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This week, we’re kicking off a new segment at the GrantBlog titled “What Ever Happened To?”. We outline a product or service, then discuss what ever happened to it! This time around,we’re talking about the Garmin Nuvifone.

Unveiled by GPS industry leader Garmin way back in February of 2008, the phone was originally expected to be a bit of a market-shaker and put up some competition to the iPhone with its complete set of GPS and turn-by-turn navigation that Garmin is famous for. But, as it was expected in the 3rd quarter of last year, it’s still not out and many other different phones have been introduced that set up competition to the Nuvifone.

Although the Garmin website for the phone is still up and the device’s two models are there, word about the them has almost came to a whisper except for new news circulating around that Garmin would now partner with PC and consumer electronic manufacturer Asus to come out with an Android-based phone from Garmin. We’ll have to see what Garmin has to offer come the third or fourth quarter of this year.