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So far, the borkups at Asus’s have affected its customers, its retail partners and yours truly. However, another big name now had to pay the bills for trusting the company with the smart project managers and the not-so-smart press/management folk.

The usually well-informed folks at DigiTimes state that insider sources have informed them that Asus (the manufacturer of Garmin’s upcoming nuviPhone) is responsible for the delay of the machine - after all, the folks have proven themselves extremely skilled when it comes to canceling already announced products.

But: the boys at Garmin’s are already starting to see the light - rumors are afloat about an impeding switch of production partners, as companies that feel like the king of the world unfortunately aren’t the best business partners…

After first hands-on reports stated that the XPERIA X1 had a sub-par keyboard, many (me included) started looking at the HTC Touch Pro instead. However, it looks like our collective hopes were in vain - the image below comes from an Engadget article:

Even though the keyboard was described as “comfortably proportioned”, I am not sure if it will make people who currently own a Treo or a similar device with “bubble-type” keys happy…

What do you think?

Our sisiter site TamsWMS has recently covered Motorola’s last-stand phone called Alexander - it looks like the touchscreenless device may also get a Windows Mobile Professional sibling. The picture below comes from the usually well-informed Boy Genius:

Should the image be true (and the device be as small as it looks to me), we could be looking at a smash seller here - keep in mind that the MDA Compact was the device that managed to firmly establish WM in the German-speaking market due to its small form factor.

As of now, no further information is known - stay tuned for info as we get it.