Garmin> is known as a leading brand of GPS device. Now his expertise in providing navigation services on the road, try to be provided on the phone. To that end, the Garmin working with Asus to make phones that have a reliable GPS navigation facility, called Garmin Asus A10.
Actually there is also a Garmin Asus A50, which was launched almost simultaneously. Garmin Asus A50 and A10 are both adopting Android 2.1 (Eclair). Differences both: A50 sailed 3.5 inches, while the 3.2-inch A10. A10 equipped with 512MB of RAM and 5 Mpix camera, while the A50 has 256MB RAM and a 3.2 MP. And sells for Rp3.799.000 A10, while A50 priced USD 3.499 million. But the A10 and A50 use the same processor, the 600MHz Qualcomm 7227.
A10 Body thick enough. Side around the back side and rough plastic. While the front of glossy-looking material coated mirrors. Large screen accompanied by 3 buttons below the touchpad (buttons: back, home and menu). On the right side there is a microSD external memory slot, but his position behind the rear casing. In the body of a hole 3.5 mm jack and power button. While in port MicroUSB left pinned to the data cable and charger.
A10 touch screen TFT helpless 256K colors, 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches. Display screen looks pretty sharp. This type of capacitive touch screen, which is equipped with a homescreen that can be added to 9 Homescreen. To change the homescreen quite wipe the screen to the right / left. Homescreen can be filled with widgets, shortcuts and folders. Can also see all the homescreen on one screen, how to tap the Home button. To enter the main menu, just rub upward arrow keys on the bottom of the screen.
MicroSD slot is behind the rear casing a little inconvenient, because they have to release a new casing can install or remove the MicroSD card. This slot supports up to 16 GB capacity. Its own internal memory capacity of 3 GB. For MicroUSB port used for data cable entrance and at the same charger. When connected to a PC via a data cable, appearing choices: File Transfer (Pictures / Photos, Video, Music, Document) and Garmin Asus PC Sync (Contact & Calendar).
Digital Map
Android already provide Google Maps. But Garmin still want to show the navigation skills. Hence also prepared its own digital maps (Navteq Maps). When you get to directly map the location points are obtained, there is detailed information (coordinates, nearest address, nearest intersection, emergency services: hospitals, police stations, gas stations, garages). The point of this location can be stored or shared via email / SMS. Map view can rotate and the Auto-Zoom In / Out with a pinch (pinch) screen, or via a touch button Zoom. There are also features Search Near (Points of Interest, Cities, Travel guide, Saved Location, recently found). Digital maps can be viewed in 2D and 3D, and can adjust the time, if night map dark background and vice versa if the afternoon.
Digital Map Garmin accompanied congenital additional navigation features. Like ‘Where To? “To navigate in real time on the road. When this feature is opened there are a few choice locations navigation purposes. Like Point Of Interest (restaurants, gas stations, hospitals, bank, etc.), Home (initial location), Saved Location, Recently Found, Address, Cities, Coordinates, Intersections, Extras, Travel Guide, and Phone Number. There are also features Garmin Voice Studio, to create a guide such as voice (voice navigation) with its own voice recordings. For Google Maps feature Latitude (sort of social networking), Navigation (directions) and Places (point of interest)
Travel
In addition to GPS and digital maps, also provided other travel features. As Flight Status to find out the plane info (name and flight number, destination and departure location, departure and arrival schedules, and others). But before you have to specify the airport where his plane to search info. There are also features that can inform Weather weather conditions in real time in an area, along with descriptions degree temperature, Heat Index and Wind. Weather could inform the weather conditions in 6 days.
Internet
Internet access in A10 can be up to speed HSDPA (7.2 Mbps max.) Android default browser can open multiple sites at once (multitasking). Favorite equipped browser, History and Most Visited. Display sites can in-Zoom In / Out by pinch (pinch) screen, or double-tap (tap the screen 2 times). As already Zoom In, view the site could be shifted to any part of the finger. For email access, provided by Gmail, but allowing other email accounts that support POP3/IMAP4.
Do not forget Facebook and Twitter provided that has a special application on Android. One of the advantages can sync photos and status of friends on Facebook / Twitter with an existing Contact in the A10. So you can access friends on Facebook / Twitter from Contact. Can also do View On Maps and Go! from a friend who is on Contact. To chat Gtalk provided, but may install other chat applications, just download from the Android Market.
Camera
A10 brings a 5 megapixel camera. In it only comes Color Effects, Lighting Adjustman, autofocus and digital zoom. Photo editor only Rotate and Crop. But the camera provides facilities associated with navigation. As Geotagging / View On Map (knowing the location shooting) and Go (to navigate in a digital map of the location of the photo). The camera also can record video maximum resolution of 320 x 240 pixels in MP4 or 3GPP format. Photos can be in-Zoom with pinch or double tap.
Entertainment
Provided entertainment features fairly standard, such as a Music Player which is only equipped with Album Art, Shuffle and Repeat. But the sound coming out of the body behind the speakers sounded loud and clear. There is also the Video Player, plus You Tube and Vringo to access the video online. For the game was not provided, but can be downloaded from the Android Market.
Application Telkomsel
A10 sold bundled with Telkomsel. In addition to offering the card include Sympathy, A10 is also equipped with several features of Telkomsel. As App Zone to download various applications and games. There are also
The World Games includes various types of games (single, multiplayer, 3D games) that can be downloaded. Other features of Sky Music (legal download), MyPulau (social networking) and the World Chat (friendship, chat, opera mini, appzone, education). Then there is the Broadband service (Flash) to subscribe to the Internet: unlimited daily, Blackberry, Motorola Messaging, Internet USD 0.3/kb and Opera Mini. Also there is a link Telkomsel.com and Plasa.com.
