made available.

Resource:
http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2010/03/18/virgin-media-introduces-android-line-up/