In a conference call last week, Garmin President and COO Cliff Pemble stated to analysts that the oft-delayed G60 would once again be delayed from a first-half 2009 release to the second half of the year, citing non-specific technical issues.
When pressed for further clarification, the COO stated that creating a device like the G60 was complicated and elaborated on the difficulty of launching a custom developed Linux based device as not being an easy task.
The device was originally announced 15 months ago before further delays were announced culminating in the formation of Garmin-Asus early this year.
[…] Garmin-Asus Hektor Tsung, Garmin-Asus regional director for sales in Asia has confirmed at CommunicAsia that the long-delayed G60 Linux-based navigation oriented handset would now launch in some markets in August along with the M20 Windows Mobile device while other markets will launch later in the second half of the year confirming prior statements. […]
[…] Hektor Tsung, Garmin-Asus regional director for sales in Asia has confirmed at CommunicAsia that the long-delayed G60 Linux-based navigation oriented handset would now launch in some markets in August along with the M20 Windows Mobile device while other markets will launch later in the second half of the year confirming prior statements. […]