Garmin-ASUS nuvifone M20 makes jump to Windows Mobile 6.5
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Nov 11th 2009 5:46AM
posted Nov 11th 2009 5:46AM
Two years ago, the idea of a Garmin-developed smartphone running the latest Windows Mobile operating system was enough to generate spasms of anticipation across the internets. Oh how things have changed. Today the Garmin-ASUS team has announced a Windows Mobile 6.5 update for M20 owners currently stuck at 6.1. It's also expanding the M20 theater of pain to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Czech, Turkey, and other markets by the end of 2009 -- note the omission of North American and Western European countries. Fine by us, we're perfectly happy to wait for the revamped Android handset running Google's turn-by-turn Navigator... oh, wait.
If Garmin-ASUS will have a free upgrade plan for G60, customized Linux to Android 2.0, it will be sold better than now.