After more than a year of waiting, Garmin set out to show off their newly announced nuvifone A50 at Mobile World Congress. As it turned out, the device was more GPS than phone. Surprise!
The Android-powered A50 featured a 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen, 4GB of built-in storage, Microsoft Exchange support, full GPS, and other built-in navigation services. The touch-only device also came with an accelerometer, a 3-megapixel camera, and the Android Market. With a heavy dose of Garmin on board, it included an e-compass and their own cityXplorer maps, as well as real-time, location-relevant information like weather, traffic, fuel prices, safety cameras, and flight status. The A50 was targeted for European availability in the first half of 2010. Pricing and carrier details were not announced.
