Mobileography

According to PHONE Magazine, the upcoming Garmin Nuvifone may cost $499.99 with a two year AT&T contract, which would include a mandatory $19.99 unlimited data and navigation plan.

Considering that it requires a voice plan to go with it, you’re looking at a minimum of $60/month after the $500 purchase. That seems a bit high.

At this point, they might be able to get away with it since it has some compelling features. However, if the 3G iPhone includes GPS, much of that advantage will disappear and this price tag will seem much worse.

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It sure looks that way. It’s hard to tell if it will be an embedded GPS or simply support for an external unit, but it appears the support will be built-in.

From IntoMobile:

There are also references to strings mentioning satellite status, GPS time, type, position, accuracy, latitude, speed, magnetic variation, etc., which is a good sign for iPhone users looking for GPS integration.

I would think they’d really want to include it with the unit, simply so more people will have it and they can build more great apps around it. We’ll find out soon.

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Garmin has a phone coming out this August called the “Nuvifone”. I’ve just seen some new pictures of the UI, and it’s looking really slick.

They haven’t released much in the way of details (carrier, memory, etc), but we obviously know it’ll have a GPS. In fact, they says the GPS experience will “far exceed what we’ve seen so far on mobile phones”. They also haven’t said anything about the browser, but it looks to be a very full-featured one based on the screens we’ve seen.

Have a look:

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