Yes, I’m happy to announce that Garmin-Asus is giving away a brand new phone to a lucky reader here :)
Update: We have a winner! See below for more details.
I’ve lost count how many phone GPS’s I’ve used before, but the Garmin Asus M10 seriously blows any GPS device I’ve used out of the water.
The screen is large (3.5), and the interface is simple to understand and read.
It also offers
- Lane assist (so you know which lane to keep to),
- Text to speech (reads out road names)
- Junction-view (gives you a picture of the approaching junction so there’s no confusion)
and it has a really powerful built-in GPS which locks on to signals quickly, and even works perfectly well without A-GPS (It also supports A-GPS).
For ease of use, navigation functions are built directly into the shortcut menu for easy access, and it comes with a nifty car-kit as well.
In short, it’s a full featured Garmin GPS device with a Windows Mobile 6.5.3 phone squeezed in.
Lacking the messaging prowess of a BlackBerry, the media experience of an iPhone, and the Google & web functionality of an Android, Windows Mobile systems have long had the unglamorous tag of being able to do everything, but doing nothing particularly well. This phone however, does navigation supremely well, so you have to consider this… This phone does everything a top of the line standalone Garmin GPS does. Throw in a little bit more money, and you have yourself an all-in-one SmartPhone device.
The giveaway: Update: We have a winner! See below for more details.
1 unit Garmin Asus M10 GPS Phone shipped directly to you. The phone is expected to retail at anywhere from USD540 to USD600.
How to get the giveaway
1. Drop a comment saying you want the phone
OR
2. Tweet this post and add the hashtag #friedbeefgiveaways
If you do both, it counts as two entries.
and after a week, I’ll randomly pick one lucky winner (via random.org) to walk away with the prize!
Garmin-Asus is a proud contributor to the 33 trees project and is not only giving away awesome stuff but is helping to make the world a better place.
Update: 31/3/2010: We’ve a good 362 entries across twitter & this website… so I’m proud to announce the winner as….*drumroll*…
‘Chingy’ aka twitter.com/cheeChingy !
Thank you to all those who participated. Eventhough, you didn’t win, you made an important contribution in making this round’s 33 trees giveaway a success.
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