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The Olathe-based navigation device-maker (Nasdaq: GRMN) will sell the which will specializein location-basesd services, on the open market in Asia later this monthy or early next month, President Cliff Pemble said at the company’xs annual shareholder meeting on Friday. Garmin is nearing the end of six months of fiel d testswith U.S. wireless carriers and expects to launcjh the phone witha U.S. carrier in the seconsd half of the The nuvifone, originally announced in January has been a long time comingh as Garmin built a customized operatin g system and shifted strategies from sellinv the phone on the open markeg to selling it throughy a wireless carrier.
In February, Garmin said it woulsd to leverage their navigation and mobile phone expertiseto design, manufactur e and distribute co-branded mobile phones that offer location-basex services. An Android-based phone created throughj that alliance is slated for releases earlynext year. Garmin ranks No. 7 on the Kansas City Businessw Journal’s list of area publix companies.