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Articles tagged with: Gps
Navigation Providers Face a Challenging Market and Increasing Consolidation
Navigation solution providers are facing business challenges as growing competition, device platform diversity and undifferentiated value propositions are accelerating commoditization trends, according to Gartner. These factors are impacting navigation solution providers' and automakers' revenue opportunities and will lead to further market consolidation and margin decline. more
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EU Scraps Plans for an Import Duty on Smartphones
The European Union has cancelled plans for a controversial import tax that could have pushed up the price of smartphones by 14%. In a statement, Swedish Trade Minister Ewa Bjorling said that the majority of member countries of the EU had voted against the plan. more
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Global Handset Navigation Subscriber Base to Grow to 26 Million by 2010
While PNDs and in-dash navigation device sales continue to suffer from the economic recession, handset-based turn-by-turn navigation is boosted by the rapidly growing smartphone segment. ABI Research expects the number of paying handset-based turn-by-turn navigation users to increase to 26 million by the end of 2010 with the Asia-Pacific region experiencing the strongest growth. more
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Real-Time Traffic Service Revenue to Boom Over the Next Five Years
Real-time traffic information is emerging as a must-have feature in automotive navigation and telematics solutions, causing global revenue from service subscriptions to rise by nearly a factor of 18 during the period from 2008 to 2014, according to iSuppli. more
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Garmin to sell wireless phone in Asia
Navigational device maker Garmin Ltd. will start selling its oft-delayed wireless phone in Asia within the next month. more
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Common GPS could help better track airline flights
Get lost in the woods and a cell phone in your pocket can help camping buddies find you. Drive into a ditch and GPS in your car lets emergency crews pinpoint the crash site. But when a transcontinental flight is above the middle of the ocean, no one on the ground can see exactly where it is — in the air, or worse, in the water. more
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Alternative Positioning Technologies the Key to Unlocking the Handset
While gps has become a standard feature in smartphones driven by the popularity of mapping, navigation and LBS applications, gps penetration in feature phones remains low outside the US. Despite Nokia’s announcement of gps-enabled S40 phones such as the 6700 classic and the 6600i slide, it will take several years before gps becomes widespread in mid- and low-end handsets in Europe and Asia. more
Related Tags: location-based-services, nokia, a-gps, cell-id, chipsets, chipset
Vodafone Gets Exclusive Rights to Nokia Handset
Nokia has announced that its forthcoming 6730 classic phone, which begins shipping in June will be available exclusively across Vodafone's global footprint. Mobile internet, Vodafone Music Client and personal and business email access along with mobile navigation capabilities are all included in the Nokia 6730 classic. more
Japan university gives away iPhones to nab truants
A prestigious Japanese university is giving away hundreds of iPhones, in part to use its Global Positioning System to nab students that skip class. more
Police use GPS to track suspects despite murky law
Investigators were tipped that habitual criminal Bernardo Garcia was back to making and dealing methamphetamine in 2005 but they needed more evidence to nail him. more
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