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Articles tagged with: Abi Research and Navigation
As LBS Subscribers Multiply, Sustainable Business Models Emerging
The number of subscribers to handset-hosted location based services (LBS) increased in 2008 to more than 18 million. North America continued to be the dominant region, accounting for slightly more than two-thirds of the total market, according to a new study from ABI Research. While navigation continued to lead in terms of total subscribers, two other application areas – enterprise and community (including social networking) – posted the highest year-to-year growth rates. more
Related Tags: location-based-services, lbs, reliance, security
Global PND Shipments Will Stagnate at 39 Million Units in 2009
The once booming personal navigation device market is grinding to a halt in 2009 with little or no growth expected in most regions. With the European PND market forecast to decline and the North American market remaining flat, Asia-Pacific remains the only growth market. more
Related Tags: nokia, smartphone, eu, gps, lbs, ovi, personal, touchscreen, pnd, pnds, tomtom, tomtom, personal-navigation-device, navigation-services
Consumers View MIDs as Cell Phone Replacements
In November 2008 ABI Research carried out a survey of more than 1000 adult consumers in the United States, aimed at identifying their attitudes to netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). MIDs have been proposed by some as cell phone replacements. Does the public agree? In this survey, almost half did, lending support to models incorporating cellular voice, while 34% said they would continue to use a cellular handset. more
Related Tags: smartphone, itu, netbooks, palm-pre, palm, personal, mobile-internet, 3
GPS-Enabled Handsets Expected to Bypass the Economic Downturn
Shipments of GPS-enabled mobile phones will hit a speed-bump in 2009, but will still manage to post year-to-year unit growth through the current economic downturn, according to a new market study by ABI Research. While global handset shipments are expected to drop by 4-5% in 2009, GPS-enabled phones will climb to 240 million units, an increase of 6.4% over 2008. more
Related Tags: android, google, nokia, iphone, smartphone, apple, ict, edge, smartphones, gps, blackberry, personal, open-source, apple-iphone, smart, chipsets
Despite Being Over-Hyped, Location-Based Advertising Offers Opportunities
Location-based advertising is gaining momentum as a new advertising medium. It provides more targeted and efficient marketing tools for advertisers and represents an additional revenue source for LBS (location based services) vendors, allowing them to offer free ad-funded navigation and LBS services that stimulate uptake and/or increase their profitability. more
Related Tags: google, nokia, social-networking, privacy, lbs, location-based-services, indoor, seamless
GPS Smartphones Generating Renewed Momentum for the LBS Infrastructure Industry
The recent launches of GPS-enabled smartphones with touch screen interfaces such as Apple's iPhone, the BlackBerry Storm, the T-Mobile G1, Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic, and Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 are fueling interest in handset-based navigation and location based services (LBS) despite the worsening economic climate. In turn this drives both third party LBS application development and the roll out of LBS infrastructure by carriers to support the much needed Secure User Plane Location (SUPL)-compliant Assisted GPS functionality. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, wi-fi, t-mobile, nokia, iphone, smartphone, apple, apple, smartphones, gps, ericsson, lbs, location-based-services, blackberry, personal, sony, a-gps, e911, personal-navigation-devices, displays, xperia, polaris-wireless, option, touch-screen
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
Predictive Traffic Data Will Bring Much Needed Value to the Navigation Market
Current traffic solutions suffer from a lack of quality and reliability, with dissatisfied customers increasingly reluctant to keep paying recurring fees. This has prompted Garmin to introduce lifetime traffic subscriptions in the US, copying earlier moves by Navigon. The recent decision by Dash Navigation to stop directly marketing its traffic-centric subscription-based connected Personal Navigation Device further confirms the low perceived value of traffic services. more
Related Tags: driving, navigon, personal, garmin, weather, congestion
Location Ecosystem Still Looking for Sustainable Growth and Viable Business Model
Despite the relative success of Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) and industrial GPS applications, the location ecosystem has yet to reach a mature stage as it continues to encounter challenges on its way to continued profitable growth. While penetration levels of consumer telematics and LBS services remain low, the more established product categories suffer from price erosion and dwindling margin levels as evidenced by the recent financial results of PND vendor TomTom. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, social-networking, rsa, gps, wind, lbs, personal, pnd, telematics, pnds, personal-navigation-devices
Cellular Machine-to-Machine Module Shipments to Increase Fourfold by 2013
Markets for cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) communication modules - the radio units providing wireless connectivity to a range of devices that communicate without human intervention - are expected to show strong growth in the coming years. more
Related Tags: m2m, rcom, landline, telematics, oem, machine-to-machine, option, backup, emergency
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