Yeah folks, it’s still scheduled for a 2008 holiday season release. This $500 3G enabled phone is Garmin’s first attempt at their own phone/navigator.

Of course, now the 3G iPhone has been announced, the question is whether Garmin have what it takes to sell enough of these things to make it worthwhile.

Since the new iPhone comes with integrated GPS, it almost makes more sense to just port their software onto the iPhone and sell it as a navigation package. Of course, the only problem with that is that they will be at the mercy of Apple.

Personally I hope this phone does get released, I’ve used their navigation software on my PDA before, and it really is quite good. But in the world of mobile phones, it’s a pretty tough challenge to compete with companies like Nokia and Apple.

Update: Laptop Magazine just posted a hands-on with the Nuviphone

Source: Navigadget.com