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Articles tagged with: Abi Research and In Car
The GPS Divide: Age Makes a Difference in Navigation Device Usage
Younger and older Americans use GPS devices differently, according to a recent survey of US consumers conducted by ABI Research. more
Related Tags: gps, navigation
82 Million Location-based Mobile Social Networking Subscriptions by 2013
Mobile location-based social networking is expected to become a key driver for the uptake of location-based services as it provides a unifying framework for a large set of applications such as friend finders, local search and geo-tagging. While many LBS applications will include features allowing the sharing of real-time experiences via fixed social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, fully-fledged mobile location-based social networking sites will also gain momentum with more than 82 million subscriptions expected by 2013. more
Related Tags: intel, social-networking, edge, gps, lbs, pnds, nissan
Asia Navigation Device Shipments to Exceed 185 Million in 2012
Lower-priced PNDs and GPS-enabled handsets helped the Asian navigation market to prosper in 2007, and total shipments topped 39 million for the year. That figure is expected to exceed 185 million in 2012, according to a new forecast from ABI Research. more
Related Tags: gps, location-based-services, pnd, pnds, navigation, cagr
In-Plane Switching in Mobile Phone Displays prepares to Take-Off
The humble mobile phone is dying, and in its place a new, more dynamic breed is evolving. By 2010, iSuppli expects mobile video will attract more than 100 million subscribers and more than 300 million handsets will ship with mobile TV chips. As flat screens dominate at-home entertainment, consumers demand high-definition images on the move as well so handset manufacturers are having to find more advanced, power-efficient display technologies to satisfy their tastes. Grainy images with unstable colours will no longer suffice. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, isuppli, satellite, mobile-video, displays, hitachi, display, navigation, global-mobile
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