New kid on the block - Garmin-Asus! This is the new brand of cellphones that sprang out recently. When I heard of it, the 'asus' part of it reminded me of laptops. Being curious bout it, I googled their website & sure enough, I found my answer. It's an alliance which "allows the two companies to combine their complementary resources". So it's like two kids; Garmin & Asus decided to combine their fireman toy & fire-truck to build a fire brigade. Except that it's a satellite navigation & IT company.
But, the point is - their phone. The novelty of a new brand with a somewhat exotic name made the hi-def pictures of the phone exude a foreign smell. (it's metaphorical & I'm so not smelling my grime-layered screen) The phone looks incredibly sleek, not like my current one. (snorts) & I SO LOVE THE BLUE ONE. There's another nokia phone with a candier version of this colour btw. Pardon me, been phone hunting for bro cos plan's expiring. Anyway, this phone looks pretty grown up & since I'm always mistaken for being 18, it beats the scratched and chipped pinkish pink (REALLY pinkish) one I have now. LOOK AT IT!
Let me introduce formally: This is the Garmin-Asus Nuvifone M20! (Not m18)
Quite something, eh?
1. It has this connected service, another name for useful apps - including white pages, flight data, movie times and even.... fuel prices?! Okay, so some of it isn't useful for people like me, but it's just an added function, I guess. And it will come in handy one of these days.
2. If you did read the part abt Garmin, you'll know that it's a statellite navigation comp. So, the main plus-point of this M20 is the navigation function. Meaning, you can go anywhere with this phone. It will bring you to anywhere you want it to.
No more googling the night before, no more papers scribbled with directions, no more printed maps. Just you, your phone and the directions you used to agonize over. I can find out which named piece of the earth's crust I'm standing on too, of course. In case you might be kidnapped or dumped somewhere by the prank-enthusiast who happens to be your best friend. Not that I have, thank God. Did you watch 'pranked' on MTV?! Those people are plain-jane-cruel. Anw, the navigator is voice operated (yay! can talk back & annoy them) & it comes with a car mount.
3. Other than the generic functions, it has picture geo-tagging too. Which means you can find out where that place is (in the photo) & you can go there, with directions, duh uh. So if you happen to find your husband's picture with his mistress taken in her house then you can go hunt her like a desperate housewife would.
4. The phone can view png & bmp file formats = no more converting; really convenient.
5. Talking about viewing, you can read words, ppt, excel & pdf files too, with a Microsoft Windows® Mobile Professional 6.1 operating system. Can download the ppt into my phone then refer to it as I press ppt on sundays. COOL!
6. This is another cute detail - you have to fix the jig-saw to unlock the phone/receive a call. Creative & definitely fresh.
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