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Articles tagged with: Feature Phones and Chipsets
Over 550 Million GPS-Enabled Handsets Will Ship by 2012
In the wake of personal navigation devices' success, cellular carriers have started to offer on-board and off-board navigation solutions, as well as a range of LBS (Location Based Services) such as friend finder and local search on GPS handsets. Community and social-networking-related functionality, such as the sharing of POIs (Points of Interest) and geo-tagged pictures, is also becoming popular and is expected to boost GPS-enabled handset uptake as carriers, handsets manufacturers, and service providers look to capitalize on the LBS trend. more
Related Tags: broadcom, wi-fi, bluetooth, smartphones, gps, abi-research, lbs, a-gps, chipset, indoor, navigation
China Mobile Navigation Market to Grow More Than 10-Fold by 2011
Because of strong demand for navigation services from Chinese consumers, manufacturers in the nation are developing handsets supporting the Global Positioning System (GPS). Meanwhile, wireless service operators see navigation as a key value-added service that can help offset their declining Average Revenue Per User (ARPU). more
Related Tags: windows-mobile, china-unicom, isuppli, china-mobile, gps, operating-system, personal-navigation-devices, chipset, maps, fabless, unicom, navigation, navigation-services
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